Chicago aldermen have scheduled a series of five City Council meetings before Christmas as they race the clock to pass a ...

A vacancy on the CTA’s board of directors could give Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson a chance to exert some control over the ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson challenged dissenting City Council members who want to nearly double Chicago's $9.50 a month garbage ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson's pick to head the Chicago Housing Authority, retired Alderman Walter Burnett, was never given ...

Far more than the political standing of Chicago’s unpopular mayor is at stake in this budgetary game of chicken.

The city budget is a top priority as Chicago alderpeople prepare for Wednesday's City Council meeting, but the mayor and council are still far apart on a deal.

The plan being crafted by City Council moderates and conservatives is likely to hold the line on property taxes, but increase ...

Even as City Council members returned to City Hall on Tuesday after the Thanksgiving holiday, there is no clear path to a deal with just 28 days left before the deadline to avoid an unprecedented ...

(The Center Square) – The Chicago City Council Committee on Finance has rejected a package of higher taxes proposed by Mayor Brandon Johnson. After the committee voted 25 to 10 against Johnson’s ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson returned to WBEZ 91.5 on Friday to answer listener questions live on the morning talk show “In the Loop” with host Sasha-Ann Simons, defending his tax proposals and clarifying ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson said somebody intentionally set a fire to City Hall over the weekend. The arson attempt happened on Friday at about 11 p.m., according to the mayor.