A WBEZ analysis of employment data finds a lack of evidence that Chicago’s previous head tax, or its repeal, is to blame for ...

In the latest case to be settled, the Chicago City Council agreed Wednesday to pay $15.4 million to Robert Smith Jr., who ...

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

The Chicago City Council on Wednesday scheduled five more meetings to ensure they can pass a 2026 budget before the end-of-the-year deadline. Alders and Mayor Brandon Johnson have clashed on how to ...

The deadline for approving the city budget is two and a half weeks away, and if Mayor Brandon Johnson and City Council ...

Three quarters of respondents to a new poll say they’ll hold the Chicago mayor responsible if he vetoes the City Council’s ...

The Chicago budget clock keeps ticking, but it appears the mayor and a group of 26 alders who have offered an alternative budget are no closer to a compromise than they were last week.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has revised his corporate head tax proposal, but Republicans say the mayor should not be putting immigrants ahead of citizens.

At issue is enough of council agreeing on a budget to keep the Chicago up and running or risk the first ever citywide ...

Traffic at O'Hare International Airport is growing faster than expected, and this has Chicago city leaders wanting to make ...

The License and Consumer Protection Committee voted 10-6 to send the measure to the full City Council, where it faces an ...

The a block of Chicago City Council members pushed through several new meetings starting next week to have enough time to ...