Chicagoans in 2025 will start paying more in certain taxes, fines and fees as part of balanced budget OK’d by Mayor Brandon ...

Chicago must begin the process of true zero-based budgeting requiring that all city activities and programs be closely ...

But Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates said she's frustrated one person — schools chief Pedro Martinez — ...

At the heart of Chicago’s deficit are decades of increasingly generous retirement benefits offered by Chicago’s leaders to more than 30,000 public employees, a politically powerful constituency. Today ...

With 2024 in the books and 2025 already here, gulp, our city and state find themselves in precarious places. The city of ...

With its CEO locked in a power struggle, a new school board on tap, and thorny employee contracts still unfinished, the ...

The city's recently approved budget includes increased fines for drivers caught on speed cameras. The cost of a plastic shopping bag will increase from seven cents to 10 cents. And the tax on ...

The budget also finds several vehicle-centric sources of revenue. Johnson will expand Chicago’s network of automated speed cameras in an effort to ticket more drivers next year. His ...

As the progressive Chicago Democrat nears a decision on whether to seek a third term as Illinois’ chief executive, he’s ...

The risk of bankruptcy increased in Chicago as nearly half of the budget went toward pensions and debt services for public ...

President Joe Biden on Sunday plans to sign into law a measure that boosts Social Security payments for current and former public employees.