The city of Chicago has hired or promoted 490 people, mostly in the police department, since a freeze was instituted in ...

It is the nature of bureaucracies to expand or, at the very least, protect their size and thus the clout of the people who ...

Sources say Mayor Brandon Johnson will announce a property tax hike during his budget address, despite campaign promises not to.

New Chicago school board members say they took the post to do right by kids. The invasive carp haven't gotten any closer to Chicago in over a decade, and a new study investigated why.

Regarding “Culture of corruption: Government glut” (Oct. 27), Rick Pearson’s work on this piece was excellent. It no doubt ...

As Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson delivers his 2024 budget address during a City Council meeting Wednesday, he is expected to ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson unveiled his plans for the 2025 city budget Wednesday, proposing a $300 million property tax increase, among other proposals, as funds from the COVID pandemic dwindle.

Mayor Brandon Johnson's $17.3 billion budget for 2025 says a lot, as all budgets do. It not only tells a tale of how his ...

Chicago Public Schools gets $311 million of the TIF surplus ... That means cutting vacancies across city departments except ...

They say that she backed her Lexus SUV into him at great speed just ahead of a major snowstorm and left him to freeze and die ...

As Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is expected to propose a property tax increase during Wednesday's City Council meeting, some ...