Chicago alders are set to consider several issues as they gather for their first city council meeting of the year on ...

If city workers ultimately lose their jobs this year, Chicagoans should understand that those layoffs will not be the product ...

The silver lining in the budget wars of the Johnson term is the emergence of legitimate political talent on the City Council.

After a little over two years, Jill Jaworski is stepping down from the city’s top financial post to become CFAO of the ...

Instead of working with the City Council to make the alternative revenue package work, the mayor is preparing for the worst ...

CHICAGO CITY HALL (WBBM Newsradio) -- Chicago mayor Brandon Johnson and City Council critics of his budget appear to be as far apart as ever on how to reach agreement on a spending plan for next year, ...

On Wednesday, the Chicago City Council’s Public Safety Committee passed by a 10-4 vote the revised proposal that would expand ...

In a rocky era for arts groups, funding for Chicago’s cultural affairs department would decrease under Mayor Brandon Johnson’s proposed budget for next year. At a City Hall budget hearing Tuesday ...

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Is the City of Chicago doing everything it can to cut expenses before it starts raising new revenue? That was the topic of a special city council session Monday afternoon at City Hall. "The city ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A group of Chicago alderpersons voted to approve and advance a proposal Wednesday to put limits on the sale of hemp products in the city. Under the proposal, products could only be ...