Johnson stopped short Tuesday of saying he has the votes in the City Council to pass even the smaller increase, down from his ...

In exchange for a mere $10.6 million in new revenue from a proposed 34% liquor tax hike, the mayor has sent a loud-and-clear ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration has been hunting frantically for politically palatable tax hikes to replace the $300 ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson is now proposing hiking Chicago property taxes by $150 million, down from his original $300 million ...

Mayoral aides and some Council members have agreed to cut the proposed increase in half as talks continue. The largest chunk ...

CHICAGO - Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson called President-elect Donald Trump a "threat to everything that is sensible," while ...

A tax on prepaid phones and calling cards has been shot down in Springfield. In his proposed $17.3 billion budget, Mayor ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson reversed course Saturday and announced he will not attend a slain cop’s funeral after the officer’s ...

The mayor said last week's unanimous vote against his $300 million property tax increase just delayed the budget process, ...

For all those reasons, political analysts say Johnson is at a fork in the road 18 months into office. Analysts say navigating ...

A coalition of bars, restaurants, brewers and distributors are uniting to push back against Mayor Brandon Johnson’s proposed ...