Chicago’s top budget officials call mayor’s plan to balance budget with property tax increase ‘prudent’
A day after Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson unveiled a plan to balance the city budget with the largest property tax increase in a decade, his top three budget officials are arguing that the unpopular decision could be prudent.
Chicago Police Department reform office slashed under Johnson's proposed budget
Mayor Brandon Johnson delivers his 2024 budget address to the Chicago City Council on Wednesday. He’d rather fill all the targeted vacancies, he said, but the financial reality required all city departments — including CPD — to cut spending by 3%.
Chicago mayor's police budget plan cuts constitutional policing, other reform offices: ‘It’s a gutting’
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s 2025 budget plan for Chicago police slashes several offices that are critical to the ongoing federal consent decree, sparking alarm from policing experts who say now is not the time to take the foot off the gas with reform.
Daywatch: Johnson’s CPD budget plan cuts constitutional policing
Good morning, Chicago. Mayor Brandon Johnson’s 2025 budget plan for Chicago police slashes several offices that are critical to the ongoing federal consent decree, sparking alarm from policing experts who say now is not the time to take the foot off the gas with reform.
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Activists call for more funding for migrant and homelessness services in Chicago’s 2025 budget
Immigrant rights activists warned of a looming homeless crisis next year and urged Mayor Brandon Johnson and the City Council ...
$300M property tax hike in Chicago mayor’s 2025 budget proposal, but no layoffs
Despite continued promises not to raise property taxes stemming back to his mayoral campaign, Mayor Brandon Johnson has ...
Chicago mayor to propose property tax hike to close $1 billion budget gap
The proposal for a property tax increase would be a reversal of a campaign promise Mayor Brandon Johnson made.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson weighs in on presidential election, CPS Board fallout
Mayor Brandon Johnson, who campaigned for Kamala Harris this past weekend in North Carolina, is reflecting on the election, ...
‘Non-starter:’ The 7 demands Chicago alders have for mayor’s 2025 budget
Mayor Brandon Johnson needs the approval of 26 of the city's alders to pass his proposed budget. But if a group of them who ...
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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Floats a Liquor Tax Increase in His 2025 Budget
Plus, an Election Day liquor ban question is posed to Lincoln Square residents, while a Bronzeville alderperson pushes for ...
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Chicago budget has jumped $6B since before COVID, faces $1B deficit in 2025
The Chicago budget has grown by over $6 billion since 2019. Despite being bolstered by billions in federal relief, the city ...
Hotel tax could increase to boost tourism budget
Choose Chicago is preparing to create a "Tourism Improvement District" that would raise millions, more than doubling the ...
WATCH LIVE: Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson to deliver 2025 budget address
The address is expected to include a proposal for a property tax hike -- a plan that Johnson steadfastly promised against ...
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Chicago high schoolers get a crash course on the city’s first school board election
Students at Hancock College Prep learned about the responsibilities of Chicago’s school board and how to develop an opinion ...
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Johnson commits millions to ambitious mental health plan despite budget constraints
The funding would expand services and non-police response for behavioral crises, but the CDPH's own budget is set to shrink ...