Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson to deliver 2025 budget address

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 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 one
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 during his run for office.
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s CPD 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.
Johnson's CPD budget could threaten progress on required reforms
The police superintendent and his leadership team will still have a chance to make their case during city council budget hearings.
Chicago Police Department reform office slashed under Johnson's proposed budget
Under the mayor's plan, spending for the office charged with implementing reforms to get CPD out from under the costly constraints of a federal consent decree would shrink by 45%, and more than half the positions would be eliminated.
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, ...
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.
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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
The room tax could increase another 1.5 percentage points at downtown hotels that opt in to a proposed plan to increase the ...
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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 ...
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4 ways Chicago’s 2025 budget fails, plus hikes property taxes
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s 2025 budget proposes a nearly $1 billion deficit. High personnel and pension costs have ...
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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 ...
Mayor's budget team explains why Chicago property tax hike was unavoidable
ABC7 sat down with Mayor Brandon Johnson's budget team to examine their 2025 proposal and hear why a property tax hike was ...
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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 ...