Daywatch: Illinois’ weak lobbying laws
Monday Coffee, an experiential coffee company, just opened its first cafe in the North Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side of Chicago on Nov. 9. The cafe is located in a new building called ...
After 50-0 defeat of his $300 million property tax hike, Mayor Brandon Johnson brokers a new deal
Mayoral aides and some Council members have agreed to cut the proposed increase in half as talks continue. The largest chunk ...
Civic leaders uneasy about police cuts
FIRST IN PLAYBOOK: A group of Chicago civic leaders are going public against proposed cuts to the Chicago Police Department budget, which they fear could gut police reform efforts mandated by the ...
'Furious' Chicago residents tear into Mayor Brandon Johnson before proposed property tax hike shot down
Chicago alderman Anthony Napolitano reacts to Windy City residents outraged over Mayor Brandon Johnson's proposed massive tax ...
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After tearing up tax hike, a fight to find $300M in City Hall: Crain's Daily Gist podcast
Crain’s politics reporter Justin Laurence talks with host Amy Guth about unprecedented action at City Hall and the work ahead ...
Mayor Brandon Johnson to skip slain officer’s funeral after all
Mayor Brandon Johnson reversed course Saturday and announced he will not attend a slain cop’s funeral after the officer’s ...
Killing extra pension payment could spare Mayor Brandon Johnson and aldermen political headaches, but cost Chicagoans later
The harried search by the City Council and Mayor Brandon Johnson for ways to avoid raising property taxes — and in turn, the ire of their constituents — is leading them back to a question all too ...