The city of Chicago is facing a nearly one billion budget deficit for the year 2025. Due to this financial crisis, mayor Brandon Johnson says a property tax increase was unavoidable. The proposed $346 ...

Days after the Oct. 26 shooting of an Orthodox Jewish man in Chicago, Mayor Brandon Johnson was publicly rebuked for issuing ...

As we write, four school board candidates endorsed by the Chicago Teachers Union appear to have won seats in 10 districts.

Desperate to avoid hitting Chicago home and business owners with a $300 million property tax increase, aldermen pelted the ...

The 29 council members who asked for the meeting are critical of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s plan to close a gaping budget hole ...

As early returns in Tuesday’s first school board election signaled an underwhelming performance by the Chicago Teachers Union ...

All six board members the mayor selected last month are eligible to remain on the 21-seat board that will take office in ...

The Editorial Board met with the mayor for the first time since his election and appreciated the opportunity. Here are our ...

For the first time in Chicago’s history, voters on Tuesday chose 10 people to be on the city’s partially elected, 21-member ...

The Chicago City Council is holding a special meeting next week, and might vote on Mayor Johnson's proposed property tax hike.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s handpicked school board president resigned Thursday after coming under fire for social media ...

The increase would be Chicago's largest in a decade, but alderpersons hope to force the mayor back to the bargaining table to ...