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Alderman: Chicago mayor lacks plan for shortfall that could top $1.5 billion
Although Mayor Brandon Johnson says he is starting Chicago’s budget process earlier than ever, one alderman says the city’s ...
FOX 32 Chicago on MSN15h
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson aims to tackle city's $1.1B budget deficit
Mayor Brandon Johnson is getting an early start on the 2026 budget process by creating a group to tackle the city's projected ...
The Art Newspaper1h
Chicago's cultural affairs department hits crisis point
The Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events recently added new members to its Cultural Advisory Council to help ...
Crain's Chicago Business19h
Johnson creates budget working group to search for efficiencies and revenue
Hoping to get ahead of what's anticipated to be an arduous 2026 budget cycle, Mayor Brandon Johnson is creating a working ...
The Press Democrat8h
Chicago teachers reach contract deal for the first time in more than a decade without a strike
For the first time in over a decade, Chicago’ s public school teachers have a new contract without a strike or threat of a ...
Mayor Johnson cracks the door open to city layoffs, service cuts
Mayor Brandon Johnson has refused to consider layoffs or unpaid furlough days. But the fiscal landscape has changed since the ...
Mayor Brandon Johnson reports bigger fundraising numbers, but so do potential opponents
With the next Chicago mayoral race still two years away, Mayor Brandon Johnson has $1.16 million in the bank. But some ...
Mayor Brandon Johnson responds to Trump's threats to withhold federal funding: "That is how terrorists behave"
"Trying to force your will to break the spirit of working people in order to have a conversation? That's terrorism. We're not ...