With Peoples Gas seeking a significant rate hike for next year​, Chicago alders and residents spoke out on Tuesday at a City ...

Brandon Johnson became mayor in 2023 having been a former organizer and lobbyist for the Chicago Teachers Union and promising to make the “ultra-rich” pay hundreds of millions more in taxes. A group ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is a national outlier in the power he has compared to mayors in other big cities.

(The Center Square) – Chicago’s city council is considering a new assessment on hotel stays that supporters say would raise about $40 million. The Illinois Hotel & Lodging Association supports the ...

From a settlement over the actions of two former Chicago police detectives to video gambling, Thursday was set to be a busy day for some Chicago City Council committees. From a settlement over the ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- What happens at Wednesday's City Council meeting could affect drivers who park near the Loop or people who buy alcohol in Chicago. Alderman Walter Burnett Jr. (27th Ward) is pushing ...

After downtown hotel owners banded together to offer to tax themselves and raise money to boost tourism, aldermen advanced their plan Friday. The new “Tourism Improvement District” backed by hotel, ...

(The Center Square) – The Chicago City Council has approved a $16.7 billion budget for 2026 and sent it to Mayor Brandon Johnson. Aldermen rejected the mayor’s corporate head tax and passed a spending ...

(The Center Square) – The Chicago City Council Committee on Finance has rejected a package of higher taxes proposed by Mayor Brandon Johnson. After the committee voted 25 to 10 against Johnson’s ...

(Bloomberg) -- Chicago’s City Council passed a roughly $16 billion budget for 2026 — less than two weeks before the deadline — without certainty about whether Mayor Brandon Johnson will sign or veto ...

The Chicago City Council has failed to override Mayor Brandon Johnson's veto of a ban on the sale of most intoxicating hemp products, during their second full meeting of the year.