In Chicago, the mayor and the teachers’ union are tightly connected. The relationship has ushered in generous spending and ...

As public servants, every City Council member must show up to Wednesday's special meeting on Mayor Johnson's 2025 budget and record-breaking property tax increase. Absence sends the message "I don't ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is banking on $300 million in new property taxes from residents in his latest budget. He and ...

Block Club reporters went into the neighborhoods to talk to voters after the biggest GOP bump in Chicago since 1992.

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

Mayor Brandon Johnson, who campaigned for Kamala Harris this past weekend in North Carolina, is reflecting on the election, ...

The address is expected to include a proposal for a property tax hike -- a plan that Johnson steadfastly promised against ...

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

Facing their first-ever election for school board, voters in Chicago on Tuesday delivered a decidedly mixed message, electing ...

The president of the Chicago school board resigned Thursday just a week after he was appointed because of social media posts ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is proposing a 4 percent property tax hike and TIF usage to cover a massive budget shortfall.

The proposal for a property tax increase would be a reversal of a campaign promise Mayor Brandon Johnson made.