Mayor Brandon Johnson makes no promises after warnings over proposed police reform cuts
Mayor Brandon Johnson on Thursday pushed back on criticism that his Chicago police budget plan endangers the department’s compliance with the federal consent decree, despite dire warnings from
Mayor Brandon Johnson: A Turbulent Year in Review
In the 17 short months since his inauguration as Chicago’s mayor, Brandon Johnson has transformed his bold vision for the city’s future and a narrow electoral win into a legacy of — well, not much.
Chicago City Council set to vote down Mayor Johnson's proposed $300 million property tax hike
Dozens of Chicago alderpeople are expected to attend a special city council meeting on Thursday. They're expected to vote down Mayor Brandon Johnson's $300 million property tax hike proposal. Mayor Brandon Johnson wouldn't commit on Tuesday when asked if he would support possible alternatives to his proposal to raise property taxes to close a nearly $1 billion budget gap for 2025.
Aldermen give Mayor Brandon Johnson’s $300 million property tax plan the boot
The Chicago City Council emphatically voted down Mayor Brandon Johnson’s plan to hike property taxes by $300 million Thursday, creating a yawning hole in the city’s 2025 budget that must now be closed.
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s proposed $300M property tax hike could be scuttled after special City Council meeting Thursday
The City Council will take a vote Thursday on Mayor Brandon Johnson’s proposed $300 million property tax hike, announced when he unveiled his $17.3 billion city budget for 2025 last month. That means the mayor could make it official that he’s essentially giving up on his proposed property tax hike for city residents,
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson won't commit to alternatives to property tax hike
Dozens of aldermen called for a special meeting to vote down the mayor's proposed $300 million property tax increase.
Mayor Brandon Johnson giving up $300 million property tax hike fight, evaluating other options with aldermen
Mayor Brandon Johnson is all but giving up on his proposed $300 million property tax hike before aldermen kill it, and pushing them to find other revenue in its place to avert layoffs. Johnson’s administration is combing over alternatives to the tax jump ahead of a meeting Wednesday where the City Council is expected to vote it down.
Alders ready to nix Johnson's property tax hike
The hike would boost taxes by 4.8% — raising them, for example, $318 on a $350,000 Chicago home — at a time when many have watched property taxes double over the last decade. Catch up fast: The mayor proposed the hike in his $17.
Johnson refuses to declare his bottom line on size of property tax hike as negotiations continue
The mayor is open to a “plethora of ideas” so long as they don’t compromise his core values of “investing in people” through summer jobs, community safety, behavioral health and affordable housing but also avoiding layoffs and furlough days and continuing to make additional payments on
Mayor backs down from $300M proposed property tax hike
Mayor Brandon Johnson said his proposed 4 percent increase was just a play to increase engagement on the city’s budget.
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City Council unanimously votes down Mayor Brandon Johnson's $300 million property tax hike
The Chicago City Council on Thursday unanimously rejected Mayor Brandon Johnson's proposed $300 million property tax hike, ...
'Devastating loss for Mayor Johnson': Aldermen sound off after rejecting property tax hike
Mayor Brandon Johnson presided over a special meeting of the Chicago City Council on Thursday where alderpeople unanimously ...
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New Chicago school board sworn in after Mayor Brandon Johnson's controversial shakeup
Aldermen were frustrated they didn't have to chance to question the new board members about Mayor Brandon Johnson's overhaul of the board, but no aldermen showed up on Thursday when those school ...
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Brandon Johnson Breaks New Ground, Becomes Most Unpopular Mayor in Chicago History
I wasn’t exaggerating when I said that the City of Chicago has never had a mayor it despises more universally than Brandon Johnson. There isn’t much more to add. Of course Johnson is appalling ...
Mayor of Chicago calls Trump ‘threat’ to Black families in direct message to President-elect
Mayor of Chicago Brandon Johnson called Donald Trump a “threat” to Black families in a direct message to the President-elect.
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With CTU ally Mayor Brandon Johnson in charge, voters reject several union-backed school board candidates
The scrappy David-and-Goliath messaging belied some of the criticism the CTU has gotten for becoming too powerful since its chosen mayoral candidate Brandon Johnson won the 2023 runoff ...
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Mayor Johnson’s budget would send Chicago Public Schools $300 million – less than what CPS wants
Facing a nearly $1 billion deficit next year, Mayor Brandon Johnson proposed a city budget Wednesday that would send roughly ...
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Mayor Brandon Johnson proposes $300 million property tax hike to help close $1 billion budget gap
CHICAGO (CBS) --Mayor Brandon Johnson is proposing a $300 million property tax hike in 2025, going back on a key campaign promise, as he seeks to close a massive budget shortfall of nearly $1 ...
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Mayor Brandon Johnson’s bond refinancing plan passes after stalling effort by opponents
The City Council approved Mayor Brandon Johnson’s cost-cutting effort to refinance $1.5 billion in debt Tuesday, despite criticism from aldermen who said the maneuver wouldn’t deliver the ...