Chicago finance committee approves alternate budget proposal without mayor's controversial head tax

The alternative budget plan passed out of finance committee 22-13. Its next stop is the Budget Committee on Wednesday. It is ...

City Council makes last-minute budget maneuvers before full vote Sat.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and the Chicago City Council made last-minute city budget maneuvers on Friday before a full ...
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Alternate alder bloc propose selling unpaid debts, critics warn Chicago’s working people will pay the price

Ald. David Moore (17th Ward), who is not a member of the bloc of alders who proposed the alternative budget, said that the ...

Mayor Johnson's critics introduce alternate budget plan, schedule series of City Council meetings to vote by end of year

Chicago aldermen have scheduled a series of five City Council meetings before Christmas as they race the clock to pass a ...

Budget talks stall after offer to drop plan to raise garbage collection fees fails to sway Mayor Johnson

Brandon Johnson welcomed the garbage tax concession, but he and his team questioned revenue assumptions included in the ...