Chicagoans in 2025 will start paying more in certain taxes, fines and fees as part of balanced budget OK’d by Mayor Brandon ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson was finally able to pass his 2024 budget through the Chicago City Council, but not with his proposed ...

Roads are so snarled that the city once again ranked among the worst in the nation for the severity of traffic in 2024.

One of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s signature projects is an ambitious plan to spend $1.25 billion over five years to build ...

At the heart of Chicago’s deficit are decades of increasingly generous retirement benefits offered by Chicago’s leaders to more than 30,000 public employees, a politically powerful constituency. Today ...

The credit scoring agency says it doesn't view the city of Chicago's 2025 $17.1 billion budget as "materially changing its ...

Moody's Ratings said the 2025 budget that passed Chicago's City Council this month won't materially alter the credit profile of the city, which it rates Baa3.

A year of upheaval and arrivals. From political turmoil to sports disappointments, the city faced many challenges.

Lee says he’s not at all surprised by the extraordinary pressure that he and the mayor have been under in the shark tank ...

Sales of the weedlike substances have increased, in part thanks to a loophole in federal law, prompting smoke shops that sell ...

The taxes and fees included in Chicago's 2025 municipal budget are expected to generate $181 million this year. ( ...

The commissioner for Chicago's Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events sat down exclusively with ABC7 to discuss ...