District officials can’t say when they’ll be able to pay teachers retroactive raises for last school year and more layoffs ...

Financial problems are piling up at Chicago Public Schools, amid the district’s growing budget deficit and more cuts from the ...

Chicago ended 2024 with no unassigned fund balance after CPS skipped a key pension payment, leaving Mayor Johnson with less ...

Climate justice” provisions in the Chicago Teachers Union’s (CTU) new contract are colliding with financial reality as the ...

City Hall budget officials say major sources of revenues in the city’s general fund came in far lower than anticipated.

Chicago officials held the first of four “budget engagement roundtables” designed to gather feedback about the city’s 2026 ...

Some officials think Mayor Brandon Johnson could propose a property tax hike, after proposing one last year before taking it ...

Macquline King, the interim CEO of CPS, said the budget gap for the district has risen to $734 million due to costs related ...

Chicago officials have begun a series of public budget discussions as the city grapples with a deficit of more than $1 ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson announces 2026 Budget Engagement Roundtable events for Chicagoans' input on city budget priorities.

The city’s final budget engagement roundtable is specifically designed for youth and is scheduled for July 9, from 5:30 pm to ...

In all, Chicago owes $35.9 billion to its four employee pension funds representing police officers, firefighters, municipal ...