In exchange for a mere $10.6 million in new revenue from a proposed 34% liquor tax hike, the mayor has sent a loud-and-clear ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson is now proposing hiking Chicago property taxes by $150 million, down from his original $300 million ...

A tax on prepaid phones and calling cards has been shot down in Springfield. In his proposed $17.3 billion budget, Mayor ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration has been hunting frantically for politically palatable tax hikes to replace the $300 ...

The mayor said last week's unanimous vote against his $300 million property tax increase just delayed the budget process, ...

For all those reasons, political analysts say Johnson is at a fork in the road 18 months into office. Analysts say navigating ...

In total, the levy hike is expected to net an additional $10.6 million from the city’s so-called “sin taxes” on beer, wine ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson reversed course Saturday and announced he will not attend a slain cop’s funeral after the officer’s ...

Mayoral aides and some Council members have agreed to cut the proposed increase in half as talks continue. The largest chunk ...

Chicago’s budget gap could grow even bigger thanks to a tax flap in Springfield that is expected to set the city back another ...

CHICAGO - Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson called President-elect Donald Trump a "threat to everything that is sensible," while ...

The restaurant and bar industry, which is already a low profit margin business, is now really feeling in poor spirits with ...