Last year, the city council rejected Johnson’s bid to hike property taxes by $300 million. The City of Chicago is facing a $1.2 billion budget deficit in 2026. The mayor said he wants so-called ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson is now ruling out seeking a property tax hike in his upcoming budget proposal, an apparent change in course for his administration after a top city official said earlier in ...

UPDATED: July 9, 2025 at 6:14 AM CDT Mayor Brandon Johnson is charging ahead with an effort to make the construction of “granny flats” legal and straightforward in all Chicago neighborhoods.

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s team teased plans this week to take another swing at raising property taxes to close the city’s more than $1 billion budget gap, despite an aldermanic revolt last year ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson says he will continue to seek progressive revenue solutions to address a billion-dollar budget deficit without raising property taxes. In an interview with ABC7 Friday ...

As the city gets set to borrow $518 million for infrastructure projects and $92 million more toward Mayor Brandon Johnson’s massive affordable housing plan, aldermen and the mayor’s team ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration has been hunting frantically for politically palatable tax hikes to replace the $300 million property tax increase Chicago aldermen rejected unanimously ...

CHICAGO (WGN) – Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has signaled that he is not planning on proposing a property tax increase in this year’s budget, just days after the city’s Chief Financial ...