City Council finally passes Johnson's $17.3B budget — with no property tax hike
A City Council rebellion not seen in decades ultimately forced Mayor Brandon Johnson to honor his campaign promise to hold ...
Aldermen finally pass Mayor Brandon Johnson’s 2025 Chicago budget
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s 2025 budget plan made it through the City Council on Monday, a hard-fought victory for the mayor that ...
Mayor Brandon Johnson abandoning $68.5 million property tax hike in latest bid for budget deal
CHICAGO (CBS) -- Seeking to get a budget deal done on Monday, Mayor Brandon Johnson has dropped plans to seek a $68.5 million ...
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City Council to vote on 2025 budget, which now includes controversial $40M short-term loan
The vote comes as Mayor Brandon Johnson reportedly dropped his proposed property tax hike, which originally called for $300 million increase in taxes for Chicago property owners. The first draft ...
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Aldermen finally pass Mayor Brandon Johnson’s 2025 Chicago budget
CHICAGO — Mayor Brandon Johnson’s 2025 budget plan made it through the City Council on Monday, a hard-fought victory for the mayor that spares City Hall an unprecedented government shutdown ...
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Amid chaos, City Council moves to recess without vote on Chicago's 2025 budget
As the deadline looms, Chicago Mayor Brandon ... Johnson was short on votes for the latest proposal. Johnson would need 26 votes for the budget to pass. During Friday's city council meeting, Ald ...
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Mayor Johnson hopes to get Chicago city budget deal done by Friday with deadline looming
Mayor Brandon Johnson ... advisors. Jason Lee is being investigated in Texas for voting in the Lone Star State—which requires residency there—despite being a City of Chicago employee, which ...
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Johnson budget promise risks securing one vote at the expense of another
One day before a scheduled City Council vote on Mayor Brandon Johnson’s $17.3 billion 2025 ... The mayor’s senior adviser, Jason Lee, told Crain’s today he did not know if a commitment ...
Chicago Tribune21d
Editorial: Head-spinning Brandon Johnson staff issues call for City Hall culture reset
It’s fair to say that Mayor Brandon Johnson has been his own ... internally about their treatment by Reese and senior Johnson aide Jason Lee. As Reese was fired, two of the three who still ...
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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson releases 2023 tax returns. Here’s what they say.
CHICAGO — Mayor Brandon Johnson released his most recent tax returns to the Tribune this month, with the documents showing he is less wealthy than his predecessors and does not earn outside income.
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Mayor Brandon Johnson $17.3B budget and $68.5M property tax hike squeak through committees
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s $ ... CTA is too dangerous,” Reilly said. Chicago already has the “highest parking garage tax in the entire nation,” and Johnson wants to make it “even bigger ...
Politico21d
Tom Homan swings hard at Illinois Dems
The Illinois Trust Act and the Chicago welcoming city ordinance ... STAFFING DRAMAS: Mayor Brandon Johnson says top adviser Jason Lee voting in Texas is ‘personal matter’: “Records obtained ...