Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson won't commit to alternatives to property tax hike
Dozens of aldermen called for a special meeting to vote down the mayor's proposed $300 million property tax increase.
'Collaborator in chief': Chicago mayor willing to negotiate with aldermen working to defeat tax hike
Mayor Brandon Johnson said he is willing to continue negotiating with City Council members who are working to defeat his $300 million property tax hike.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson giving up $300 million property tax hike fight, evaluating other options with aldermen
Mayor Brandon Johnson is all but giving up on his proposed $300 million property tax hike before aldermen kill it, and pushing them to find other revenue in its place to avert layoffs. Johnson’s administration is combing over alternatives to the tax jump ahead of a meeting Wednesday where the City Council is expected to vote it down.
Chicago mayor backs away from proposed $300M property tax hike
One day before City Council plans to say no to his $300 million property tax hike, Mayor Brandon Johnson publicly walked away from his proposal.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson weighs in on presidential election, CPS Board fallout
Mayor Brandon Johnson, who campaigned for Kamala Harris this past weekend in North Carolina, is reflecting on the election, with one day left.
Johnson's $300M property tax increase will be 'significantly decreased,' top mayoral aide says
Twenty-two of the City Council’s 50 members met Saturday with top mayoral aides, including Johnson’s budget team, to begin negotiations that, some alderpersons said, should have started long before Johnson belatedly introduced his $17.
Brandon Johnson collaborating with alders as pushback of $300M property tax increase continues
Mayor Brandon Johnson is vowing to work with City Council members who are dead set on lowering or eliminating the property tax increase he has proposed.
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Election 2024: Here’s who won Chicago’s first school board elections
There are 31 candidates on the ballot vying for 10 seats on Chicago’s first elected school board. After winners are ...
School board elections a mixed bag for Chicago mayor, teachers union
The city’s first elections to the school board were disappointing for candidates backed by the Chicago Teachers Union, but ...
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Mayor Brandon Johnson won’t say if he will return $150,000 from rapper Lil Durk, arrested in alleged murder-for-hire plot
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson on Friday refused to say whether he will return $150,000 Chicago rapper Lil Durk contributed to the mayor’s political committee, a day after the artist was ...
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Mayor Johnson's $300M property tax hike won't fix city's financial woes
Mayor Brandon Johnson unveil his ... which means the feds won’t be showing up with buckets of money to help Chicago make ends meet. Which means it’s up to the city to grapple with this mess.
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Chicago has picked its first elected school board members. Now it’s Mayor Johnson’s turn to choose.
For the first time in Chicago’s history, voters on Tuesday chose 10 people to be on the city’s partially elected, 21-member ...
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Chicago Teachers Have an Ally As Mayor—Now They’re Fighting for a Historic Contract
Outside of more traditional bargaining issues, CTU is organizing to win common ... for Mayor Brandon Johnson's agenda, City Council members approved a referendum on the Bring Chicago Home ...
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Here’s Who Won Chicago’s First School Board Elections
Ten seats representing 10 districts across the city were contested in the election. The winners will join 11 other members appointed by Mayor Brandon Johnson.
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Mayor Johnson’s budget would send Chicago Public Schools $300 million – less than what CPS wants
Chicago Public Schools has asked city government for help in covering upcoming costs linked to pensions and union contracts.