Mayor Brandon Johnson wants to improve public safety and aesthetics of retail corridors by levying fines as high as $500-a-day against businesses that cover more than 25% of their window space without ...

Chicago ended 2024 with a $161 million deficit. And a state bill boosting benefits for police and fire pensioners through ...

It is unclear whether Mayor Brandon Johnson has enough political muscle to convince at least 25 alderpeople to buck the ...

It's time to bring to a head the yearlong debate on whether to legalize accessory dwelling units, senior mayoral advisor ...

A months-long fight by ethics advocates to restrict the powers of City Hall’s mayor-controlled top attorney has ended with a compromise both sides said they support. The City Council Ethics Committee ...

The City of Chicago has scaled up its Community Violence Intervention (CVI) program, resulting in a 39% decrease in shooting incidents, a 35% decrease in fatal shootings, and a 41% decrease in ...

Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson has selected City Hall veteran Richard Guidice to be his chief of staff, a move that could help assure Chicago’s political establishment and business community that a ...

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 ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson presides at last week’s special City Council meeting, at which his $300 million property tax increase proposal was rejected. Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times City Hall Politics ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson vowed Tuesday that his city “will not ever cooperate with ICE” ...

Ad Policy. Brandon Johnson (Quinn Harris / Getty Images) This article appears in the August 2024 issue, with the headline “Q&A: Brandon Johnson.” “The Chicago mayor is the most protested ...