Critics of Mayor Brandon Johnson's 2026 budget plan on Tuesday advanced an alternative spending plan that would increase taxes on plastic grocery bags and liquor sales, and allow ads on city vehicles ...
CHICAGO (WLS) -- A Chicago City Council committee approved an alternative budget plan brought by a group of alderpersons on Tuesday. A group of alderpersons presented the plan, which more than half of ...
Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson made a splash Tuesday with his full-throated endorsement of taxing the earnings of millionaires.
Chicago Public School leaders on Wednesday presented a budget proposal, wiping away a $734 million deficit by a combination of mechanisms: cuts to operations and central office, refinancing debt, ...
Mayor Brandon Johnson delivered a public message Monday to aldermen who are threatening an imminent vote on their own 2026 budget plan: Bring it on. Speaking at a City Hall news conference, the mayor ...
Just as striking as Mayor Brandon Johnson’s thunderous case Thursday that his 2026 budget proposal is the best answer to President Donald Trump’s continued attacks on Chicago was the wary reaction ...
Gov. Bob Ferguson on Tuesday proposed a $79 billion operating budget that avoids general tax increases but cuts or delays an array of state services while tapping the state rainy day fund and ...