Chicagoans in 2025 will start paying more in certain taxes, fines and fees as part of balanced budget OK’d by Mayor Brandon ...

Crime deters potential riders. And the CTA's messy finances don't instill confidence. There's plenty for the transit agency ...

Chicago's ongoing contract negotiations between the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) and Chicago Public Schools (CPS) could ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson was finally able to pass his 2024 budget through the Chicago City Council, but not with his proposed ...

Roads are so snarled that the city once again ranked among the worst in the nation for the severity of traffic in 2024.

Chicago media had some ups and downs in 2024, but the hope is that budget cuts and other issues won't spill over into 2025.

One of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s signature projects is an ambitious plan to spend $1.25 billion over five years to build ...

At the heart of Chicago’s deficit are decades of increasingly generous retirement benefits offered by Chicago’s leaders to more than 30,000 public employees, a politically powerful constituency. Today ...

If he thought he was selling something that anyone wanted to buy Mayor Brandon Johnson sure got a wake-up call. In his ...

Moody's Ratings said the 2025 budget that passed Chicago's City Council this month won't materially alter the credit profile of the city, which it rates Baa3.

A year of upheaval and arrivals. From political turmoil to sports disappointments, the city faced many challenges.

The credit scoring agency says it doesn't view the city of Chicago's 2025 $17.1 billion budget as "materially changing its ...