A counter-measure to Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson's budget proposal includes increases in the garbage fee and the city's ...

A WBEZ analysis of employment data finds a lack of evidence that Chicago’s previous head tax, or its repeal, is to blame for ...

Johnson offered a compromise head tax plan that he hopes will be more palatable to any opponents who might be on the fence.

Over the objections of the mayor, the Chicago City Council agreed to meet Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Dec. 23 in ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — The clock is ticking on the deadline to pass a city budget and avoid a government shutdown, as negotiations continue over Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s controversial corporate head ...

The current proposal would impose a $33 per employee tax on companies with 500 or more employees to generate $82 million to fund violence prevention and youth employment programs.

Chicago City Council's Finance Committee voted down Mayor Brandon Johnson's 2026 revenue proposals Monday, signaling an uphill battle to pass the budget before the end of the year. The committee's ...

A group of organizations that offer summer jobs to young people is encouraging city leaders to keep the proposed corporate ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A Chicago alderman confronted Gov. JB Pritzker at a Veterans Day ceremony on Tuesday over his opposition to a proposed corporate head tax. ABC7's political reporter Craig Wall ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s proposal to levy a $21-per-employee, per-month tax on companies was shot down by a city council committee on Monday. Members of the city council’s finance committee ...

A group backed by financier Michael Sacks has started funding ads against Chicago’s plan to bring back a tax on large ...

City budget negotiations continue, with City Council members scheduled to meet Wednesday following Chicago Mayor Brandon ...