State’s Attorney-elect Eileen O’Neill Burke begins filling out transition team
Democratic State’s Attorney-elect Eileen O’Neill Burke has started tapping outsiders for her transition team.
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Mayor Brandon Johnson abandoning $300 million property tax hike, says he proposed it to ‘get people’s attention’
Mayor Johnson’s administration is combing over alternatives, including using COVID funds or raising garbage collection fees.
Board of Review commissioner arrested for DUI
Samantha Steele, a first term Democrat, was arrested Sunday on a misdemeanor charge of driving under the influence of alcohol, the Chicago Police Department said.
Aldermen rip Mayor Brandon Johnson’s 2025 property tax hike proposal as budget hearings kick off
Aldermen's pitches ran the gamut from furlough days for city workers to cutting middle managers or halting programs funded with federal American Rescue Plan Act dollars.
Eileen O’Neill Burke pledges to ‘make Cook County safer’ as state’s attorney
Democrat Eileen O'Neill Burke declared victory over Republican candidate Bob Fioretti less than two hours after the polls closed.
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s CPD budget plan cuts constitutional policing, other reform offices: ‘It’s a gutting’
The mayor’s budget recommendation would cut staffing for the Office of Constitutional Policing and Reform by 57%, from 65 to 28.
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s property tax hike gets opposition, caution from aldermen
That tax hike instantly led a large group of aldermen to outright oppose Mayor Johnson's budget proposal and say their constituents cannot bear the cost.
Mayor Brandon Johnson seeks $300M property tax hike in 2025 budget
The $300 million increase is a major flip-flop from Johnson’s prior vow not to employ the widely unpopular revenue-raising tactic.
In ‘weird’ Cook County state’s attorney’s race, O’Neill Burke — who progressives called a ‘de facto’ Republican — looking to defeat GOPer Fioretti
The top race in Cook County has not generated mass mailings, broadcast commercials or even a public debate.
Aldermen expecting Mayor Brandon Johnson’s budget plan to include property tax increase
Johnson will introduce his 2025 spending plan Wednesday. Mayoral spokeswoman Erin Connelly declined comment about the possibility he will call for a property tax hike.