Alice Yin – Page 15 –

April Verrett, president of Service Employees International Union, speaks at a large rally at Chicago's Daley Plaza at a "Hands Off" protest and march on April 5, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/baiduhai)

‘Fracture’ in Chicago’s labor world complicates Mayor Brandon Johnson’s third budget fight

November 24, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

The labor fight has implications for the whole city, with billions of dollars in property taxes and other money from residents' pockets in play for the 2026 budget.

Passengers wait for a train in the late afternoon on Nov. 19, 2025, at the CTA Blue Line Clark/Lake station in Chicago. A man was charged with setting a woman on fire while she rode a CTA Blue Line train Sunday night as it approached the Clark/Lake stop. (Dominic Di Palermo/baiduhai)

Mayor Brandon Johnson says criminal justice system ‘failed’ in Blue Line fire attack, after describing it as ‘isolated incident’

November 20, 2025 at 5:19 p.m.

Mayor Brandon Johnson on Thursday sought to head off concerns about public transit safety in the wake of a man lighting a woman on fire on the CTA Blue Line.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson speaks at City Hall after his proposed head tax was voted down in a City Council committee meeting, Nov. 17, 2025. Chicago Ald. Jason Ervin, 28th, is at left. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s head tax plan defeated in council committee vote

November 17, 2025 at 6:21 p.m.

Monday's defeat is a clear signal the mayor’s $21-per-employee monthly tax on larger companies is in danger of not getting the council support it needs.

Ald. Pat Dowell, 3rd, talks to reporters, Oct. 16, 2025, in City Council chambers after Mayor Brandon Johnson delivered his budget address at Chicago City Hall. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Key alderman warns Mayor Brandon Johnson a vote on budget ‘premature’

November 14, 2025 at 4:37 p.m.

Ald. Pat Dowell told reporters she advised Mayor Brandon Johnson's administration not to proceed with a budget vote in her Finance Committee.

Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino shakes hands with Chicago police Sgt. Glenn Polanek after the Border Patrol’s convoy of vehicles stopped Nov. 6, 2025, next to Marquette Park on Chicago’s South Side. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Ignoring trends, President Donald Trump credits Operation Midway Blitz for drop in Chicago violence

November 12, 2025 at 3:53 p.m.

President Donald Trump this week ignored several consecutive years of decreases in Chicago’s violent crime and instead credited “Operation Midway Blitz” for the continuing downward trend.

Mayor Brandon Johnson delivers his budget address to the City Council on Oct. 16, 2025, at Chicago City Hall. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Mayor Brandon Johnson floating change to head tax proposal: sources

November 12, 2025 at 6:08 p.m.

Mayor Brandon Johnson has begun asking aldermen if they would support a corporate head tax if it applied only to companies with 200 or more workers, sources say.

Mayor Brandon Johnson addresses the media on Nov. 10, 2025, at Chicago City Hall. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Mayor Brandon Johnson noncommittal on next Chicago Public Schools CEO

November 10, 2025 at 5:47 p.m.

Mayor Brandon Johnson on Monday indicated further applicants should throw their hats in the ring to be Chicago Public Schools CEO.

High stakes for Mayor Brandon Johnson’s progressive agenda in head tax push

November 11, 2025 at 12:10 p.m.

Having already failed to deliver other key tenets of his ambitious tax-the-rich wish list, the head tax is a watershed moment for Mayor Brandon Johnson and his allies.

Fourteen mothers are arrested during morning prayers and protests outside the U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement holding facility in Broadview on Nov. 7, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

14 mothers arrested during protest at ICE processing center in Broadview; clergy again denied access to detainees

November 7, 2025 at 7:52 p.m.

It's the latest act of civil disobedience outside the facility that’s become a major flash point of opposition to the Trump administration’s “Operation Midway Blitz.”

Mayor Brandon Johnson speaks with the baiduhai Editorial Board on Oct. 28, 2025. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Mayor Brandon Johnson blames past administrations after rating agency’s negative budget outlook

November 6, 2025 at 4:34 p.m.

Mayor Brandon Johnson defended his 2026 budget proposal Thursday following a rating agency lowering its outlook on the city this week, which signaled a potential future credit downgrade to one...

All Stories