Mayor Brandon Johnson tweaks head tax plan to target bigger companies, opponents balk
Mayor Brandon Johnson is now pushing a $33-per-employee monthly tax on companies with over 500 Chicago employees.
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Mayor Brandon Johnson calls aldermanic budget plan ‘incomplete assignment’
Mayor Brandon Johnson castigated the 26 aldermen, and said if they are so confident in their counterproposal to his $16.6 billion spending plan for next year, then prove it.
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration shoots down budget proposal by aldermen
A detailed memo from Johnson’s top finance officials generally sought to discredit the proposal floated earlier this week in a letter signed by 26 aldermen.
Sweeping ban on hemp products in Chicago advances in City Council
Proponents of the hemp product ban argue it would make Chicago safer by speeding up a pending Congressional prohibition on the products that get users high.
Aldermen call for garbage fee and liquor tax increases instead of corporate head tax
At a City Hall news conference, Johnson called out political organizations that have launched campaigns against his monthly $21-per-employee surcharge on businesses.
Downtown alderman wants teen curfew compromise after meetup shootings
Downtown Ald. Brian Hopkins plans to push his ordinance again after eight people were shot and a 14-year-old boy was killed in two incidents linked to a large youth meetup.
Former Chicago inspector general has no remorse after fine for leaking report on botched implosion
The Chicago Board of Ethics fined former Inspector General Joe Ferguson $5,000 for sharing a report that blasted the city for an implosion that left Little Village coated in dust.
Investigation continues into pair of downtown shootings, including one that took the life of ‘vibrant’ teen Friday night
Chicago Police continue to investigate a pair of shootings that unfolded in the Loop Friday night, leaving a 14-year-old boy dead and eight other teens wounded in the latest "teen...
Chicago activists share blueprint for resisting Border Patrol: ‘Chicago clearly is front and center’
As President Donald Trump’s ramped up Border Patrol action hits city after city, Chicago’s immigration-focused community organizers are following.
14-year-old killed, 8 teens injured in chaotic downtown Chicago shootings during ‘teen takeover’
Several people were shot outside the Chicago Theatre in the Loop late Friday, Chicago police said. An hour later and a few blocks south, a second shooting left a 14-year-old...