Mayor Brandon Johnson: Corporate head tax on table to fix Chicago budget
As he calls on Chicago’s “billionaires and ultra rich” to “put more skin in the game,” Mayor Brandon Johnson said a per-employee head tax is "an option."
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Parking space minimums eliminated in much of Chicago, change aimed at adding housing density
Builders putting residences near a CTA train or bus line will soon no longer need special approval to completely forgo parking spaces.
Mayor Brandon Johnson pledges no push for property tax hike after CFO recently called one ‘likely’
Mayor Brandon Johnson signaled, as he often does, that he will instead try again to tax the city’s wealthiest residents and corporations.
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s CFO says property tax hike ‘likely’ in 2026 budget
Chief Financial Officer Jill Jaworski said a property tax hike will likely be "part of the package” for 2026 without addressing how to get aldermen to agree to pass it.
Mayor Brandon Johnson wants CTA smoking crackdown after aldermen’s call
Mayor Brandon Johnson signaled an openness to ramping up police enforcement, but shared few specifics on what anti-smoking efforts will look like or cost.
Gambling machines in Chicago bars, airports? Aldermen weigh revenue potential
If Ald. William Hall gets his way, gambling machines will start popping up in places like bars and restaurants to help address Chicago's budget woes.
Plan to upzone Broadway promises housing, divides Edgewater
A plan to allow bigger buildings along North Broadway has support of Mayor Brandon Johnson, but faces opposition from Edgewater activists who say it will wreck the neighborhood's character.
Chicago inspector general, often at odds with Mayor Brandon Johnson, drops push for a second term
IG Deborah Witzburg had previously said she was pursuing another four-year term, teeing up a tough choice for Mayor Brandon Johnson.
Chicago ‘granny flat,’ coach house legalization stalled in City Council by opponents
Supporters had frantically pushed to tweak the ordinance Wednesday afternoon and believed they had struck a deal to win over critics, but it was not enough.
Effort to override Mayor Brandon Johnson’s veto of ‘teen takeover’ curfew fails
Twenty-eight aldermen voted to adopt the curfew, short of the 34 needed to override Mayor Brandon Johnson.