The mountain of unpaid bills is not just an accounting curiosity, it is colliding head-on with the city budget. Chicago is ...

As of now, the city estimates the interest payments on the proposed $285 million, five-year debt for the legal settlements ...

After Johnson’s budget proposal failed to make it through the City Council’s Finance Committee, the mayor and alders ...

If the City Council doesn’t approve Mayor Brandon Johnson’s budget proposal, Chicago Board members, local politicians, and community leaders fear that schools will face cuts.

Chicago City Council’s Finance Committee votes down Mayor Johnson’s budget plan as South and West side homeowners see a ...

The Chicago City Council was set to meet Tuesday morning, and Mayor Brandon Johnson was set to hold a town hall on the ...

The City of Chicago has been paying out record-breaking number of legal settlements — many of them police-involved. Before the halfway point of the calendar year 2025, the city blew past the $90 ...

CHICAGO — The City Council is one step closer to approving a 2025 budget, but Mayor Brandon Johnson’s revised spending plan — which still includes an unpopular property tax increase — is expected to ...

The Chicago City Council finance committee approved several settlements costing the city more than $60 million Monday. Among the settlements is a $15.5 million payment to Chicago Parking Meters, LLC ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago is moving ahead with plans to settle a pair of old police misconduct lawsuits, and they are going to cost the city more than $35 million. The Chicago City Council's Finance ...

One Million Degrees (OMD) and City Colleges of Chicago today announced results from a multi-year study by the University of ...