Three days before his 2025 budget finally passed after tense negotiations, Johnson acknowledged a “seismic shift” at City Hall. “Look, I’m the first person to admit that the mayor’s ...

By a lopsided 30-18 vote, the City Council approved Johnson’s “green social housing” plan to create a city-owned, nonprofit developer that would issue $135 million in loans to developers who ...

Ahead of the DNC, City Hall spent $814,000 on a fence to lock out homeless people Two months before the convention, Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration OK’d “emergency” spending for the ...

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As Crain's Rachel Herzog and Justin Laurence reported in April, the Green Social Housing program would establish a city-run nonprofit to build and acquire residential buildings.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson speaks during a news conference about President Donald Trump at City Hall after a City Council meeting on May 21, 2025, in Chicago.

Ahead of a Chicago City Council vote unanimously rejecting Mayor Brandon Johnson’s proposed $300 million property tax hike, local residents addressed the council and the mayor, criticizing ...

Going up for sale soon in the Gold Coast is the home of a long-retired Chicago City Hall insider who worked under four mayors, from the first Daley to Harold Washington. When he stepped down as ...

And Johnson is not entirely wrong. Since 1995, Chicago’s mayor has had the sole authority to appoint board members, who then vote on the school district’s CEO, without City Council input.

There are more city staffers with job titles such as chief, director, or officer in City Hall now than were seen during the administration of Mayor Lori Lightfoot or Mayor Rahm Emanuel before her ...

Chicago City Hall was evacuated due to a small fire in a records storage area on the third-floor, which was quickly extinguished and no structural damage was reported.

Ahead of a Chicago City Council vote unanimously rejecting Mayor Brandon Johnson’s proposed $300 million property tax hike, local residents addressed the council and the mayor.