The mayor is accusing business groups of misleading the public through ads. The CTU's own campaign tells the public alderpersons against the head tax will raise property taxes.

Mayor Johnson defended his corporate head tax proposal while blasting another plan from a group of aldermen.

Some members of the Chicago City Council presented their own budget proposal to counter Mayor Brandon Johnson's plan as the city tries to close a $1.1 billion deficit.

The mayor accused City Council members working on an alternate spending plan of “playing games with working people." ...

The alternate options put on the table would replace Mayor Brandon Johnson's corporate head tax with higher garbage ...

On one side, the Chicago Teachers Union, which bankrolled Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s campaign. CTU backs the mayor’s push to revive a corporate head tax to fund public safety initiatives.

The calendar has turned to the final month, and, as was the case last year at this time, Chicago’s budget clock is ticking.

Within days, the metastasizing debate over who was responsible for the rising tax burden collided with deepening ideological rifts in Chicago and Cook County.

Communities of color in Chicago, and nationally, are typically exposed to more air pollution, hazardous waste and PFAS, a ...