Spending time? Mayor Johnson’s budget address pushed back two weeks in face of nearly $1 billion deficit
Johnson’s budget director tells WBEZ all options are on the table to close the budget gap as the mayor shores up a plan. The ...
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Facing a $1 billion deficit, Mayor Brandon Johnson is delaying his budget address by two weeks
Johnson’s budget director tells WBEZ all options are on the table to close the budget gap as the mayor shores up a plan.
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As Johnson scrambles to close $1 billion budget gap, vote could get delayed to December
The delay would give the mayor's budget team more time to find politically feasible personnel cuts and revenue boosters to ...
Raise haze — facing a $1 billion budget gap, Mayor Brandon Johnson hasn’t said if he’ll take a pay hike next year
Johnson and other elected officials had until Sunday to reject the 4.1% pay raise. At least two alderpersons have said they ...
Will Johnson: Most Chicagoans reject higher city taxes, no matter the purpose. That’s bad news for the mayor.
When a new poll asked Chicagoans what deserves local tax funding, only one, basic services such as garbage pickup, was cited ...
Chicago Finance Committee Advances $1.5 Billion Bond Refinancing
The Chicago City Council Finance Committee passed a $1.5 billion bond proposal to refinance debt as part of Mayor Brandon ...
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As Brandon Johnson eyes $1B budget gap, labor and its allies watch warily
Facing a nearly $1 billion budget hole for next year, Mayor Brandon Johnson is considering whether to pare the city’s workforce to save on personnel costs, a move that could draw the ire of ...
In wake of CTA shooting, Mayor Johnson does not directly answer questions about transit safety
The mayor did not provide any specifics about what new ideas he would consider for the Chicago Transit Authority, and he ...
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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson's battles with city council carry high stakes ahead of budget fight
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Mayor Brandon Johnson has found himself embroiled in a pair of high ... The recent battles with city council ...
Mayor Johnson inks $100 million increase for Favorite Healthcare Staffing
Facing a nearly $1 billion budget deficit, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson side-stepped questions Thursday about a $100 million ...
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Editorial: Brandon Johnson should exempt cops and firefighters from his hiring freeze
Mayor Brandon Johnson faces a budget crisis that he and his staff saw — or should have seen — coming a mile away. With news Monday that his administration is responding with a hiring freeze ...
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Facing a $1 billion budget gap, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson hasn’t said if he’ll take a pay raise next year
though Mayor Brandon Johnson has so far declined to say whether he plans to take the pay bump as the city stares down a nearly $1 billion budget gap. A spokesman for Johnson said he has “nothing ...