The address is expected to include a proposal for a property tax hike -- a plan that Johnson steadfastly promised against ...

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Johnson’s three primary means of balancing the 2025 budget are employee reductions (eliminating unfilled positions and ...

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CHICAGO (CBS) --Mayor Brandon Johnson is proposing a $300 million property tax hike in 2025, going back on a key campaign promise, as he seeks to close a massive budget shortfall of nearly $1 billion.

Less than a year later, in June 2023, Durk Banks, Lil Durk’s real name, helped bankroll the campaign of Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, to the significant tune of $150,000. That remains the single ...

Brandon Johnson promised during his mayoral campaign not to raise property taxes, noting correctly back then that the levies are regressive and that the city’s lower-income and even middle ...

Ald. Anthony Beale (9th) (center) and other City Council members listen as Mayor Brandon Johnson unveils his proposed 2025 budget on Wednesday. Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times Share Mayor Brandon Johnson ...

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CHICAGO — While campaigning to be mayor prior to his election in April 2023, Brandon Johnson repeatedly vowed he would not raise city property taxes. But with Chicago facing a budget deficit of ...

The city hired or promoted 490 employees in the six weeks since Mayor Brandon Johnson announced a hiring freeze, with the Chicago Police Department seeing the most new hires. The employment data ...

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