With a projected budget deficit of nearly $1 billion for fiscal year 2025, Chicago officials have imposed a hiring freeze and ...

It turns out Mayor Brandon Johnson has more executive-level staff than other recent mayors. There are more city staffers with job titles such as chief, director, or officer in City Hall now than were ...

CHICAGO (CBS) – As the City of Chicago faces a significant budget deficit for this and next fiscal year, the city announced ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson made his first public appearance Wednesday since announcing a citywide hiring freeze to address a ...

The City of Chicago has enacted a citywide hiring freeze, effective immediately, in an effort to address nearly a $1 billion budget deficit forecast for 2025. The shortfall and gap are attributed to ...

Chicago's hiring freeze to address a budget deficit won't affect public safety jobs, as stated by Mayor Brandon Johnson.

CHICAGO — City leaders reacted Tuesday to a hiring freeze implemented by the City of Chicago, effectively immediately, as it faces a large budget deficit. The hiring freeze is part of cost ...

Chicago's hiring freeze excludes police and fire departments, a clarification after confusion among officials.

Chicago announced a hiring freeze as it prepares to face a nearly billion-dollar budget shortfall next year. Chicago Budget Director Annette Guzman said the freeze will address the looming $982.4 ...

Chicago Mayor ... and union contracts. “Public safety is obviously tantamount…” Guzman said. “We also know that there’s an interrelationship between hiring and overtime, and so we ...

CHICAGO — Mayor ... including a citywide hiring freeze, and stringent limitations on non-essential travel and overtime expenditures outside of public safety operations.” The statement did ...

Historical figures in Gail Borden Public Library’s past will come back to life this weekend during the Bluff City Cemetery Walk in Elgin.