Chicago Mayor, Brandon Johnson

Aldermen give Mayor Brandon Johnson’s $300 million property tax plan the boot
The Chicago City Council emphatically voted down Mayor Brandon Johnson’s plan to hike property taxes by $300 million Thursday, creating a yawning hole in the city’s 2025 budget that must now be closed.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson won't commit to alternatives to property tax hike
Dozens of aldermen called for a special meeting to vote down the mayor's proposed $300 million property tax increase.
Chicago mayor backs away from proposed $300M property tax hike
One day before City Council plans to say no to his $300 million property tax hike, Mayor Brandon Johnson publicly walked away from his proposal.
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s property tax hike gets opposition, caution from aldermen
When lukewarm applause followed Mayor Brandon Johnson’s budget address Wednesday, it was clear what had sucked the enthusiasm from City Council chambers. The foundation of Johnson’s $17.3 billion spending plan: a $300 million property tax increase.
Johnson refuses to declare his bottom line on size of property tax hike as negotiations continue
The mayor is open to a “plethora of ideas” so long as they don’t compromise his core values of “investing in people” through summer jobs, community safety, behavioral health and affordable housing but also avoiding layoffs and furlough days and continuing to make additional payments on
Brandon Johnson collaborating with alders as pushback of $300M property tax increase continues
Mayor Brandon Johnson is vowing to work with City Council members who are dead set on lowering or eliminating the property tax increase he has proposed.
Mayor Brandon Johnson seeks $300M property tax hike in 2025 budget
Mayor Brandon Johnson on Wednesday proposed Chicago’s largest property tax hike in almost a decade as part of his $17.3 billion budget plan for next year. The $300 million increase that would hit Chicago homeowners,
Johnson back to drawing board after City Council rejects property tax hike
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has a month and a half to get a new city budget passed, but he’s back to the drawing board after a $300 million property tax hike was rejected.
Editorial: Who’s the threat to democracy now? Brandon Johnson mocks Chicago voters with CPS power play.
Five newly elected members of the Chicago Board of Education delivered a blunt message Tuesday to Mayor Brandon Johnson. Yes, ...
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Brandon Johnson’s communications director ousted amid latest mayoral office shake-up
Mayor Brandon Johnson, shown at Tuesday’s special City Council meeting. Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times file Share One of Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s closest confidants, who served as ...
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Ahead of Mayor Johnson’s second budget, we take a look at how far he’s come on his fiscal campaign promises
One person with a lot of ideas for addressing budget woes of this magnitude was mayoral candidate Brandon Johnson. He was one of the first in the mayoral race to come out with a detailed fiscal ...
Mayor Brandon Johnson makes no promises after warnings over proposed police reform cuts
Mayor Brandon Johnson on Thursday pushed back on criticism that his Chicago police budget plan endangers the department’s ...
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Brandon Johnson Wasn’t on the Ballot in Chicago, but Went Down in Flames on Tuesday Anyway
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