Mayor Brandon Johnson Thursday ripped a proposal Chicago’s top independent watchdog recommended as a way to prevent him and ...

Chicago’s city council has tabled consideration of an $830 million bond issue favored by the mayor. Mayor Brandon Johnson wanted the bond money for infrastructure projects, even though the additional ...

The WGN News team, led by Tom Skilling, recently took a trip to Argonne National Laboratory to meet “Aurora,” a supercomputer ...

Ald. Bill Conway and Ald. Anthony Beale teamed up to delay the vote on the bond issue for one meeting. Conway has complained ...

Chicago aldermen pushed back on Wednesday and stalled a final vote on Mayor Brandon Johnson's planned $830 million bond proposal.

The mayor's bond plan has sparked intense debate over its potential long-term impact on the city's finances, in particular ...

Aldermen used a parliamentary maneuver to stall the scheduled vote on the $830 million bond that Johnson wants to use to pay ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration is instructing the school board to move ahead on accepting the costs of a $175 million pension payment that has been a political hot potato between City Hall and ...

The mayor's borrowing plan had been criticized for its balloon repayment schedule, which would see the city pay over $2 ...

CPS CEO Pedro Martinez is no longer in the running for Clark County’s superintendent position as the Nevada district narrows ...

The Illinois State Council of the SEIU voted to declare its membership as “under attack” from the CTU’s demands, falling just ...