Corporate fund’s structural deficit - not Brandon Johnson - to blame for city's financial woesStructural fiscal problems can only be redressed through long-term, structural reforms, which are politically difficult to champion.Chicago Sun-Times5d agoWhole story →GovernmentEconomyBrandon Johnsonchicago budget proposal
City Council faction draws line in sand in preelection budget battle with Mayor Brandon JohnsonOne year after rejecting the mayor's corporate head tax, 29 opposition alderpersons tried to establish boundaries for the budget debate. At the top of the list — no property tax hike.Chicago Sun-Times7d agoWhole story →BuildEconomyBrandon Johnsonchicago budget debate
Civic Committee’s answer for city’s financial woes - less borrowing, rein in spending, shrink the payrollDerek Douglas, president of the Civic Committee of the Commercial Club, said what he fears most is that Mayor Brandon Johnson will propose "a bunch of proposals that we would consider anti-growth like the head tax. I fear that’s going to come back. I hope it doesn’t."Chicago Sun-Times11d agoWhole story →EconomyBrandon Johnsonchicago budget crisis
Mayor Johnson wins first round in fight over protections for tenantsThe City Council’s Housing Committee narrowly approved Brandon Johnson’s newly revised Protecting Renters Ordinance after he dropped a provision requiring landlords to make relocation payments to tenants evicted through no fault of their own.Chicago Sun-Times19d agoWhole story →BuildBrandon Johnsonchicago renter protections vote
Wait! You mean we don't gotta pay taxes?Mayor Brandon Johnson's new communications director opens up a whole new world of possibility.Chicago Sun-Times20d agoWhole story →EconomyBrandon Johnson
