Chicago is what happens when antisemitism mixes with lawlessness
Days after the Oct. 26 shooting of an Orthodox Jewish man in Chicago, Mayor Brandon Johnson was publicly rebuked for issuing ...
‘Non-starter:’ The 7 demands Chicago alders have for mayor’s 2025 budget
Mayor Brandon Johnson needs the approval of 26 of the city's alders to pass his proposed budget. But if a group of them who ...
With Mayor Johnson expected to propose property tax increase, some residents express uncertainty
As Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is expected to propose a property tax increase during Wednesday's City Council meeting, some ...
Illinois Policy9d
4 ways Chicago’s 2025 budget fails, plus hikes property taxes
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s 2025 budget proposes a nearly $1 billion deficit. High personnel and pension costs have ...
Mayor Johnson to announce property tax hike as part of 2025 budget despite campaign promises
As Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson delivers his 2024 budget address during a City Council meeting Wednesday, he is expected to ...
Longview News-Journal20d
Chicago alderman argues ‘ShotSpotter ‘fulfills what it’s meant to do’
(The Center Square) – Chicago Ald. Chris Taliaferro is skeptical of new city data that highlights how gunshot detection operator ShotSpotter did not alert police to at least 20% of all shootings ...
Chicago Reader27d
Private eyes
This story was published by The Trace, a nonprofit newsroom covering gun violence in America. Sign up for its newsletters here. As Chicago’s ShotSpotter microphones come down following years of ...
National Review3d
Brandon Johnson Wasn’t on the Ballot in Chicago, but Went Down in Flames on Tuesday Anyway
Glenn Youngkin Tells Trump He Will Serve Out Rest of His Term, Won’t Serve in Admin Massie Should Go Full Milei on the USDA Readers of National Review have become ...
Crain's Chicago Business11d
Johnson's $17.3 billion budget faces pushback in City Council, with a close ally in the opposition
The hardball negotiations and posturing over Mayor Brandon Johnson’s proposed $17.3 billion 2025 budget began nearly as soon ...
WAVY-TV24d
Local police embrace ShotSpotter, but others have pulled plug
Drew and Neudigate were the first two, and remain the only two, to use ShotSpotter in the Commonwealth, and both say it’s highly accurate. Not everyone agrees. Chicago canceled its contract with ...
Chicago Sun-Times24d
Johnson must break two campaign promises to get budget passed, City Council critic warns
ShotSpotter is going to have to be part of ... a new Southwest Side police district that would be carved out of the Chicago Lawn District. The mayor has argued the shuttered armory, on Midway ...