After years of fits and starts, a study which will help the Chicago Police Department determine which neighborhoods see ...

Meanwhile, some of the council’s most progressive members are also looking for an opening to win a longtime goal of theirs — cutting the Chicago police budget. The hardball inclinations coming ...

The mayor is laying out his priorities for the year. But what's not on the list are solutions to the big fiscal cliffs for city agencies.

J.B. Pritzker a measure ensuring all retired Chicago police officers receive the same ... 306.6 million that Johnson has earmarked in his first budget to “pre-pay” Chicago’s pension debt ...

Chicago - The deadline to close ... they have a solution – reallocate vacancy funds from the Chicago Police Department budget. This year's budget allocated $170 million over 1,100 vacancies.

Sources earlier said one new element of the latest budget deal also includes the city cracking down on major sports teams and other venues in Chicago to reimburse the city for police overtime ...

CHICAGO — Ratings agency S&P downgraded the city of Chicago’s general obligation debt late Monday, citing structural imbalance in the just-passed 2025 budget, limited options for new revenue ...

Additionally, the budget adds new speed cameras to some wards in order to raise $11 million needed to pay for Chicago Police Department jobs tied to the federal consent decree. Gone, however ...