Campaigning for office a year ago, standing in front of a table loaded up with bags of flour, cartons of eggs and gallons of ...

As food costs soar, Mayor Brandon Johnson wants to keep hurting Chicago’s working families with a grocery tax. He faces a ...

A big increase in the tax on university endowments is adding to financial uncertainty for the wealthiest colleges in the U.S., leading several already to lay off staff or implement hiring freezes.

NYC mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani faces criticism over costly socialist policies that opponents warn could create a fiscal crisis similar to Chicago.

Home rule authority gives Chicago broad power to govern itself. Mayor Brandon Johnson may ask the Illinois General Assembly ...

With cuts to SNAP and Medicaid benefits in Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill,’ Chicago’s food pantries are witnessing a surge ...

Citadel’s Chicago workforce once numbered 1,100. It now stands at 250. Pass a corporate payroll tax, and lots of other ...

Comments from Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson are raising concerns about the state of city finances ahead of contentious budget ...

An Illinois state senator says he’s “all ears” when it comes to funding public transit, but he insists on $1.5 billion from ...