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Mayor Brandon Johnson weighing corporate head tax, social media ad tax to balance Chicago budget
The city of Chicago has a massive $1.1 billion budget gap to fill for 2026, and with Mayor Brandon Johnson promising not to ...
Chicago Mayor Floats Reviving Tax on Corporations to Raise Cash
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is considering reviving a tax on corporations to help raise revenue and balance the city’s ...
Mayor Brandon Johnson: Corporate head tax on table to fix Chicago budget
As he calls on Chicago’s “billionaires and ultra rich” to “put more skin in the game,” Mayor Brandon Johnson said a ...
Mayor Johnson’s crossroads — budget decisions that will define his financial stewardship of Chicago
Johnson should have been “more proactive in meeting the moment we knew was coming” when $1.9 billion in federal pandemic ...
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Mayor Brandon Johnson to pick new Chicago Housing Authority CEO soon
Angela Hurlock, left, interim CEO of the Chicago Housing Authority, and Mayor Brandon Johnson at a ribbon-cutting event for the Edith Spurlock Sampson Apartments in Lincoln Park on Feb. 27, 2025.
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Chicago Mayor Johnson vetoes ‘snap’ curfew ordinance passed this ...
CHICAGO (WGN) — Mayor Brandon Johnson on Friday made good on his promise to veto an ordinance passed this week by the Chicago City Council that aimed to crack down on so-called ‘teen takeovers ...