Including pensions, benefits, budget-busting overtime and other hidden expenses, the analyst reports that city costs for CPD in 2025 could reach $3.8 billion.

Appropriation & Staffing Changes from 2024 Budget 2024 Budgeted 2025 Proposed Net Change Percent Change Appropriations $1,484 ...

(Bloomberg) -- Chicago’s credit rating is at risk as Mayor Brandon Johnson and the city council spar over how to close a nearly $1 billion deficit in next year’s budget. S&P Global Ratings ...

(Bloomberg) -- Chicago’s credit rating is at risk as Mayor Brandon Johnson and the city council spar over how to close a nearly $1 billion deficit in next year’s budget. S&P Global Ratings late ...

Chicago-area transit agencies are staring down a reckoning that could derail the region. Crain’s Forum editor Cassandra West ...

An expert looks at some reasons why major cities are losing young families and the effects that follow their decision.

The dataset, which was provided to ProPublica by the Chicago Department of Finance on July 1, 2021, is a snapshot of the city ...

Standard & Poor’s has put Chicago on a "credit watch," which could raise the interest rate the city pays by about one-quarter ...

Chicago’s 2025 budget has a nearly $1 billion hole. Mayor Brandon Johnson has only proposed tax hikes. But when personnel ...

"...The Fire Department has always been the last at the table,” Chicago Fire Commissioner Annette Nance-Holt said pointing to the aging apparatus.

The nonprofit Franciscan Outreach plans to purchase and renovate a vacant building on 21st Street into a shelter with 120 ...

Chicago in and of itself is an innovative marvel to behold. Established on soggy land adjacent to Lake Michigan, the city underwent major architectural efforts to physically raise the urban area to ...