Ald. Pat Dowell (3rd), who chairs the Finance Committee, pushed back on those criticisms during the meeting. She argued that ...

President Stacy Davis Gates and her caucus, which propelled Mayor Johnson into office, are being challenged by a group that ...

Chicago aldermen delayed a final vote on Mayor Brandon Johnson’s $830 million bond proposal over concerns about long-term costs.

The mayor's bond plan has sparked intense debate over its potential long-term impact on the city's finances, in particular ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration is instructing the school board to move ahead on accepting the costs of a $175 million pension payment that has been a political hot potato between City Hall and ...

Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s public supermarket proposal would run into the same problems as New York’s failed experiment in public housing.

Wallace is a Black Jewish activist and a CPS parent. Her appointment comes two months after Mayor Brandon Johnson named his ...

One Illinois lawmaker is proposing the state government create its own version of DOGE, following the lead of Elon Musk, to take a sledgehammer to waste and excessive spending in Illinois' budget.

Cydney Wallace is a Chicago Public Schools parent who currently serves as the board vice president for the Jewish Council on Urban Affairs.

Cydney Wallace, who serves on the board of directors for the Jewish Council on Urban Affairs, has been named as the 21st ...

Cydney Wallace is a mother of four and sits on the board of the Jewish Council on Urban Affairs. Wallace will represent the ...

“Brandon Johnson as our mayor has done such a good job of defending the people of the city of Chicago that Republicans ... Johnson won the 2023 mayoral election with backing from Black voters ...