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Chicago, Johnson and progressive revenue

Mayor Johnson's team reviews 26 ideas to raise revenue, plug Chicago’s budget deficit

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Mayor Brandon Johnson says 'progressive revenue' will be used to fill budget gap

Mayor Brandon Johnson says he will continue to seek progressive revenue solutions to address a billion-dollar budget deficit without raising property taxes.

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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 once again pitch a property tax hike, the mayor said Tuesday he's looking at creative ways to raise tax dollars.

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Editorial: Mayor Johnson offers multiple ideas to scare businesses out of Chicago

Mayor Brandon Johnson said he’s open to reviving the job-killing head tax and a thinly disguised bid to impose a city ...

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 ...

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Chicago mayors and their inspector generals: A contentious relationship that almost always ends badly

Deborah Witzburg decided not to seek the second term that Mayor Brandon Johnson almost certainly would deny her. It's not the ...

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Chicago CFO says property tax hike is ‘likely' to fill $1B budget gap in 2026

Chicago’s chief financial officer discussed the city’s financial challenges during an interview Tuesday with Bloomberg, ...

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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s ‘pending’ Springfield lobbyist ...

CHICAGO — Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s inner circle worked with outside lobbyists who were not registered to lobby on behalf of the city in the Illinois General Assembly, a practice his ...

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Mendoza teases 2027 mayoral run as she exits comptroller stage

Susana Mendoza won’t seek re-election as Illinois comptroller and is leaving the door open to a 2027 run for Chicago mayor.

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Chicago Inspector General Deborah Witzburg announces she will not seek another term

Chicago Inspector General Deborah Witzburg announced she will not seek another term. The decision comes after Chicago's City ...

Josh Shapiro and Rahm Emanuel Fault Zohran Mamdani Over ‘Intifada’ Line

Two top Jewish Democrats, Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania and former Mayor Rahm Emanuel of Chicago, criticized Mr. Mamdani ...

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