Otherwise, down-ballot candidates are on their own to get their messages out — and that costs money. We’ll be watching to see how much their respective parties help out in the home stretch. Here are ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson pledged to create nearly 400 civilian Chicago police positions in his 2024 budget in order to keep ...

Johnson’s budget team spokesperson said public safety positions are in fact exempt from the hiring freeze enacted Monday but maintained that was always the plan.

The looming deficit is "going to require decisions that will speak to our overall collective desire to build an economy that works for working people," Chicago Mayor Brandon Johns ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson exempted the Chicago Police Department (CPD) from a proposed citywide hiring freeze following a ...