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

LINCOLN — Nebraska’s chief human resources officer and head of the agency that oversees the state budget, state employees ... Jason Jackson, director of the Nebraska Department of ...

Discussion on the fiscal year 2025 budget bill continued on Tuesday with senators engaged in a section-by-section, agency-by-agency review of the $1.3 billion spending plan. An amendment by ...

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.

It may be apt that Chicago is known as the Windy City, as its government is facing significant headwinds when it comes to the ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration announced Wednesday that a recent hiring freeze across city government would not apply ...

A new statement has been issued quoting positions maintained by ordinance and those required under the consent decree ...

The mayor's budget office said the freeze will save $100 million, an estimate surprising some in the council who want to see the math first.

With a projected budget deficit of nearly $1 billion for fiscal year 2025, Chicago officials have imposed a hiring freeze and ...

Facing a burgeoning budget crisis, Johnson on Monday froze hiring and travel and eliminated overtime “not directly required ...

A Chicago economics professor has questions about the potential effectiveness of the city’s new budget restrictions.

Mayor Brandon Johnson on Monday issued a hiring freeze on city government positions, including police, as his administration ...