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Dorval Carter Jr., then-president of the Chicago Transit Authority, at a news conference Jan. 10, 2025, heralding the final part of federal funding for the Red Line Extension project. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Mayor Brandon Johnson considering lawsuit as Trump withholds $2.1B from Chicago, including CTA Red Line Extension funds

October 3, 2025 at 5:42 p.m.

Two major Chicago transit projects are in jeopardy after the White House froze $2.1 billion in federal funding over an investigation into racial preferences in contracting.

Residential properties throughout Chicago's South and West sides, like these on West End Avenue in West Garfield Park, had their property assessments increase last year. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Applications open for Cook County property tax relief fund

September 29, 2025 at 3:02 p.m.

The Cook County Homeowner Relief Fund will pay $1,000 to eligible homeowners who saw a property tax increase of 50% or more in 2021, 2022 or 2023.

Mayor Brandon Johnson arrives at the Harm Reduction Fair in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood on Aug. 27, 2025. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Chicago budget fight a political minefield for Mayor Brandon Johnson

October 8, 2025 at 10:35 a.m.

To close a $1.15 billion 2026 funding gap by the end of the year, Mayor Brandon Johnson will have to dance through a minefield.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson presides over a meeting of the City Council in City Hall, Sept. 25, 2025. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s council plan falls apart under weight of ‘Where’s mine?’

September 25, 2025 at 7:29 p.m.

Mayor Brandon Johnson had hoped to reshuffle the City Council members who hold the reins of the body’s powerful committees.

The Obama Presidential Center looms over the water at Jackson Park while under construction on Sept. 8, 2025, in Chicago. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Aldermen advance plan to protect affordable housing around Obama center

September 24, 2025 at 7:13 p.m.

Following last minute changes, advocates won passage in the City Council Housing Committee of a more modest Obama center housing protection proposal than they hoped for.

Residential properties throughout the South and West sides, like these shown on Sept. 18, 2025 on West End Avenue in West Garfield Park, had their property assessments double or even triple last year. Those higher assessments will likely help trigger steep hikes in property tax bills for homeowners in the neighborhoods. Experts, and officials with the Cook County assessor's office that produced the new figures, said the higher valuations are being partly driven by investors who have flocked to the few neighborhoods where real estate is still affordable. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Brace for impact: Tax hikes loom for South, West Side homeowners

October 2, 2025 at 6:13 p.m.

Property assessments double for 37,000 homes in Chicago’s historically neglected neighborhoods amid fresh investor interest.

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent sits outside Cook County domestic violence court, 555 W. Harrison, in Chicago on Sept. 15, 2025. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Cook County commissioners seek cooperation from other officials to sound alert when ICE arrives

September 19, 2025 at 5:06 p.m.

The board members' resolution requests “communication of interactions related to immigration enforcement that occur within County buildings, on County property, or with County staff.”

Tom Lynch, the head of Cook County's Bureau of Technology, addresses the Cook County Board on March 13, 2025. Lynch told commissioners on the county board’s Technology Committee Wednesday: “We have made a lot of progress, but we're not done either.” (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Cook County property tax bill delay continues; board creates fund for governments

September 18, 2025 at 5:04 p.m.

Cook County has launched a $300 million loan fund to help towns and other taxing bodies that will struggle without property tax revenues in hand.

Cook County advances $22.3M settlement for men wrongly convicted in fatal fire

September 17, 2025 at 5:00 p.m.

The three men were convicted of murder and aggravated arson after what they said was false assurances from detectives that they would be let go if they confessed.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson speaks with attendees during a budget roundtable discussion at Malcolm X College, June 30, 2025. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s budget group announces familiar ideas to plug gap

September 16, 2025 at 4:41 p.m.

The report on ways to plug the 2026 budget hole is a mix of revenue increases and cuts, but it omits bolder ideas backed by progressive groups like a payroll...

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