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The windows of a tax preparation business in the 8600 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue in Chicago are covered with ads on Aug. 5, 2025. There is a push to reduce the amount of ads on the windows of retail stores. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Chicago storefront sign restriction efforts a ‘quality of life’ issue for some, but others worry about overreach

August 11, 2025 at 10:51 a.m.

Some aldermen pushing to restrict large signage on windows as well block businesses from using non-reflective window tints and LED lights bordering their windows.

People walk in front of the marquee outside of Wrigley Field on Aug. 1, 2025, after a ceremony announcing Wrigley Field will host the 2027 All-Star Game. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Wrigley Field will host the All-Star Game in 2027 — the 4th time in the ballpark’s history

August 1, 2025 at 7:38 p.m.

The All-Star Game officially is coming to Wrigley Field for the first time since 1990.

Mayor Brandon Johnson at a City Hall news coference on July 3, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/baiduhai)

Mayor Brandon Johnson: Corporate head tax on table to fix Chicago budget

July 29, 2025 at 4:22 p.m.

As he calls on Chicago’s “billionaires and ultra rich” to “put more skin in the game,” Mayor Brandon Johnson said a per-employee head tax is "an option."

The sun sets near the 35th Street CTA Green Line station after storms passed through the area July 24, 2025, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Parking space minimums eliminated in much of Chicago, change aimed at adding housing density

July 28, 2025 at 5:44 p.m.

Builders putting residences near a CTA train or bus line will soon no longer need special approval to completely forgo parking spaces.

Chicago Park District Superintendent Carlos Ramirez-Rosa, from left, and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson laugh at a joke made by Chicago Ald. Maria Hadden, 49th, during a news conference at Loyola Beach Park in Chicago after the mayor spent time visiting various sites in the 49th Ward on July 25, 2025. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Mayor Brandon Johnson pledges no push for property tax hike after CFO recently called one ‘likely’

July 25, 2025 at 4:44 p.m.

Mayor Brandon Johnson signaled, as he often does, that he will instead try again to tax the city’s wealthiest residents and corporations.

Jill Jaworski, city chief financial officer, speaks alongside Mayor Brandon Johnson after a City Council meeting, Jan. 15, 2025, at City Hall. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s CFO says property tax hike ‘likely’ in 2026 budget

July 24, 2025 at 9:52 a.m.

Chief Financial Officer Jill Jaworski said a property tax hike will likely be "part of the package” for 2026 without addressing how to get aldermen to agree to pass it.

A man lights a cigarette on a CTA Blue Line train after it left the Pulaski station toward Chicago's Loop on March 15, 2022. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Mayor Brandon Johnson wants CTA smoking crackdown after aldermen’s call

July 22, 2025 at 5:19 p.m.

Mayor Brandon Johnson signaled an openness to ramping up police enforcement, but shared few specifics on what anti-smoking efforts will look like or cost.

Patrons use the gaming machine room at Crazy Times Pub and Grill in Machesney Park on March 26, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Gambling machines in Chicago bars, airports? Aldermen weigh revenue potential

July 21, 2025 at 4:49 p.m.

If Ald. William Hall gets his way, gambling machines will start popping up in places like bars and restaurants to help address Chicago's budget woes.

Ald. Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth, 48th, from left, Chris Jessup and Danielle Crider walk down Broadway speaking with business owners about a new upzoning proposal on July 9, 2025. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Plan to upzone Broadway promises housing, divides Edgewater

July 21, 2025 at 6:15 a.m.

A plan to allow bigger buildings along North Broadway has support of Mayor Brandon Johnson, but faces opposition from Edgewater activists who say it will wreck the neighborhood's character.

Inspector General Deborah Witzburg speaks with Aldermen Gilbert Villegas, 36th, and Brendan Reilly, 42nd, after a committee meeting April 16, 2025, at City Hall. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Chicago inspector general, often at odds with Mayor Brandon Johnson, drops push for a second term

July 18, 2025 at 2:56 p.m.

IG Deborah Witzburg had previously said she was pursuing another four-year term, teeing up a tough choice for Mayor Brandon Johnson.

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