The city of Chicago has hired or promoted 490 people, mostly in the police department, since a freeze was instituted in ...

It is the nature of bureaucracies to expand or, at the very least, protect their size and thus the clout of the people who ...

A WBEZ analysis shows the city of Chicago hired or promoted 490 people since a hiring freeze was put in place in September.

Chris Taliaferro says Mayor Brandon Johnson made the only decision he could make in deciding not to include police officers as part of the city’s new hiring freeze. “I just believe that ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson made his first public appearance Wednesday since announcing a citywide hiring freeze Monday to address ...

Sources say Mayor Brandon Johnson will announce a property tax hike during his budget address, despite campaign promises not to.

A remembrance ceremony held Monday night honored the life of a six-year-old boy one year after he was allegedly stabbed by his landlord in what authorities called a hate crime. As we celebrate ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson was at Sweet Holy Spirit Church ... Johnson initially announced a citywide hiring freeze — then, two days later, exempted the police and fire departments.

As Mayor Brandon Johnson seeks to close a $223 million ... bid to close budget gap Johnson exempts police and fire from hiring freeze, but City Council wants to hear more Johnson freezes hiring ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson will propose a property tax hike ... The city has been under a hiring freeze to address the nearly$1 billion budget shortfall. The proposal is already meeting with pushback ...