Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson giving up $300 million property tax hike fight, evaluating other options with aldermen
CHICAGO — Mayor Brandon Johnson is all but giving up on his proposed $300 million property tax hike before aldermen kill it, and pushing them to find other revenue in its place to avert layoffs. Johnson’s administration is combing over alternatives to ...
'Collaborator in chief': Chicago mayor willing to negotiate with aldermen working to defeat tax hike
Mayor Brandon Johnson said he is willing to continue negotiating with City Council members who are working to defeat his $300 million property tax hike.
Chicago Mayor Gives Up On Property Tax Hike
Mayor Brandon Johnson reversed course after learning aldermen had teamed up to call a Wednesday city council meeting to defeat the tax.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson won't commit to alternatives to property tax hike
Dozens of aldermen called for a special meeting to vote down the mayor's proposed $300 million property tax increase.
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Johnson backs off $300 million property tax hike, says it was a starting point for negotiations
Mayor Brandon Johnson sought to reframe the property tax increase at the center of his $17.3 billion 2025 budget as a conversation starter after City Council came out hard against the proposal.
Johnson back to drawing board after City Council rejects property tax hike
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has a month and a half to get a new city budget passed, but he’s back to the drawing board after a $300 million property tax hike was rejected.
Johnson's $300M property tax increase will be 'significantly decreased,' top mayoral aide says
Twenty-two of the City Council’s 50 members met Saturday with top mayoral aides, including Johnson’s budget team, to begin negotiations that, some alderpersons said, should have started long before Johnson belatedly introduced his $17.
Mayor Brandon Johnson abandoning $300 million property tax hike, says he proposed it to ‘get people’s attention’
Mayor Brandon Johnson is all but giving up on his proposed $300 million property tax hike before aldermen kill it, and pushing them to find other revenue in its place to avert layoffs. Johnson’s administration is combing over alternatives to the tax jump after members of the City Council scheduled a special meeting in the hopes of voting it down.
Brandon Johnson collaborating with alders as pushback of $300M property tax increase continues
Mayor Brandon Johnson is vowing to work with City Council members who are dead set on lowering or eliminating the property tax increase he has proposed.
Johnson refuses to declare his bottom line on size of property tax hike as negotiations continue
The mayor is open to a “plethora of ideas” so long as they don’t compromise his core values of “investing in people” through summer jobs, community safety, behavioral health and affordable housing but also avoiding layoffs and furlough days and continuing to make additional payments on
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Chicago mayor pivots from $300M tax hike proposal, touts ‘robust conversation’
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