Two factors outside the city’s control explain the situation: a $165 million reduction in Chicago’s share of revenues from the personal property replacement tax, and a disputed $175 million pension ...

Reductions target crossing guards and central-office employees. Trimming a $734 million deficit would require bigger moves.

CPS employs about 600 crossing guards, and close to 90 are getting pink slips. In addition, about 20 guard vacancies are not ...

Interim CPS CEO Macqueline King adjusted the district's deficit last week to $734 million, $200 million more than her ...

City Hall budget officials say major sources of revenues in the city’s general fund came in far lower than anticipated.

Chicago ended 2024 with no unassigned fund balance after CPS skipped a key pension payment, leaving Mayor Johnson with less ...

The Chicago Police Department exceeded its nearly $2 billion budget, approved by the Chicago City Council, by $207 million, according to city data.

In a June 12 letter, the Caucus expressed frustration about CPD’s approach to federal immigration enforcement and criticized ...

Jury selection began on Monday in the trial of a former dean of a Chicago public high school accused of forming a sexual ...

Charles Leto, a Chicago lifeguard, is accused of shooting at two teenagers on Thursday. Marjay Dotson, 15, was killed and ...

A young Chicago cop had racked up more than a dozen misconduct complaints by the time authorities say he inadvertently shot ...