Vallas: 4 reasons why ‘mansion tax’ is bad for Chicago business

By Paul Vallas

11/24/2023

Two false labels are attached to Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s push to tax high-dollar real estate sales. It’s not a “mansion tax.” It taxes mainly businesses. It won’t help “Bring Chicago Home.” It will fuel businesses moving out.

TAGS: Brandon Johnson, Chicago

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson gets little support for migrant tent camps

By Jess Plowman

11/22/2023

Voters, community residents and some aldermen are upset with Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson over how decisions to place migrant tent camps have been handled. Voters polled were 63% opposed to 28% in support of the winter tent plan.

TAGS: Brandon Johnson, Chicago

Vallas: City budget passes, next fiscal crisis looms

By Paul Vallas

11/21/2023

Now that Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has passed his first budget, attention should be on the Chicago Public Schools. School leaders claim it will have a budget hole of over $600 million by 2025.

TAGS: Brandon Johnson, Chicago

Mr. Beef from ‘The Bear’ is a mansion, according to Chicago mayor’s tax plan

By Dylan Sharkey

11/15/2023

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson wants voters to raise the city’s tax on million-dollar property sales, which would include any sale on a restaurant such as Mr. Beef, the inspiration for the hit show “The Bear.”

TAGS: Brandon Johnson

Only 28% of Chicago voters approve of Mayor Brandon Johnson

By Dylan Sharkey

11/15/2023

New polling shows Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has a 28% approval rating – as low as one mayor after a national scandal and another who was about to get booted by voters.

TAGS: Brandon Johnson, Chicago

Chicago City Council puts ‘mansion tax’ on March 2024 ballot

By Dylan Sharkey

11/08/2023

The Chicago City Council is asking voters on the March 2024 ballot to approve or reject a tax increase on the sale of $1 million properties. The move will mainly hit commercial properties, adding to Chicago’s anti-business reputation.

TAGS: Brandon Johnson, Chicago

Chicago Teachers Union records show it paid Brandon Johnson during run for mayor

By Mailee Smith

11/03/2023

Johnson announced his bid for mayor on Oct. 27, 2022. CTU’s federal filing shows it paid him more than $75,000 during its 2023 fiscal year, which ended June 30, 2023.

TAGS: Brandon Johnson, CTU: Chicago Teachers Union

Vallas: What you should be asking about Chicago mayor’s budget

By Paul Vallas

10/24/2023

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson delivered a budget that does little to improve the city or advance his many progressive initiatives. Here’s what it does, and what Chicagoans should be asking city leaders about what it could be.

TAGS: Brandon Johnson, Chicago

Pritzker would veto Chicago mayor’s financial transaction tax plan

By Dylan Sharkey

10/17/2023

Gov. J.B. Pritzker said he would oppose a financial transaction tax that Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson wants as part of his plan for $800 million in new taxes.

TAGS: Brandon Johnson, JB Pritzker

What Mayor Brandon Johnson’s 2024 budget means for Chicagoans

By Josh Bandoch

10/13/2023

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson presented his first budget to other city leaders on Oct. 11. While he kept his promise not to raise property taxes, there are other fiscal challenges that will hit taxpayers hard in the future and need to be addressed now.

TAGS: Brandon Johnson, Chicago

Center for Poverty Solutions: How to better assess poverty in Chicago and America

America’s War on Poverty has been an abject failure. Nearly $12 trillion and 60 years later, official poverty rates remain basically unchanged. While the nation waged a well-intentioned assault on poverty, it inadvertently launched a far more sinister war: on dignity. While attempting to eradicate poverty, America created countless government welfare programs. In doing so,...

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