As a continuing part of a bad deal, Chicago taxpayers will pay Chicago Parking Meters LLC $20 million.

The Illinois Sports Facility Authority paid $1.6 million for a September concert at Guaranteed Rate Field, featuring Diddy and Fat Joe, even though it had to cancel the event.

In his annual budget address, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel painted a rosy picture about city finances while selling more tax and fee increases.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel looks to increase costs for Chicagoans to fill budget shortfalls and failing pensions.

The average salary for Cook County workers has far outpaced that of the typical Cook County household since 2001, and that’s contributed to the county’s fiscal ills.

With the repeal of the Cook County sweetened beverage tax, taxpayers remind elected officials who they represent.

The Cook County Board Finance Committee voted Oct. 10 in favor of an ordinance to repeal the unpopular sweetened beverage tax. The repeal measure now awaits a vote before the full board.