The Chicago City Council emphatically voted down Mayor Brandon Johnson’s plan to hike property taxes by $300 million Thursday, creating a yawning hole in the city’s 2025 budget that must now be closed. Aldermen voted 50 to 0 in a rare unanimous roll call vote to discard the tax hike in a special meeting that lasted just minutes and included no debate. The council’s decisive rejection gives aldermen rarely seen leverage in ongoing budget negotiat…

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(The Center Square) – With about six weeks left to get a new city budget passed, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is headed back to the drawing board after his proposal

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Chicago city leaders unanimously vote down mayor’s property tax hike

(The Center Square) – With about six weeks left to get a new city budget passed, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is headed back to the drawing board after his proposal to hike property taxes was soundly defeated. Johnson, who during his mayoral campaign said he would not raise property taxes, recently proposed a $300 million increase as part of his $17.3 billion city budget. That would have meant a 4% increase for homeowners. 
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In a unanimous decision, the Chicago City Council voted down Mayor Brandon Johnson’s proposed $300 million property tax increase, citing concerns over resident burden and the need for alternative revenue sources to fill the city’s $1 billion budget gap.

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Aldermen voted 50 to 0 in a rare unanimous roll call vote to discard the tax hike in a special meeting that lasted just minutes.

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Chicago Aldermen Give Mayor Brandon Johnson’s $300M Property Tax Plan the Boot

Following strong opposition from Chicago’s City Council, Mayor Brandon Johnson suggested earlier this week that his proposed $300 million property tax hike was always negotiable. “So as a public-school teacher, sometimes we do things to get people’s attention, and so now that we have the attention of everyone, I’ve said from the very beginning, this is a proposal,” Johnson said on Tuesday.  Today, the Chicago City Council unanimously rejected hi…

Aldermen give Mayor Brandon Johnson’s $300 million property tax plan the boot

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