Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson on Dec. 19 discusses his budget plan to invest $3 billion in highway preservation, bridge maintenance and ferry building in the next decade at a news conference at the ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A Chicago City Council committee approved an alternative budget plan brought by a group of alderpersons on Tuesday. A group of alderpersons presented the plan, which more than half of ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Chicago City Council passed a 2026 city budget plan Saturday, but Mayor Brandon Johnson has the ability to veto it. The $16.6 billion budget, which does not include the mayor's ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson delivered a public message Monday to aldermen who are threatening an imminent vote on their own 2026 budget plan: Bring it on. Speaking at a City Hall news conference, the mayor ...

An alternative budget proposal without a head tax is moving forward, as the stalemate continues at City Hall. Members of the City Council got creative in how they made up for the revenue lost by ...

Chicago is one step closer to avoiding a government shutdown after the City Council held a final vote on a budget plan following an hours-long session on Saturday, but the city is not out of the woods ...

Renegade Chicago aldermen battling with Mayor Brandon Johnson over competing 2026 budgets announced tweaks to their proposal Monday, but withheld critical details as a negotiation meeting between the ...

Pittsburgh’s controller and several City Council members on Wednesday skewered parts of Mayor Ed Gainey’s budget proposal for next year, with one councilman calling it “unprofessional” and “sloppy.” ...

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. Mayor Brandon Johnson has rejected much of the budget ...

Todd Feurer is a web producer for CBS Chicago. He has previously written for WBBM Newsradio, WUIS-FM and the New City News Service. An alternative budget proposed by Mayor Brandon Johnson's opponents ...