CITY HALL — If anyone knows what will happen next with Chicago’s parking meters, they’re not talking. That was the case again Monday, when the City Council’s finance committee delayed voting on a proposed sale of the city’s meter rights from one group of ... See more
CHICAGO — Alderpeople learned Thursday that Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration secretly offered about $3.3 billion last fall to reclaim control of the city’s parking meters — a whopping $800,000 more than the next-highest bidder. But the City Council ... See more
CHICAGO — Mayor Brandon Johnson ripped the parking meter deal again last week. “It’s the worst municipal deal in the history of municipalities,” he said at a media briefing. And, a few minutes later: “This is obviously, again, the worst deal ever.” Johnso... See more
CHICAGO — The mayor’s clout took another hit Tuesday. The Chicago Housing Authority board voted to pick a new CEO for the agency — and it’s not the City Hall veteran wanted by Mayor Brandon Johnson. After meeting for more than an hour in a closed-door ses... See more
WEST HUMBOLDT PARK — Caroline Bermudez was fed up. By early 2024, she had been trying for months to get someone to take responsibility for the vacant house next door. The small bungalow is owned by the Chicago Housing Authority, one of its scattered-site ... See more
