The head tax debate is unraveling 

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Published on December 12, 2025

The head tax debate is unraveling 

Mayor Brandon Johnson during a Chicago City Council meeting on May 22, 2024. Photo by Ash Lane for The TRiBE®

Chicago’s budget battle has reached a stalemate. A group of alderpeople, 27 of them, have doubled down on their opposition to Mayor Brandon Johnson’s “Protecting Chicago” budget. No matter what any alderperson says, this impasse is about the corporate head tax, which is the central philosophy of the mayor’s budget proposal. The mayor’s message is […]

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