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Departmental Highlights Snapshot: Appropriation & Staffing Changes from 2024 Budget 2024 Budgeted 2025 Proposed Net Change Percent Change Appropriations $902,026,766 $699,839,541 -$202,187,225 -22.4% Positions & FTEs 1175 1051 -124 -10.6% […]

Departmental Highlights Snapshot: Appropriation & Staffing Changes from 2024 Budget 2024 Budgeted 2025 Proposed Net Change Percent Change Appropriations $16,284,323 $14,833,880 -$1,450,443 -8.91% Positions & FTEs 41 40 -1 -2.44% […]

The Chicago Commission on Human Relations is the investigatory and enforcement agency for Chicago’s Human Rights and Fair Housing ordinances. The Commission also provides support for hate crime victims and […]

Departmental Highlights Snapshot: Appropriation & Staffing Changes from 2024 Budget 2024 Budgeted 2025 Proposed Net Change Percent Change Appropriations $104,908,871 $111,004,093 $6,095,222 5.8% Positions & FTEs 663 639 -24 -3.6% […]

The Office of Budget and Management (OBM) is responsible for the administration of the city’s budget.  Because OBM oversees the preparation of each department’s budget, as well as the non-departmental […]

The office of the mayor contains the mayor’s administrative staff and several small offices focused on specific policy areas, such as the ​​Office of Equity and Racial Justice, Office of […]

The finance general category is a budgetary catch-all for non-departmental spending. There is no dedicated budget hearing devoted specifically to finance general appropriations, although in recent years it has made […]

Mayor Brandon Johnson released his proposed 2025 budget for the City of Chicago on Wednesday, Oct. 30. As in previous years, BGA Policy will release a series of department-specific budget […]