Mayor Brandon Johnson reversed course Saturday and announced he will not attend a slain cop’s funeral after the officer’s family told him to stay away.

Mayoral aides and some Council members have agreed to cut the proposed increase in half as talks continue. The largest chunk of new revenue — $128 million — will come from raising the personal property lease tax on cloud computing to 11%.

Johnson stopped short Tuesday of saying he has the votes in the City Council to pass even the smaller increase, down from his original $300 million proposed hike.

A coalition of bars, restaurants, brewers and distributors are uniting to push back against Mayor Brandon Johnson’s proposed 35% increase on alcohol taxes in Chicago.

Chicago bar and restaurant owners said Wednesday that Mayor Brandon Johnson’s proposed 35% tax hike on liquor sales would be ruinous to their businesses, in the latest opposition to his 2025 budget plan — which the mayor complained is another example of critics not offering alternative solutions.

Johnson wants to halve property tax increase Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson says he’s in talks with city aldermen about cutting his proposed $300 million property tax increase by half. Last week, city aldermen unanimously voted against the proposal.