As Mayor touts lower crime, community orgs say lack of funding jeopardizes the trend

Mayor Brandon Johnson credited community groups in a South Side police district for contributing to a 53.9% decrease in ...

Mayor Johnson warms to revised curfew ordinance that targets teen takeovers

FM's "Ask the Mayor" show, Mayor Brandon Johnson drew a "clear distinction" between the snap curfew ordinance he vetoed last ...
Yahoo

Mayor Brandon Johnson backs down in budget fight, won't veto rivals' spending plan

Chicago has avoided a city government shutdown in 2026. After the City Council gave its final approval to a spending plan over the weekend, Mayor Brandon Johnson on Tuesday said he wouldn't veto the ...
Fox News

Brandon Johnson’s progressive tax push puts Chicago on brink of rare shutdown as mayor weighs veto

A potential veto of Chicago’s 2026 budget by Mayor Brandon Johnson could trigger the Windy City's first-ever municipal shutdown. Johnson reportedly rebuked the budget passed by council over the ...
WBEZ

Mayor Brandon Johnson backs down, will not veto City Council's alternate budget

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson says he will not veto a 2026 budget that he has called “morally bankrupt,” instead allowing it to go into effect and staving off political gridlock and the risk of an ...
Chicago Tribune

Mayor Brandon Johnson surrenders in budget fight, will not veto opponents’ package

Mayor Brandon Johnson announced Tuesday he will not veto the 2026 budget passed by aldermen, conceding a historic struggle that reached the brink of a government shutdown and burned his goodwill with ...
WGN-TV

Mayor Brandon Johnson neither endorsing or vetoing ‘alternative’ 2026 budget plan passed by City Council

CHICAGO (WGN) — Mayor Brandon Johnson on Tuesday said he does not plan to sign the “alternative” city budget for 2026 that was passed over the weekend by the City Council. But he didn’t veto it, ...
ABC 7 Chicago

Mayor Johnson attempts to reintroduce head tax in budget before full City Council vote Saturday

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson made a last minute maneuver to reintroduce his controversial corporate head tax Friday. He wanted that revenue to replace the city debt collection ...
Governing

Brandon Johnson’s Woes

Chicago’s mayor has so far not been able to get city council approval for a new tax on big businesses. It’s a cornerstone of his plan to fill a $1.15 billion budget hole. Mayor Brandon Johnson has ...
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Mayor Brandon Johnson’s budget squeezes taxpayers while boosting pay for his admin: Chicago resident

Chicago Flips Red member Danielle Carter Walters discusses Mayor Brandon Johnson’s proposed budget and the return of I.C.E. to the city on ‘The Evening Edit.’ Cruz presses Trumpian regulator to stand ...
Fox News

Chicago 'lost its mind' financially under Mayor Brandon Johnson, Washington Post warns

The editorial board of the Washington Post called out Mayor Brandon Johnson on Monday, arguing he has mismanaged Chicago to the point the city has financially "lost its mind." The board argued that ...