Mayor Brandon Johnson recently issued the first veto by a Chicago mayor in 19 years. But mayoral vetoes once were common. A ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s new lead Springfield IGA director John Arena argued those lobbyists did not need to register because ...

Some officials think Mayor Brandon Johnson could propose a property tax hike, after proposing one last year before taking it ...

County data show that Chicago could be on track to record fewer than 500 homicides this year, which would be the lowest total ...

The Chicago Tribune cautioned Democratic New York voters about mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani on Monday, comparing his ...

Who is Brandon Johnson? Johnson is a former public school teacher and organizer for the Chicago Teachers union, which he supported during a strike in 2019. He was one of 10 siblings growing up in ...

Chicago had a $161 million deficit in fiscal year 2024, according to the annual comprehensive financial report the city ...

Brandon Johnson, 47, a union organizer endorsed by the teachers union, beat out Paul Vallas, 69, a former city budget director backed by the city's police union, in a tight runoff that marked a ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson criticized Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson for opposing immigration enforcement, saying he was "on ...

As officials prepare for Trump to escalate immigration enforcement, Johnson says Chicago is prepared to fight in the courts, ...

Brandon Johnson — the first Chicagoan to unseat an incumbent mayor in 40 years — will inherit a towering to-do list when he assumes leadership of a city plagued by dissatisfaction with its ...

Progressive mayoral candidate Brandon Johnson and Sen. Bernie Sanders raise their hands to a crowd of supporters at Johnson's rally at the UIC Forum March 30, 2023, in Chicago. (Jim Vondruska ...