Chicago budget fight a political minefield for Mayor Brandon Johnson

To close a $1.15 billion 2026 funding gap by the end of the year, Mayor Brandon Johnson will have to dance through a ...

After Weeks of Threats, Trump Sends Federalized Troops To Downtown Chicago

President Donald Trump has started sending federalized troops to Chicago after threatening to do so for weeks.

Mayor Brandon Johnson faces backlash after saying "law enforcement is a sickness"

Members of Chicago's law enforcement community are taking offense with a comment made by Mayor Brandon Johnson, after he said ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson calls more Chicago protected bike lanes ‘ultimate goal,’ touts milestone

The River West infrastructure project Mayor Brandon Johnson pedaled upon Tuesday marks the 100th mile of bike lanes and other ...
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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Challenges Former President Trump on Climate and Immigration at Global Conference

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson challenged Trump's views at the C40 climate conference, detailing the city's environmental ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson quotes MLK to argue law enforcement is a 'sickness'

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson rejected President Trump’s idea of sending the National Guard to the city, calling militarism ...
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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Vows To ‘Eradicate’ Law Enforcement: “It’s A Sickness”

Mayor Johnson Makes Controversial Comments on Law Enforcement and Incarceration. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson declared his ...
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Johnson's plan to remake City Council leadership crumbles

A proposal to name Ald. Daniel La Spata, 1st, as Zoning chair and Ald. Emma Mitts, 37th, vice-mayor "crashed and burned" ...
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Mayor Brandon Johnson Leads Chicago Toward Safer, Greener Future with 100 New Miles of Bikeways

Mayor Johnson of Chicago has celebrated the completion of 100 miles of new bikeways and has seen a drop in traffic fatalities ...

Mayor Johnson said he wants to call Trump ‘a name' after Comey indictment

Mayor Brandon Johnson called President Trump out for politicizing government departments after the indictment of former FBI ...

Chicago mayor: 'We do not have a spending problem' as spending, deficit grows

Mayor Brandon Johnson says Chicago does not have a spending problem, even as city government spending soars and the projected ...

Mayor Johnson's lack of clout weakens granny flat ordinance, stalls Council reorganization

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s City Council revamp became a casualty of his diminished clout Thursday — the Council only voted install Walter Burnett’s son, Walter Redmond Burnett, to replace his father as ...