One issue loomed in aldermen’s anxious speeches last week in the lead-up to a vote on Mayor Brandon Johnson’s budget for next year: 2026. Though the mayor ultimately eked out a 27-23 win on ...

Like the kid who discovers that his shiny new toy came without batteries or a warranty, Chicago soon will figure out, if it already hasn’t, that Mayor Brandon Johnson's big Christmas present is ...

CHICAGO – Mayor Brandon Johnson has announced a new round of appointments to the Chicago Board of Education. On Monday night, the mayor named Sean Harden as School Board President. Harden is the ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Mayor Brandon Johnson announced a new president for the Chicago Board of Education, along with five more appointments to the board on Monday night. Johnson appointed Sean Harden ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --Seeking to get a budget deal done on Monday, Mayor Brandon Johnson has dropped plans ... The office was created under former Mayor Lori Lightfoot in 2020 to merge the ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson secured final approval of his $ ... of Public Safety Administration created by former Mayor Lori Lightfoot to combine back-office functions within the city’s public safety ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s 2025 budget ... All throughout negotiations, Johnson flatly refused to abandon an important Lightfoot policy making extra payments to the city’s four pension funds ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson is now offering to ... The mayor’s office budget has ballooned under Johnson and his predecessor, Lori Lightfoot. $2.8 million in savings by putting the city’s bloated ...

Flanked by supporters and members of his cabinet, Mayor Brandon Johnson speaks ... s office budget has ballooned under Johnson and his predecessor, Lori Lightfoot. $2.8 million in savings by ...

Before Mayor Brandon Johnson’s latest bid to secure passage ... a Chicago-based pollster who advised former Mayor Lori Lightfoot. “They see a flailing administration finding new ways to ...

A vote on Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s $17.3 billion spending plan for next year has been delayed until at least Monday after weeks of stiff headwinds that the mayor’s team determined they ...