In his first interview since the CPS board voted unanimously to terminate Martinez, Johnson said the current board members ...

House Republicans called the lame duck session a “waste of taxpayer dollars,” given Springfield Mayor Misty Buscher declared ...

Lee says he’s not at all surprised by the extraordinary pressure that he and the mayor have been under in the shark tank ...

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 ...

Chicago residents, especially Black residents, are fed up with a migrant “invasion” that has cost the city more than $500 million since the city’s Democratic mayor, Brandon Johnson, assumed office ...

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 Mayor Brandon Johnson’s $17.1 billion budget for next ... the council simply “kicked the can down the road.” Ald. Nicole Lee, 11th Ward and co-chair of the council’s budget ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s proposed budget passed the City Council on Monday, but only by an extremely narrow margin. The final vote came in at 27-23 in favor of the proposal, capping off ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --Seeking to get a budget deal done on Monday, Mayor Brandon Johnson has dropped plans ... I won't be one of them, though," said Ald. Jason Ervin (28th), a mayoral ally who chairs ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The highly-anticipated vote on the Chicago budget Friday will have to wait until next week after Mayor Brandon Johnson failed to get enough support. The goal appears to be getting ...

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 ...