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The Chicago City Council voted to use $75 million from the transfer of the city's parking meters to make an immediate extra payment towards the city's massive pension debt, rather than allow the mayor to use the money to help balance next year's budget.
Who is running for Chicago mayor? Sixteen candidates, including incumbent Brandon Johnson, have filed nominating petitions with thousands of signatures in a bid to get on the ballot in the 2027 election.
Chicago street vendors were joined by food workers from across the country downtown on Monday in hopes of reforming laws they say are hurting them.
Mayor Brandon Johnson's proposed 2027 budget faced tough scrutiny from aldermen on Monday on the first day of City Council budget hearings.
Two Chicago political experts on CBS News Chicago's "The Angle" said the tax proposals in Mayor Brandon Johnson's budget plan are more regressive than the mayor claims.
About $150 million is currently spent across multiple city departments for gun violence reduction.
How big a hill does Mayor Brandon Johnson have to climb for his re-election campaign? A poll commissioned by the University of Chicago's Mansueto Institute found Johnson's approval rating sits at 22%.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson will take his 2027 budget pitch directly to residents Thursday, as some aldermen reject a key part of his plan.
It has been a little over a month since Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson made his reelection bid official, and on Wednesday, he presented his fourth city budget to the City Council.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson unveiled his $17.6 billion 2027 budget proposal for the city on Wednesday, relying on a head tax that most aldermen have already rejected.
The Chicago City Council on Wednesday fell one vote shy of overriding Mayor Brandon Johnson's veto of an ordinance that would have required a higher threshold for the city to borrow money.
Mayor Brandon Johnson on Friday vetoed an ordinance that would have made it more difficult for the city to borrow money, by requiring a 30-vote supermajority from the City Council before issuing new debt.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is supporting an embattled candidate for school board president despite allegations of sexual harassment against the candidate.
City officials on Friday announced an important expansion of Chicago's mental health response teams, adding a second shift for non-police crews dispatched to respond to mental health emergencies.
Chicago aldermen on Tuesday voted to require at least 30 members of the City Council to approve any future plans to borrow money, seeking to make it tougher to add to the city's mountain of debt, but Mayor Brandon Johnson signaled he might veto the measure.
A group of 26 members of the Chicago City Council, the same group that torpedoed Mayor Brandon Johnson's 2026 budget, sent the mayor a letter with their demands for the next fiscal year.
The City Council Finance Committee backed a deal allowing Chicago's parking meters to be sold from one private company to another, as part of an agreement that would see the city start to net a share of future profits.
Big names continue to leave Mayor Brandon Johnson's administration, with his chief legal counsel announcing her retirement this week. Analysts said the wave of departures at City Hall is problematic.
This weekend, the City of Chicago and Cook County are teaming up to help people get certified birth certificates and register to vote, all in one place.
Mayor Brandon Johnson has proposed a one-year moratorium on new or expanded data centers in Chicago to come up with a plan for regulating the controversial facilities, but one alderman is pushing to move faster on regulating the industry.
Johnson, a former Chicago Public Schools teacher and Chicago Teachers Union organizer, was endorsed by the CTU back in 2022 before he officially joined the race for his first term.
Chicago Corporation Counsel Mary Richardson-Lowry, who has served as Mayor Brandon Johnson's top attorney since he took office, is retiring from her post, and the mayor is tapping University of Illinois Chicago professor Renee Hatcher as her replacement.
A day after Mayor Brandon Johnson's revised renter protection ordinance got the backing of a key City Council committee, a group of aldermen advanced a dueling proposal, setting up a potential showdown next week.
Two months after Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling retired, some members of the City Council are pushing to hold off on appointing a permanent replacement until after next year's mayoral election.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson addressed his supporters at the DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center Sunday afternoon, officially announcing his bid for a second term.
