Spirits high at Brandon Johnson headquarters
CBS 2's Chris Tye and Dana Kozlov are at Brandon Johnson's campaign headquarters as he pulls ahead in the mayoral runoff. They talked with Johnson's sister and with Ald. Rossana Rodriguez (33rd).
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CBS 2's Chris Tye and Dana Kozlov are at Brandon Johnson's campaign headquarters as he pulls ahead in the mayoral runoff. They talked with Johnson's sister and with Ald. Rossana Rodriguez (33rd).
CBS 2's Jim Williams and Marie Saavedra are at Vallas headquarters.
Johnson is neck-and-neck with Paul Vallas in the mayoral runoff. CBS 2 Political Analysts Derrick Blakley and Ald. Leslie Hairston have analysis. Meanwhile, Dana Kozlov and Chris Tye are live at Johnson headquarters, while Jim Williams and Marie Saavedra are live at Vallas headquarters.
The race is 50-50 with most of the precincts reporting. CBS 2 Political Analysts Derrick Blakley and Ald. Leslie Hairston have analysis.
CBS 2 Political Analysts Derrick Blakley and Ald. Leslie Hairston join us for analysis in this mayoral runoff election now that the polls have closed.
The race for Chicago mayor is winding down, with polls closing in less than two hours. Much of the campaign has been focused on schools, and the city's loss of population, but without a doubt the top issue has been public safety. Brandon Johnson and Paul Vallas have offered starkly different approaches to addressing crime.
They weren’t there at the same time, but mayoral candidates Paul Vallas and Brandon Johnson both stopped at Manny’s Cafeteria & Delicatessen at 1141 S. Jefferson St.
The race for mayor of Chicago is in the home stretch. Polls close at 7 p.m., and the vote counting will begin. We have team coverage taking a closer look at how candidates Paul Vallas and Brandon Johnson got where they are today.
After months of stump speeches, campaign ads, and shaking hands with voters, the candidates for Chicago mayor are approaching the finish line, as voters will finally decide whether Paul Vallas or Brandon Johnson will be the city’s 57th mayor.
CBS 2's Jackie Kostek is following the mayoral race, with Brandon Johnson and Paul Vallas busy stumping for undecided votes.
For the third straight municipal election, the race for mayor is coming down to a runoff, with Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson facing former Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas.
Voters will decide Tuesday who will be Chicago's mayor for the next four years.
The mayoral candidates went out campaigning around the city on election eve Monday. CBS 2's Jermont Terry reports.
When CBS 2 Political Investigator Dana Kozlov spoke with Johnson on Friday, it had been one day since some members of the Chicago Teachers Union filed an unfair labor practice complaint having to do with his campaign funding.
When CBS 2 Political Investigator Dana Kozlov spoke with Johnson on Friday, it had been one day since some members of the CTU filed an unfair labor practice complaint having to do with his campaign funding.
With the finish line in sight, both mayoral candidates spent the day campaigning across the city Monday – delivering last-minute messages to undecided voters. CBS 2 Political Investigator Dana Kozlov reports.
Both candidates are leaning on churchgoers for support.
With new numbers in Sunday, the race itself has already shattered records.
Both candidates are leaning on churchgoers for support.
Many Chicagoans aren't waiting until Tuesday to make their choice in the mayoral run-off.
As of Friday evening, the Office of Budget & Management at City Hall confirmed he's paid off all of his debts to the City of Chicago.
Chicago mayoral candidate Brandon Johnson said the thousands of dollars he owed the city for unpaid bills and files have all been taken care of. As of Friday evening, the Office of Budget & Management at City Hall confirmed he's paid off all of his debts to the City of Chicago. But CBS 2 Political Investigator Dana Kozlov learned those weren't Johnson's only past debts and talked to him about it on Friday.
City records show Johnson owes $3,357.04 in unpaid charges after almost eight months of not paying the city.
Both candidates faced questions Thursday night that they would prefer not to answer this close to the election.
They say money from member dues was funneled into a political action committee.
A truck crashed into a Goodwill store in southwest suburban Joliet Friday morning, police said.
Corie Walsh, 38, faces 3 counts of first-degree murder after a 2-year-old was found unresponsive inside a Frankfort home Tuesday and later died at a hospital.
The owner of a pet resort in northwest suburban Wheeling has been charged after the death of a dog that was left inside a hot van.
A burglary was reported at a gas station in northwest suburban Wheeling, Illinois, early Friday morning.
Strong hiring last month was driven by gains in education and in leisure and hospitality, with the nation's jobless rate remaining steady at 4.1%.
The Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act set aside $140 million to give controllers a 3.8% pay raise, but they have so far only received the 1% raise given to all government employees.
FBI Deputy Director Christopher Raia says the bureau is turning to artificial intelligence as a tool to identify threats and act on them faster.
Thomas Ross allegedly tried to get his campaign manager to plant cocaine and Adderall on his opponent, federal prosecutors in Missouri said.
One official in California said that scanning individual ballots for every voter in the state would take roughly 43 years based on the Postal Service's estimates.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson released his 2027 budget forecast on Thursday and said the city's financial hole is not as deep as once feared.
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul filed a lawsuit Thursday against ABC Plumbing, Heating, Cooling & Electric Inc., alleging deceptive business practices.
Cook County homeowners are again facing a sharper increase in property taxes this year than businesses, the Office of Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas announced Monday.
Contracted linemen from out of state sat idle in a Griffith church parking lot for hours without work orders from NIPSCO, as residents in Northwest Indiana approach two weeks without power.
A law firm has filed a class action lawsuit against NIPSCO, alleging the utility's failure to manage trees and vegetation has left thousands of Northwest Indiana residents without power for up to two weeks.
Dozens of cases of E. coli and salmonella in multiple states are linked to an alfalfa grower in Minnesota, health officials say.
Cardinal Blase Cupich and a group of Catholic nuns have joined a federal lawsuit challenging Illinois' Medical Aid in Dying law, which is set to take effect in just over a week.
Flies have been everywhere this summer in the Chicago area, and some of them bite. But why is this happening?
Prime Healthcare is drawing criticism after announcing it will stop obstetrics services at three Chicago-area hospitals.
The Chicago Department of Public Health on Tuesday announced two human cases and one death from the West Nile virus in the city this year, and one of those two people has died.
The Jackson Chance Foundation supports the lives of families with babies in the NICU by removing the financial burden of finding parking near hospitals.
A new Whole Foods Market is coming to Chicago's Old Town neighborhood.
More than 100 Black-owned businesses were showcased at Soldier Field Sunday for Black on the Block.
A Wisconsin prosecutor says he will not file election bribery charges against billionaire Elon Musk even though the state's bipartisan elections commission said he likely broke state law.
An expert blames Illinois lawmakers and "internecine political problems" for the failure to seal a deal for a new stadium within the state for the Chicago Bears.
Real estate investment and development firm Concord Capital has acquired nine apartment buildings on Elaine Place, a single-block residential street in Chicago's East Lakeview community.
The stage was set and the air was humid as rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, took the stage for the first of two Chicago concerts at Soldier Field Thursday night.
James Fulton Engstrom, now a healthy teenager, was born without a pulse in 2010 — and his survival is the miracle the Catholic Church credited to Fulton Sheen's intercession, clearing the way for beatification.
The Met's decision to highlight the work by designer John Galliano sparked widespread controversy due to his history of antisemitic and racist comments.
The Edgewater Music Festival was under way this weekend on Chicago's north lakefront.
People around the world, including Chicago, continued to gather Wednesday to pay tribute to the late Dolly Parton.
Jumpstart your Labor Day weekend in Hyde Park.
Don't miss "Dirty Dancing" at the Nederlander Theatre. Here's a look behind the scenes.
Meteorologist David Yeomans has the extended forecast.
Corie Walsh, 38, faces three counts of first-degree murder after a 2-year-old was found unresponsive inside a Frankfort home Tuesday and later died at a hospital.
Legal analyst Irv Miller joins CBS News Chicago to weigh in on the Lindsey Clancy trial.
Corie Walsh, 38, faces 3 counts of first-degree murder after a 2-year-old was found unresponsive inside a Frankfort home Tuesday and later died at a hospital.
The owner of a pet resort in northwest suburban Wheeling has been charged after the death of a dog that was left inside a hot van.
The Lindsay Clancy murder trial ended in a mistrial Friday, after jurors announced for a third time that they were unable to reach a unanimous verdict.
A truck crashed into a Goodwill store in southwest suburban Joliet Friday morning, police said.
Safety is top of mind for city officials ahead of one of Chicago's busiest weekends of the summer.
Back in 2023, ISP got a $10 million grant from the Illinois Secretary of State's Illinois Vehicle Hijacking and Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention and Insurance Verification Council.
Two years before dozens of decomposing bodies were found inside the South Chicago Chapel funeral home, police in nearby Evergreen Park found two bodies in the owners' minivan outside their home.
Hundreds of people are suing the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center, where they say they were sexually abused by staff. For the first time, survivors detailed their experience exclusively to CBS News Chicago.
Why has the family that runs South Chicago Chapel, where 56 decomposing bodies were found this month, never faced criminal charges, despite a history of mishandling human remains?
Red flags about a family behind two funeral homes and crematories shut down by the state for mishandling bodies were missed in part because two different agencies regulate the death industry in Illinois.
Pete Crow-Armstrong hit his 39th homer, Kevin Gausman threw seven sharp innings and the Chicago Cubs beat the Milwaukee Brewers 2-1 on Thursday night.
Chicago (78-62) dropped nine games behind Milwaukee in the NL Central. It also remained one game back of Philadelphia for the top NL wild card.
The White Sox had several chances to score in the eighth, but came up empty.
Advocate Children's Hospital flipped the script this week, having four pediatric patients sign autographs for Cubs baseball players before a game at Wrigley Field.
Sean Burke (8-6) allowed one hit and walked four with six strikeouts in 5 2/3 scoreless innings for the win after walking a career-high eight in just three innings in his last start.
Corie Walsh, 38, faces 3 counts of first-degree murder after a 2-year-old was found unresponsive inside a Frankfort home Tuesday and later died at a hospital.
The owner of a pet resort in northwest suburban Wheeling has been charged after the death of a dog that was left inside a hot van.
A man was killed in a shooting in Chicago's South Shore neighborhood Thursday night, police said.
FBI Deputy Director Christopher Raia says the bureau is turning to artificial intelligence as a tool to identify threats and act on them faster.
Thomas Ross allegedly tried to get his campaign manager to plant cocaine and Adderall on his opponent, federal prosecutors in Missouri said.
