The measure would have sharply weakened the control of Mayor Brandon Johnson and future mayors over debt issuances, making it harder to raise money for infrastructure spending.

Lori Lypson, deputy mayor of Infrastructure and Services, talks to reporters about items in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s gift room at City Hall on March 10, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune) ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s campaign fund has returned most of a $50,000 contribution it accepted a year and a half ago from a political action committee led by a City Hall lobbyist whose law firm ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson delivers his inaugural address at Credit Union 1 Arena on May 15, 2023. He says he now regrets not cleaning house at City Hall immediately and instead allowing many members ...

Walter Burnett Jr.’s departure from the City Council strips Mayor Brandon Johnson of a trusted bridge-builder with deep ties ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson slammed President Donald Trump for suggesting that military personnel could be deployed to the Windy City.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson vowed Tuesday that his city “will not ever cooperate with ICE” ...

Three days after warning of a City Hall housecleaning fueled by disloyalty, Mayor Brandon Johnson broke out the broom.. It happened quicker than many expected. In rapid-fire succession, the mayor ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson speaks after a City Council meeting on Jan. 15, 2025, at City Hall. ...

La., to “speak up” regarding ICE’s immigration enforcement that the mayor characterized as “terrorism.” Johnson has also said ...

The city of Chicago’s checking account has been zeroed out and no one in City Hall is willing to take responsibility. To hear Mayor Brandon Johnson’s finance team, this worrying situation was ...

Another high-ranking member of Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson's administration is exiting City Hall. City Chief Operating Officer John Roberson is leaving the Mayor's office to take a job with the ...