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Mayor Brandon Johnson wants to improve public safety and aesthetics of retail corridors by levying fines as high as $500-a-day against businesses that cover more than 25% of their window space without ...
Mayor Brandon Johnson said he plans to revive his bid to clear the way for garden apartments, attic-to-housing conversions ...
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.
After Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson held a "lakeside chat" at a South Side church, he spoke exclusively with ABC7 about key issues, from dealing with crime and a massive budget deficit to defending ...
"Far more people are going to be involved in this process than when it was initially birthed. That's my style of leadership," Johnson said.
Opponents of Mayor Brandon Johnson sought to rein in city spending, but his allies argued it could grind infrastructure ...
Chicago’s Brandon Johnson isn’t America’s worst mayor for nothing. He works hard at it. Consider his veto Friday of a teen curfew ordinance that would have let Chicago police disperse late ...
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has officially vetoed the "snap curfew" ordinance narrowly passed by the city council earlier this week.
The City of Chicago has scaled up its Community Violence Intervention (CVI) program, resulting in a 39% decrease in shooting incidents, a 35% decrease in fatal shootings, and a 41% decrease in ...
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s inner circle worked with outside lobbyists who were not registered to lobby on behalf of the city in the Illinois General Assembly, a practice his office defended after ...
Mayor Johnson, city officials looking for ways to close projected $1.2B budget shortfall Some officials think Johnson could propose a property tax hike, after proposing one last year before taking ...
The masters of the universe were in a lather last week after New York City Democrats nominated Zohran Mamdani — an honest-to-God, dyed-in-the-wool socialist — to be mayor of the finance capital of the ...