Mayor Brandon Johnson vows to veto legislation freezing wage increases for tipped workers

Mayor Brandon Johnson on Wednesday pledged to veto an ordinance approved by the City Council to halt the phase-out of Chicago ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s cultural affairs pick sued by former employee

Former first deputy DCASE commissioner Rosalyn Kimberly Grigsby is suing the city and Kenya Merritt under the Illinois Whistleblower Act.

City Council majority presses Mayor Brandon Johnson to implement alternative budget

The City Council majority on Wednesday created nearly a dozen working groups to make certain that Johnson implements the ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson pushes new polling place protections in honor of Rev. Jesse Jackson

Mayor Brandon Johnson has scheduled a special City Council meeting on Wednesday to honor the late Rev. Jesse Jackson and vote ...
Opinion

Editorial: Mayor Brandon Johnson’s public battle with aldermanic opponents is harming Chicago taxpayers

Even in the face of bad market conditions, Chicago last week had to issue $500 million-plus in bonds. The cost to taxpayers was predictably high.

Mayor Brandon Johnson meets with men in prison working toward Northwestern University degrees

Brandon Johnson met with men incarcerated at Sheridan Correctional Center Sunday, during an extraordinary visit by a sitting Chicago mayor to an Illinois prison.