The Chicago City Council passed a 2026 city budget plan, which does not include Mayor Brandon Johnson's controversial ...

The final budget passed 30 in favor and 18 opposing it. However, a government shutdown is still possible if Mayor Brandon ...

We may not have the majority of the City Council but we do have the people,” Mayor Brandon Johnson said just before the the ...

Chicago aldermen dealt a blow to Mayor Brandon Johnson's administration on Saturday and passed an alternative proposal.

The Chicago City Council passed a 2026 city budget during a rare Saturday session, though Mayor Brandon Johnson could still veto the plan.

Johnson calls the alternate budget approved by a defiant Council “morally bankrupt” and unbalanced by $163 million. But a veto would inch Chicago closer to a government shutdown.

Aldermen passed the final part of a counterproposal to Mayor Brandon Johnson’s budget on Saturday, redrawing the political ...

The 29-19 vote was five votes short of the 34 that would be needed to override a mayoral veto. But opposition council members said they think they'd get the needed votes if Johnson does issue a veto.