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

The Chicago City Council passed a 2026 city budget plan Saturday, but Mayor Brandon Johnson has the ability to veto it.The ...

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.

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.

The budget counterproposal crafted by opponents of Mayor Brandon Johnson won a critical first vote before the full City ...

The stage is now set for the full City Council to vote on the entire budget package during Saturday's meeting, but Mayor ...

Chicago’s Mayor Brandon Johnson announced his plan to form a reparations task force ahead of the 2024 Juneteenth holiday. He called it “a pledge to shape the future of our city by confronting the ...

One of those dwindling options, if the alternative plan wins passage, is a mayoral veto. Community activists, university professors, and a group of alders on Thursday showed their alignment with the ...