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Ald. Brendan Reilly, 42nd, stands with alternative budget coalition members and speaks following a City Council meeting at City Hall on Dec. 18, 2025. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Mayor Brandon Johnson calls aldermen’s debt sale plan a ‘red line,’ yet mum on budget veto

December 18, 2025 at 4:25 p.m.

Mayor Brandon Johnson on Thursday singled out a debt collection measure as his latest nonstarter in the budget proposal crafted by his aldermanic antagonists, who showed no signs of slowing...

Mayoral candidate Paul Vallas heads to the ballot box to cast his vote at Healy School in the 11th Ward on April 4, 2023, in Chicago. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Judge rules against Paul Vallas in suit over payments to shore up Black vote

December 18, 2025 at 4:14 p.m.

Paul Vallas alleged that Chimaobi Enyia ripped him off by doing little work in exchange for hundreds of thousands of dollars to build support for Vallas with Black voters.

Ald. Anthony Beale, 9th, asks questions during a meeting of the Budget Committee of the City Council at City Hall, Dec. 17, 2025. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Mayor Brandon Johnson enters final budget stretch with diminishing options

December 17, 2025 at 7:08 p.m.

If Mayor Brandon Johnson caves on his earlier threat to veto any 2026 budget proposal that does not meet his demands, that would clear the path clear for aldermen to...

Mayor Brandon Johnson answers questions during a news conference after a City Council meeting at Chicago City Hall on Dec. 10, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s organizer roots at fore as he courts progressives in budget fight

December 15, 2025 at 7:11 a.m.

Mayor Brandon Johnson and budget opponents are engaged in a public relations fight aimed at the hearts and minds of Chicago residents.

After a City Council meeting on Dec. 10, 2025, Ald. Nicole Lee, 11th, speaks to media on behalf of aldermen who are opposed to Mayor Brandon Johnson's budget and are hoping to put forth an alternate version. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Aldermen forge ahead with counterproposal to Mayor Brandon Johnson’s budget, push new Chicago teen curfew plan

December 10, 2025 at 7:53 p.m.

The high-stakes game of chicken between Mayor Brandon Johnson and his council antagonists over the 2026 budget now moves into the actual legislative process.

Chicago police keep watch at the CTA Red and Green Line Station in Chicago, Sept. 23, 2025. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

President Donald Trump’s administration threatens CTA funding over safety issues

December 9, 2025 at 5:06 p.m.

In letters to Mayor Brandon Johnson and Gov. JB Pritzker, Trump’s federal transit administrator threatened to withhold funds if the CTA does not increase law enforcement on transit.

Deputy commissioner of Streets and Sanitation charged with DUI

December 9, 2025 at 10:30 a.m.

A high-ranking member of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration was arrested over the weekend on drunk driving charges outside the Park District’s South Shore Cultural Center.

Mayor Brandon Johnson walks into a room to discuss his proposed budget on Dec. 8, 2025, at Chicago City Hall. (Dominic Di Palermo/baiduhai)

Mayor Brandon Johnson calls aldermanic budget plan ‘incomplete assignment’

December 8, 2025 at 5:15 p.m.

Mayor Brandon Johnson castigated the 26 aldermen, and said if they are so confident in their counterproposal to his $16.6 billion spending plan for next year, then prove it.

Mayor Brandon Johnson, right, shakes hands with Matthew Brewer, then-interim chairman of the Chicago Housing Authority, during a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Edith Spurlock Sampson Apartments in the Lincoln Park neighborhood on Feb. 27, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Chicago Housing Authority head told HUD ‘we do not recommend’ Mayor Brandon Johnson ally as CEO

December 4, 2025 at 6:33 p.m.

The Chicago Housing Authority board told HUD this fall that Mayor Brandon Johnson was pressuring the agency to install a close political ally to lead the agency.

Mayor Brandon Johnson speaks at a recent event at Navy Pier on Dec. 1, 2025, in Chicago. Johnson derided political organizations opposing his head tax and implored aldermen to side with hungry families over corporations. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Aldermen call for garbage fee and liquor tax increases instead of corporate head tax

December 2, 2025 at 5:31 p.m.

At a City Hall news conference, Johnson called out political organizations that have launched campaigns against his monthly $21-per-employee surcharge on businesses.

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