Fifteen anti-administration alderpersons worry that Mayor Brandon Johnson will go around the City Council to avoid risking ...

Although legal, the campaign contributions to Friends of Brandon Johnson from a prominent Loop law firm are the latest ...

Seven of 20 school board members say they oppose reimbursing the city for the payment, leaving the mayor without enough yes ...

Would-be reformers are firing back against Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration, arguing ethics changes targeting the city’s Law Department can move forward. City Inspector General Deborah Witzburg ...

City leaders believed they had balanced Chicago’s budget for the year, but an unexpected $175 million shortfall has forced officials back to the negotiating table.

Former Ald. John Arena joins Mayor Brandon Johnson's team as a Springfield lobbyist, tasked with building state capital ...

The mayor met Wednesday with CPS Chief Executive Officer Pedro Martinez, Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates, ...

The Chicago Board of Education is under no obligation to cover a $175 million pension payment that by law is the city of ...

Meanwhile, there is still no teachers' strike on the horizon. But after 11 months of negotiating a new deal, Chicago Teachers ...

Johnson has struggled for state legislative wins and a tense relationship with Gov. JB Pritzker has occasionally bubbled up ...

CPS has a math problem. Mayor Brandon Johnson proposes that the school system borrow up to $240 million to fund the new ...

On New Year’s Day, Mayor Brandon Johnson welcomed 2025 by reminding Chicago leaders of the headwinds Black politicians like him face. The mayor sent a Crusader piece from last October titled, “Are ...