Two years ago, Chicago voters dumped their unpopular incumbent mayor, Lori Lightfoot, a standard-issue Democratic progressive ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s top finance leaders urged aldermen to implement the tax soon during a Tuesday meeting of the City ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson accused the Trump administration of intimidating his city after the DOJ launched an ...

Chicago Democratic Mayor Brandon Johnson echoes Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker’s warning and highlights President Donald Trump’s ...

CBS News Chicago reached the Mayor's office and the city's budget director with interview requests Tuesday morning and followed up early in the afternoon with detailed requests for information.

But again, I want to make this very clear. My role as mayor of the city of Chicago is to offer a vision for public schools that work for everyone, regardless of where they live. And that is an ...

Chicago operates under a strong mayor-council system, meaning that more power is concentrated in the hands of the mayor rather than in the City Council. The new mayor will seek to redress unpopular ...

That includes appointing a Chicago police superintendent, working with a new slate of aldermen on the City Council and preparing for the 2024 Democratic National Convention. Mayor-elect Brandon ...

Brandon Johnson, a progressive Democrat, explains how he plans to manage the nation’s third-largest city in a complicated moment. By Julie Bosman and Mitch Smith Reporting from Chicago It wasn ...

Tuesday's runoff election in Chicago brought with it a big change — a new mayor for the country's third largest city. Chicago chose a new mayor last night. A runoff election in a city as blue as ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Mayor Brandon Johnson has been sworn in as the 57th mayor of the City of Chicago. Johnson took the oath of office Monday morning at the Credit Union One Arena - also known as UIC ...