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.

The city of Chicago, a long-standing target for dog-whistling conservatives, is facing a federal investigation related to the city’s hiring of Black employees. On Tuesday, Mayor Brandon Johnson ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson has touted his administration as the "most diverse." The U.S. Department of Justice launched an investigation into the city of Chicago after Mayor Brandon Johnson touted the ...

“Every gunshot victim left bleeding in the streets of our city will be a worthy sacrifice in the eyes of the mayor for his radical agenda,” tweeted Chicago Alderman Silvana Tabares on ...

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 ...

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 ...