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Mayor Johnson delays 2025 Chicago budget vote

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Mayor Brandon Johnson postponing Friday vote on 2025 city budget, sources say

Mayor Brandon Johnson has decided to call off a Friday vote on his 2025 budget plan, according to aldermanic and administration sources, the latest setback for the mayor after months of squabbling with aldermen and Johnson’s inability to cobble together enough votes in the Chicago City Council to push through a fiscal plan that has called for property tax hikes and minimal cuts.

Mayor Brandon Johnson's revised budget plan, $68.5 million property tax hike pass first test

The City Council Finance voted 14-12 to approve a laundry list of increased taxes, fines and fees on Tuesday, including a $68.5 million property tax hike.

Chicago Sun-Times · 3h

Mayor Brandon Johnson calls off vote on 2025 city budget

Even some members of the mayor's Progressive Caucus, including Alds. Rossana Rodriguez Sanchez, Jessie Fuentes and Angelo Clay, were refusing to play along by passing a budget balanced with the help of a $68.

NYC Mayor on meeting with Trump’s ‘border czar’ Tom Homan

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Border czar Tom Homan vows to hit Chicago first with mass deportation: ‘Your mayor sucks and your governor sucks’

The former acting head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement asked Mayor Brandon Johnson and Gov. JB Pritzker to “come to the table” to help with the huge deportation initiative, the Chicago Sun-Times reported. But, speaking about Johnson, “if he doesn’t want to help, get the hell out of the way.”

Associated Press · 17h

NYC Mayor on meeting with Trump’s ‘border czar’ Tom Homan: we will go after ‘violent’ criminals

New York Mayor Eric Adams met Thursday with the country's incoming 'border czar' after the mayor expressed an enthusiasm to work with the incoming administration to pursue criminals in the city while President-elect Trump promises mass deportations of people living in the country illegally.

Mayor Adams in step with Trump border czar Tom Homan on tougher action against violent immigrants

Mayor Eric Adams said Thursday he agrees with Tom Homan, the incoming Trump administration’s border czar, on the fact that City shouldn’t be a “safe haven” for undocumented immigrants who commit serious crimes.

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Mayor Brandon Johnson narrowly avoids showdown over North Side development plan

Mayor Brandon Johnson and his allies fended off a challenge Wednesday over the fate of a controversial megadevelopment ...

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Mayor Brandon Johnson $17.3B budget and $68.5M property tax hike squeak through committees

The Finance Committee’s 14-12 vote and Budget Committee's 17-to-16 vote set the stage for the marathon budget stalemate to ...

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Mayor Brandon Johnson releases 2023 tax returns. Here’s what they say.

Mayor Brandon Johnson released his most recent tax returns to the Tribune this month, with the documents showing he is less ...

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Jennifer Guzman: Peace circles can’t fix leadership failures in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s office

Rather than offer peace circles, the mayor’s chief of staff should have offered accountability in the wake of sexual ...

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Alders, ex-employees claim Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson's office abuses Do Not Hire List

Four former employees of the mayor's team were fired then put on the list for reasons that two aldermen say fall well short ...

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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson appoints a seventh school board member

Sean Harden is joining the board ahead of a Monday deadline for Johnson to name appointees to a new hybrid board.

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Chicago residents slam the 'stupidity' of Mayor Brandon Johnson's liberal policies during city council meeting

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) cautioned Republicans against rushing to pass a bill to protect kids and teens online on ...

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Chicago mayor’s chief of staff says ‘peace circle’ plan was for other issues a former top staffer faced

Cristina Pacione-Zayas made the comments in an interview with WBEZ amid fallout over allegations of misogyny against former ...

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