CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Chicago budget showdown that showed hints of progress earlier Monday has now taken a significant step backwards. Mayor Brandon Johnson, for the first time, met with 11 leaders of ...

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Mayor Brandon Johnson said he will "do everything in [his] power" to avoid a government shutdown in the city of Chicago, despite the fact that he and members of City Council still have not reached a ...

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Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Wednesday insisted that he has not lost control of the lower chamber of Congress in the wake of four Republican moderates mounting a major rebellion by joining with ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. — A Minnesota jury awarded $65.5 million on Friday to a mother of three who claimed talcum products made by Johnson & Johnson exposed her to asbestos and contributed to her developing ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson announced Tuesday he won't veto an alternative budget plan passed by City Council over the weekend, but he also isn't signing it. Amid concerns that he would veto the ...

Aldermen passed the final part of a counterproposal to Mayor Brandon Johnson’s 2026 budget on Saturday, in a historic meeting that redraws the political lines at City Hall and further imperils his ...

A potential veto of Chicago’s 2026 budget by Mayor Brandon Johnson could trigger the Windy City's first-ever municipal shutdown. Johnson reportedly rebuked the budget passed by council over the ...

Chicago is one step closer to avoiding a government shutdown after the City Council held a final vote on a budget plan following an hours-long session on Saturday, but the city is not out of the woods ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson on Tuesday morning said he would move forward with the alternate budget passed by Chicago City Council on Saturday. Johnson said he would not sign the ...

Todd Feurer is a web producer for CBS Chicago. He has previously written for WBBM Newsradio, WUIS-FM and the New City News Service. Mayor Brandon Johnson on Tuesday declined to veto a $16.6 billion ...