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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson won't veto city budget

Brandon Johnson’s progressive tax push puts Chicago on brink of rare shutdown as mayor weighs veto

Chicago faces potential first-ever municipal shutdown as Mayor Brandon Johnson weighs vetoing budget over corporate tax dispute with city council.

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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Signs Executive Order to Cap Police Overtime Spending

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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson won't veto city budget, but he also isn't signing it

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Chicago Mayor Decides Against Budget Veto, Though Will Not Sign

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson will not sign nor veto a city council backed budget for 2026, meaning the spending plan will go into effect without his endorsement.

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Chicago mayor will not veto budget, but won't sign it

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Chicago mayor refuses to sign or veto budget at 'not a campaign event'

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Mayor Johnson to move forward with alternate Chicago budget, signs 2 executive orders

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson said Tuesday morning he will move forward with the alternate budget passed by Chicago City Council on Saturday.

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Chicago City Council votes 29-19 to approve 2026 revenue plan without mayor's controversial head tax

The alternative budget proposal championed by a group of Chicago aldermen won a crucial first full City Council vote on Friday, setting up a final vote on Saturday

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Chicago’s Mayor Loses His Head Tax

The City Council drops the mayor’s top budget priority.

Today in Chicago History: Mayor Richard J. Daley, who held the office for 21 years, dies of a heart attack

1976: Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley — who held the office for 21 years — died of a heart attack. On that frigid Monday, Daley had attended a traditional Christmas breakfast meeting with his top Cabinet officers at the Bismarck Hotel.

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The Chicago City Council fights an inferno with squirt guns

The Council balks at Mayor Brandon Johnson's budget and approves its own. But will either plan fix the situation?

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Border Patrol boss squares off with progressive Chicago-area mayor over immigration raids: ‘You should get aware’

High-profile Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino went nose-to-nose Wednesday with the progressive mayor of the Chicago suburb of Evanston after federal authorities detained at least ten people