Mayor Brandon Johnson on Thursday said state funding from Springfield could be the key to increasing safety on the CTA, after a man was charged with setting a woman on fire on a Blue Line train earlier this week.

This individual was charged with dozens of felonies over the past three decades," Mayor Brandon Johnson told a City Hall press conference. "He was clearly seriously mentally disturbed and was a danger to himself and to others.

In The Loop” host Sasha-Ann Simons will press Johnson on the city's concerns in WBEZ's monthly call-in hour, from Operation Midway Blitz to housing, safety, cost of living and more.

Mayor Brandon Johnson's $16.6 billion spending plan for 2026 was dealt a major blow on Monday, as a key City Council committee voted down his plan for roughly $600 million in new taxes.

Ald. Jason Ervin (28th) told the City Club of Chicago Wednesday that Johnson could use his veto to thwart any budget proposal that eliminates his proposed head tax and replaces the $100 million in lost revenue with a property tax increase,

The Chicago City Council’s Finance Committee voted down Mayor Brandon Johnson’s revenue plan for the city budget Monday.

During a budget update, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson expressed outrage over the Blue Line arson attack that left a woman fighting for her life. Calling it a failure of both the criminal justice and mental health systems,

The Chicago City Council was set to meet Tuesday morning, and Mayor Brandon Johnson was set to hold a town hall on the Southwest Side Tuesday night — after a key City Council committee voted down his tax plan for the 2026 city budget.

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s police settlement borrowing plan revives a practice past mayors discontinued and derided as financially reckless.

After Johnson’s budget proposal failed to make it through the City Council’s Finance Committee, the mayor and alders brainstorm new ideas.

Fox News host Sean Hannity calls out Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson for dismissing a recent train stabbing as an ‘isolated incident’ on ‘Hannity.’