Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Won’t Veto Budget Passed by City Council

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

(The Center Square) – A new Chicago budget is set to take effect, even though the city’s mayor refused to sign it.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson surrenders budget fight, will not veto opponents’ package – Chicago Tribune/Yahoo

A spokesman confirmed to reporters, “The budget will go into effect without his signature. He will not be affirming the budget with his signature.” But in an attempt to block his political foes from having the last word, Johnson also signed a series of executive orders, one aimed at upholding police overtime restrictions undone by aldermen, the other to ban the sale of medical debt, such as ambulance rides, to balance the city’s budget.

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