CHICAGO — Mayor Brandon Johnson has called off the Chicago City Council vote on his 2025 budget Friday. The vote on the $17.3 billion budget package was scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. Friday. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, Johnson simply did not have the votes and he was destined to lose. The mayor was short the 26 aldermen needed to pass the budget. Even members of his progressive caucus were refusing to go along with the proposed budget, w…

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(The Center Square) – Mayor Brandon Johnson and the Chicago City Council still don’t have a budget agreement. Reports surfaced early Friday that the mayor did not have enough votes to pass a budget, which included more than $230 million dollars in higher taxes and fees. At Friday’s council meeting, which started about 30 minutes late, Alderman Jason Ervin motioned to recess until Monday. The motion passed before a budget vote could be taken. The…

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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. Several aldermen told the Tribune that Johnson’s intergovernmental …

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A Chicago City Council vote on the budget expected for Friday's meeting will be delayed until next week, sources said.

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Chicago's budget breakdown should never have reached this point, no matter how complicated, difficult and contentious passing a city budget always is.It's hard to remember the last time the city was only about two weeks away from its budget deadline of Dec. 31, with no clear path forward in sight and no mechanism to keep city government operating past the deadline. Even some of Mayor Brandon Johnson's allies weren't ready to vote for a spending …

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As the deadline looms, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has called off Friday’s already delayed, final vote on the city’s 2025 budget proposal, which was set to take place at a City Council meeting.  Sources close to aldermen tell NBC Chicago the vote was called off early Friday morning, and would likely be moved to next Wednesday. They delay comes as reports say Johnson was short on votes for the latest proposal. Johnson would need 26 votes for th…

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This week’s Winnipeg Newsmakers features City Councillor Brian Mayes, who successfully delayed a proposed zoning change that would allow four-plexes across Winnipeg. Mayes has advocated for greater public input on the issue, citing concerns about the impact on neighbourhood character.

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The Chicago City Council is set to vote on Mayor Brandon Johnson's budget proposal Friday after the city's budget committee narrowly approved it on Tuesday.

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