Even some members of the mayor's Progressive Caucus, including Alds. Rossana Rodriguez Sanchez, Jessie Fuentes and Angelo Clay, were refusing to play along by passing a budget balanced with the help of a $68.

CHICAGO (CBS) — Mayor Johnson has called off Friday's 2025 city budget vote. Sources told CBS News Chicago Johnson didn't have enough votes to pass the budget. The city needs a budget by the end of the year or it could result in a city shutdown.

CHICAGO — Mayor Brandon Johnson made an eleventh-hour decision to cancel a Friday vote on his 2025 budget plan, the latest setback for the mayor after months of squabbling with aldermen and failing to shore up enough support in the City Council to ...