Facing certain defeat, Mayor Brandon Johnson postpones Chicago city budget vote!

By Sabrina Franza, Todd Feurer CHICAGO (CBS) — Mayor Brandon Johnson called off Friday’s 2025 city budget vote, after his revised spending plan relying on a property tax hike and other increased fines…

New Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke vows to lower ‘war zone numbers’ of Chicago violence

The county’s new top prosecutor highlighted Illinois’ assault weapons ban as a key tool in tamping down the violence she says has “overshadowed” the region. Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen…