Chicago’s city council has approved Mayor Brandon Johnson’s $830 million bond issue. By a vote of 26 to 23, aldermen said “yes” to the mayor’s plan to borrow the money for capital projects. Alderman and Vice Mayor Walter Burnett Jr.

Mayor Brandon Johnson will travel to Washington, D.C., next week to defend Chicago’s status as a sanctuary city. “We’re going to remain a welcoming city and hold to our values,” Johnson said. Set to testify before a Congressional Committee in the nation’s capital,

Former Congressman Luis Gutierrez believes whatever Mayor Brandon Johnson says to Congress could be used against him and Chicago and could lead to federal funds being withheld.