The challenge Johnson faces has made some aldermen wary of an unlikely, but troubling worst-case scenario: Could the city fail to pass a budget by the state’s Dec. 31 deadline?

In August 2022, the Grammy Award-winning rapper from Chicago known as Lil Durk bankrolled an attempt to avenge a prior killing and murder a rival in Los Angeles, according to federal charges filed ...

Durk "has not been convicted of anything. ... It is not my position to determine the outcome of someone’s life," Johnson said ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson responded Friday to questions about his connection to a Grammy Award-winning Chicago rapper charged in a murder-for-hire plot.

Grammy-winning Chicago rapper Lil Durk has been charged in a murder-for-hire plot and is now in custody. The FBI said he was ...

Bellwood, Illinois Mayor Andre Harvey said he will not take the key back to his village until the legal process plays itself ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson on Friday refused to say whether he will return $150,000 Chicago rapper Lil Durk contributed to ...

Chicago Board of Education President Rev. Mitchell Ikenna Johnson dismissed questions over the fate of CPS CEO Pedro Martinez ...

Rapper ‘Lil Durk’ Banks, arrested Thursday night in Florida in connection with an alleged murder-for-hire plot, is among the ...

Durk, through his Henderson, Nevada-based LLC called 'The Voice Touring,' contributed $150,000 to Johnson in June 2023, one ...

New Chicago Board of Education members were sworn in, a step toward a hybrid elected-appointed board model in 2025.