Mayor Brandon Johnson announced on Friday that he is vetoing a Chicago City Council ordinance banning the sale of intoxicating hemp products in the city.

We cannot claim to support equitable economic development while advancing policies that concentrate the market in the hands of a few large entities,” Johnson said.

Unless aldermen can override it, sales of CBD and hemp-derived THC products will continue. The regulations were set to take ...

Southwest Side Ald. Marty Quinn (13th) muscled the ban through the City Council by a vote of 32 to 16 to keep a broad array ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson vetoed an ordinance that would have banned most intoxicating hemp products in Chicago on April 1. The bill's sponsor says he doesn't have the votes to override Johnson's veto ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson on Friday vetoed an ordinance banning the sale of most intoxicating hemp-derived products in Chicago.

Members of the hemp industry in Chicago are calling on Mayor Brandon Johnson veto a ban on most intoxicating hemp-derived ...

Johnson signed an executive order in January directing Chicago police to gather evidence and potentially refer prosecutors to ...

The Board of Education is no longer working with Alma Advisory Group, which was hired last May to help guide the search for Chicago Public Schools’ next permanent CEO, according to a statement from ...

More and more Democrats want to close the curtain on America’s top immigration enforcement agency, but very few are ...

A group of six Chicago Public Schools board members blasted Mayor Brandon Johnson on Thursday, accusing City Hall of ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson on Tuesday said he will not refer alleged cases of misconduct by federal immigration agents to the Cook ...