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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson told reporters this week that “everything is on table,” including the potential layoff of city workers, which Johnson said he hopes to avoid, as the city grapples with how to address a nearly billion-dollar budget shortfall.

Facing a nearly $1 billion budget deficit, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson side-stepped questions Thursday about a $100 million pay increase for Kansas-based company – Favorite Healthcare Staffing – which has staffed the city’s migrant shelters.

A day after Mayor Brandon Johnson indicated he would veto a council effort aimed at keeping ShotSpotter – the controversial gunshot detection technology – the device’s parent company, SoundThinking, said it would begin the process of removing some 2,000 sensors from across Chicago beginning on Monday.

In the hours after a young boy was seriously hurt and airlifted after being thrown from an amusement ride at a summer festival last year, state inspectors almost immediately identified problems with the ride, according to reports obtained by NBC 5 Investigates.

The mother of the suspected shooter charged with killing four passengers Monday aboard a CTA Blue Line train said she believes her son suffered a mental breakdown.

New details emerge about suspect and shooting on CTA train that killed 4 people

As far back as January, a D.C. lobbyist for Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson estimated the city would need as much $76 million to help pay for Chicago Police overtime, salaries and equipment to provide security for the Democrat National Convention, according to emails obtained by NBC 5 Investigates.

Many protesters cited or arrested so far during the DNC in Chicago are facing misdemeanor charges, but what unfolded Tuesday night prompted a different tone from demonstrators and officers, whose behavior CPD Supt. Snelling previously praised. NBC 5 Investigates’ Bennett Haeberle reports.

Additional security fencing, locks and cameras were added to the perimeter fencing outside the Democratic National Convention after a group of demonstrators removed a section of fence late Monday afternoon and breached a section of the northern security perimeter just two blocks north of the United Center.

At least five people were detained by Chicago Police after sections of security fencing were removed along the northern security perimeter near the United Center Monday evening, just hours before the Democratic National Convention was set to kick off in earnest Monday evening.

With tens of thousands of people including delegates, politicians and protestors expected in Chicago this week for the Democratic National Convention, both federal and local law enforcement authorities have promised a secure event.

After initially rejecting calls to step down, Sangamon County Sheriff Jack Campbell announced Friday he would retire by the end of the month – citing the “current political climate” and fallout from the fatal shooting of Sonya Massey.

Newly released video shows former Sangamon County Deputy Sean Grayson predicting he’ll be released from jail and telling deputies he’s in jail custody for his own safety.