Mayor Brandon Johnson on Monday suffered the latest in a string of City Council defeats — a loss that blows a $75 million hole in his preelection budget. At a special meeting that the Johnson administration tried to avoid, a veto-proof City Council majority voted 44-6 to compel Johnson to apply the $75 million…

Each City Council member opted in to the annual pay raise that is tied to inflation. Mayor Brandon Johnson is not taking a pay bump.