Chicago Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson prioritizes crime prevention and education funding.

Chicago Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson addressed the Illinois General Assembly, laying out his Springfield agenda, which includes expanding jobs, improving public security, and building more affordable housing. Johnson emphasized that Chicago and Springfield can work together and that public safety is a prerequisite to the prosperity of Chicago. He also called for changes in the state's school aid formula and raising the share of state income tax receipts that go to municipalities. Johnson did not directly mention his top Springfield priority of winning permission to raise the city's real estate transfer tax by imposing a surcharge on the sale of property worth at least $1 million.