Mayor Brandon Johnson blames past administrations after rating agency’s negative budget outlook

Mayor Brandon Johnson defended his 2026 budget proposal Thursday following a rating agency lowering its outlook on the city this week, which signaled a potential future credit downgrade to one notch above junk status.

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