candidate for governor Darren Bailey right here in our studio.

>> Charlotte City Council members are reversing course on a 2023 vote to phase out the tipped minimum wage.

The move would scuttle one of Mayor Brandon Johnson's major legislative accomplishments.

The mayor called today's vote shameful and promises to veto it.

At some point.

>> Doug will stop picking on black and brown women.

And if I got a veto something make sure that black and brown women are protected.

Then the do it is.

>> W t Tw News reporter Heather Sharon joins us now with more.

Heather nearly 2 and a half years ago the mayor's push to end that hit minimum wage passed the City Council by an overwhelming margin.

What happened?

Well, it has long been a source of great consternation for the Illinois Restaurant Association which says that it is making it incredibly difficult for restaurants to keep their doors open in Chicago.

>> And keep employing people.

They were able to convince a majority of the city council that this is what needs to change to that restaurants can keep their doors open because right now, if you're a tipped worker, you earn $4 less than the minimum wage in Chicago, which is 6.16, hour that is supposed to end by 2028 when everybody gets paid, whatever the minimum wages and it's tied to inflation, they say that will make it impossible to keep food flowing through Chicago's restaurant kitchens, but supporters of ending the tipped minimum wage say it has not hurt businesses.

That's right.

So the mayor and city officials say Chicago's restaurant industry is doing just fine.

They say there has been a number of new business licenses.

Paul Dan, that restaurants are renewing those licenses for existing eateries at a normal rate.

They also say that is not fair to make workers.

Some of Chicago's poorest bear, the burden of sort of these increased costs, especially at a time where we've seen a historic increase in cost of gas and other cost of living.

Also, the mayor says that the tipped wage will hurt black and Latina women the hardest.

He says he's not going to stand So we just heard the mayor, of course, he's vowing to not allow one of his major latest legislative accomplishments be rolled back.

What happens now?

Well, it will take 34 votes of the city council to override this expected veto.

It's unclear whether supporters of this tipped minimum wage rollback confined to those votes.

We will see once he does issue that veto, it will be his 3rd since July 2025. unprecedented number of sort of rejections of what the city council's tried to do.

okay.

Separately City Council also voted to expand the power of the civilian Office of Police Accountability, Copa, what change?

And they now have the power to investigate allegations that the Chicago Police Department has violated the city ban on helping federal immigration enforcement agents carry out civil actions.

This has been a source of great consternation and as this all erupted in the fall, city officials realized it wasn't clear who have the authority to enforce the welcoming city ordinance.

The city council said today unanimously after a brief debate that it should because it's come back, OK, had a Sharon, thanks again for