Chicago spent $80K to renovate office for first lady Johnson as city faces billion dollar budget shortfall

Invoices and receipts from Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson's administration have raised new questions about extravagant spending as the city faces a nearly billion dollar budget shortfall.

Documents uncovered by local news station NBC 5 revealed that in the grip of fiscal crisis, the city spent more than $80,000 to redecorate and renovate an office in the Chicago Cultural Center for first lady Stacie Johnson. 

"The invoices and receipts, obtained by NBC 5 Investigates through a series of Freedom of Information Act requests...