Editorial: With ShotSpotter’s looming demise, Brandon Johnson turns his back on neighborhoods whose votes made him mayor
We’ve seen plenty of Chicago mayors do things that turned out to be wildly unpopular in retrospect. Richard M. Daley’s ...
Ald. Silvana Tabares: Mayor Brandon Johnson’s leadership needs a lesson in math
It’s an age-old maxim to say politics is a game of addition, not subtraction. Coalition building is about bringing people ...
City Council OKs ethics ordinance that Mayor Brandon Johnson once opposed
Today, lobbyists can give up to $1,500 to candidates for city office, or up to the statewide limit of $13,700 through ...
Is Mayor Johnson preparing to go to war with Gov. Pritzker and General Assembly?
Johnson is asking for billions in state bailouts, and good luck with that. He and the Chicago Teachers Union have indicated ...
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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson enacts hiring freeze to fill $223 million budget gap
In this file photo, Chicago Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson participates in a public safety forum back in March, when most polls ...
Our Chicago: November's School Board Election
CHICAGO (WLS) -- For the first time this November, Chicagoans will elect 10 members of a soon-to-be expanded school board.
Mayor Brandon Johnson tells Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez to resign, sources say
Multiple sources told ABC7 Chicago that Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has told Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez he ...
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Chicago alderpeople vote to keep ShotSpotter technology, Mayor Johnson plans to veto
CHICAGO (CBS) — A group of aldermen voted 33-14 on an ordinance seeking to overturn Mayor Brandon Johnson's plan to eliminate the ShotSpotter gun detection program in Chicago. But this does not ...
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Chicago city council blasts Mayor Johnson canceling ShotSpotter: 'Campaign promise at the expense of lives'
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson's comments Monday denouncing ShotSpotter as "walkie-talkies on a pole" are facing criticism from city council members who want to extend the gunshot detection system ...
Chicago mayor's top aide under fire as Johnson's approval ratings decline
A new poll spells trouble for Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson. It comes as several aldermen are calling for him to fire one of ...
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Chicago faces $982 million budget shortfall for 2025, Mayor Brandon Johnson says
CHICAGO (CBS) --Mayor Brandon Johnson is projecting a $982 million city budget shortfall for 2025, nearly double the spending gap he faced in his first year in office, thanks to rising personnel ...