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 ...
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 ...
Chicago Council Votes to Give ShotSpotter Contracting Power to Police Superintendent, Sidestepping Mayor
Chicago mayor Brandon Johnson dismissed the gunshot-detection technology as nothing more than ‘walkie-talkies on a stick.’ ...
Mayor Johnson rejects plan to keep ShotSpotter; company to remove gunshot sensors
A day after Mayor Brandon Johnson indicated he would veto a council effort aimed at keeping ShotSpotter – the controversial gunshot detection technology – the device’s parent company, SoundThinking, ...
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 ...
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Chicago City Council deals major blow to Mayor Johnson on ShotSpotter
CHICAGO - The acrimony between Mayor Brandon Johnson and the Chicago City Council grows as he issues a rare veto on their ...
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 ...
Mayor Johnson dismisses criticism after staff changes, controversy
After facing an onslaught of criticism last week for a shake-up in his City Hall lobbying team that involved elevating a key ...
Chicago's first-ever school board race sees pro-school choice groups amassing millions in donations: report
The Urban Center Action and Illinois Network of Charter Schools’ have amassed $3.6 million in donations combined ahead of ...
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 ...
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 ...