Spending time? Mayor Johnson’s budget address pushed back two weeks in face of nearly $1 billion deficit
Johnson’s budget director tells WBEZ all options are on the table to close the budget gap as the mayor shores up a plan. The ...
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Facing a $1 billion deficit, Mayor Brandon Johnson is delaying his budget address by two weeks
Johnson’s budget director tells WBEZ all options are on the table to close the budget gap as the mayor shores up a plan.
Chicago alderman urges Mayor Johnson to reactivate ShotSpotter after death of Sierra Evans
A Chicago alderman is calling on Mayor Brandon Johnson to reactivate the city’s ShotSpotter gunfire detection system after ...
Inside Mayor Brandon Johnson’s stunning fight for control of Chicago schools as CTU contract talks stall
The long-simmering standoff between City Hall and Chicago Public Schools leadership that just blew up in the public eye ...
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Brandon Johnson takes, gives back campaign cash from janitorial businesses that share in fat CPS contracts
While the mayor's campaign refunded several contributions from custodial companies and industry executives, it defended ...
Alderman urges Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson's administration to reactivate ShotSpotter after deadly shooting
A Chicago alderman is urging Mayor Brandon Johnson to reactivate ShotSpotter after a woman was found shot to death in an ...
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 ...
Mass school closures revealed as Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson works with CTU to suppress opposition
CEO Pedro Martinez has refused to resign and his resignation has now become a flashpoint as divisions emerge in the ruling ...
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In push to oust CPS chief Martinez, Johnson tests the limits of his power again
The mayor has sided with the teachers union in a fight over the school chief's future — but will Board of Education members ...
Will Johnson: Most Chicagoans reject higher city taxes, no matter the purpose. That’s bad news for the mayor.
When a new poll asked Chicagoans what deserves local tax funding, only one, basic services such as garbage pickup, was cited ...