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Chicago: Mayor Brandon Johnson faces political headwinds from his progressive base
When Mayor Brandon Johnson honored the Rev. Jesse Jackson with a key to the city earlier this month, he made a point to remind the audience of his own battle inside City Hall. “So now, with the power that the people of Chicago gave me — OK,
Mayor Brandon Johnson appoints seventh Chicago school board member
Mayor Brandon Johnson has picked a former candidate for alderman to join his newly appointed board amid CPS leadership clash.
City will end shelters designated for newly arrived immigrants this year, Mayor Brandon Johnson announces
Mayor Brandon Johnson announced the city will start its transition this week to merge its two shelter systems, known as the One System Initiative.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson to shut down migrant shelters, combine with existing homeless system in 2024
Chicago’s migrant shelters will be shut down at the end of the year and absorbed into an existing system for homeless residents, Mayor Brandon Johnson said in a Monday announcement praising his administration for getting past an earlier humanitarian crisis while brushing off concerns of shrinking bed capacity that could lead to more people on the street.
Migrants no longer guaranteed beds in Chicago, could be evicted as mayor cuts back on shelters
I don’t want to see anyone lose, right? But the harsh reality is that we can do what we can afford,” the mayor said. “We’ve been stretched to the limits.”
Johnson's new CPS board to meet for first time
The school board's meetings were delayed one week as the mayor's new appointees went through the onboarding process.
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Chicago Mayor’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Debt Plan for the District
There are good debts and there are bad debts. Good debt is an investment in something that will grow in value over time. For ...
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Chicago’s deputy mayor of education is stepping away to focus on health and family
Johnson said she doesn't want her leave to be misconstrued or used as political fodder. The decision to step aside comes at a ...
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Brandon Johnson is giving Chicago’s teachers’ union everything
L ast year, when he was campaigning to be mayor of Chicago, Brandon Johnson, a former organiser for the Chicago Teachers ...
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It's National Tavern-Style Pizza Day — and this iconic Chicago brand was declared the day's ‘founder'
As part of the celebration, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has officially named Home Run Inn as the "founder" of the delicious day, the release said. The popular pizza brand, the release says, ...
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National civil rights group calls on Mayor Johnson to fire Chicago cops with ties to extremism
Color of Change, local activists and 10 elected officials sent a letter to the mayor a year after a WBEZ/Sun-Times ...
Mayor Brandon Johnson to shut down migrant shelters, combine with existing homeless system in 2025
Chicago’s migrant shelters will be shut down at the end of the year and absorbed into an existing system for homeless ...
Chicago mayor changes tune on subsidies for White Sox stadium
Jerry Reinsdorf is considering a sale to a group that would move the team to Nashville, putting a kink in Related Midwest’s ...