Mayor Brandon Johnson faces political headwinds from his progressive base
Recent steps by political allies to break with Mayor Johnson could portend trouble as he presides over an emboldened council ...
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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 ...
Crain's Chicago Business7h
Johnson's deputy mayor for education steps aside amid CPS fight
Jen Johnson, deputy mayor for education, youth and human services, is taking an indefinite leave of absence from City Hall.
WBEZ5h
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 ...
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 ...
Covid money boosted Chicago’s schools. Now it’s gone, and the city is in crisis.
School districts across the country may also face budget crunches soon as the last of the $190 billion in federal ...
Johnson announces changes to city’s migrant population plan
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson announced changes Monday to the city’s plan for arriving migrants. The changes include moving ...
The Economist4d
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 ...
Mayor Brandon Johnson says he hopes White Sox stay in Chicago and calls on Jerry Reinsdorf to ‘put some skin in the game’
Mayor Johnson said he has not spoken to Jerry Reinsdorf about the potential sale but believes Chicago remains a world-class ...