Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson weighs in on presidential election, CPS Board fallout
Mayor Brandon Johnson, who campaigned for Kamala Harris this past weekend in North Carolina, is reflecting on the election, ...
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Mayor Brandon Johnson’s school board president, under fire for controversial social media posts, resigns
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s handpicked school board president resigned Thursday after coming under fire from critics, ...
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Chicago has picked its first elected school board members. Now it’s Mayor Johnson’s turn to choose.
For the first time in Chicago’s history, voters on Tuesday chose 10 people to be on the city’s partially elected, 21-member ...
Chicago mayor meets with aldermen amid opposition to his property tax hike proposal
The Chicago City Council will continue budget hearings this week while Mayor Brandon Johnson's proposed $300 million property tax increase is top of mind for aldermen. Many city leaders have called ...
Daywatch: Johnson’s CPD budget plan cuts constitutional policing
Johnson’s $17.3 billion spending plan for the city carves out $2.1 billion for the Chicago Police Department, a $58.7 million ...
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Mayor Brandon Johnson's appointed CPS board members could stay on past January
All six board members the mayor selected last month are eligible to remain on the 21-seat board that will take office in ...
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Ald. Ray Lopez: Chicago alderpeople vote to shut down Mayor Brandon Johnson’s property tax increase
Ward Alderman Ray Lopez joins Lisa Dent to discuss why thirty-plus alderpeople have voted to strike down Mayor Brandon ...
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Mayor Brandon Johnson proposes $300 million property tax hike to help close $1 billion budget gap
CHICAGO (CBS) --Mayor Brandon Johnson is proposing a $300 million property tax hike in 2025, going back on a key campaign promise, as he seeks to close a massive budget shortfall of nearly $1 ...
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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Floats a Liquor Tax Increase in His 2025 Budget
Ashok Selvam is the editor of Eater Chicago and a native Chicagoan armed with more than two decades of award-winning journalism. Now covering the world of restaurants and food, his nut graphs are ...