Crain's Chicago Business1d
City announces first projects to receive financing through new bond proceeds plan
Affordable housing projects in West Garfield Park and the Near South Side are the first to receive financing from bond ...
Hoodline3d
Mayor Johnson Launches $230M Affordable Housing Developments in Chicago's West Garfield Park and Near South Side
Mayor Brandon Johnson announces two Chicago housing developments funded by new HED bonds, enhancing affordable housing in the ...
Editorial: The alliance against Mayor Brandon Johnson on zoning is justified
Opponents of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s nomination of progressive firebrand Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez as chair of the City Council ...
Facing defeat, Johnson pulls plug on Sigcho-Lopez as Zoning Committee chair, picks Burnett instead
For months, Mayor Brandon Johnson tried desperately to overcome steadfast opposition from business and labor leaders and round up the votes he needed to confirm progressive firebrand Ald. Byron Sigcho ...
WBEZ9d
Mayor Johnson plans to appoint Ald. Walter Burnett to lead the City Council’s powerful Zoning Committee
Johnson’s pick comes after two Latino Caucus members engaged in a campaign for the influential post. But neither could find ...
Crain's Chicago Business9d
Johnson pulls Zoning chair nominee, giving in to City Council
The mayor has been unable to secure enough votes to install Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez. Instead, he's turning to a ...
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Ald. Walter Burnett Tapped To Lead Powerful Zoning Committee
Mayor Brandon Johnson plans to appoint Burnett, Chicago’s longest-serving alderman, as chair. Burnett, who pitched himself ...
David Greising: Is a property tax hike in the making to fill Mayor Brandon Johnson’s budget hole?
It seems almost a foregone conclusion that a property tax hike will be in the plan. Mayor Brandon Johnson likely has no ...
Mayor Johnson shifts course on Zoning chair, picks West Side moderate over progressive ally
Mayor Brandon Johnson plans to appoint West Side Ald. Walter Burnett to lead the City Council’s powerful Zoning Committee ...
NBC Chicago9d
Ald. Walter Burnett, also Chicago's Vice Mayor, tapped as Chair of City Council Zoning Committee
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson signaled his support for Vice ... as an advocate for "citywide development and affordable housing." "I am taking one for the team, I am trying to help out," Burnett ...