Johnson's $300M property tax increase will be "significantly decreased," top mayoral aide says
Twenty-two of the City Council’s 50 members met Saturday with top mayoral aides, including Johnson’s budget team, to begin ...
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Community group calls for dismissal of Chicago cops with ties to extremist Oath Keepers
Activists, elected officials call on Mayor Brandon Johnson, who said he'd fire cops linked to extremist organizations, to ...
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Chicago, Its Teachers Union, and ‘Mayor CTU’s’ Risky Power Grab
Commentary: Mayor Johnson should know better than to “jeopardize the financial health of the school system” in advancing one ...
Community calls for firing of Chicago police officers allegedly on Oath Keepers membership list
Chicago police have declined to take disciplinary action against those officers. Now there are calls for Mayor Brandon Johnson to establish a civilian task force to look at extremism within CPD.
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Two newly elected Chicago school board members on what’s ahead
For the first time, Chicagoans cast votes for members of the partially elected school board. Voters chose 10 members, and ...
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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 ...
Editorial: Chicagoans send another thumbs-down message to Brandon Johnson and Chicago Teachers Union in school board vote
As we write, four school board candidates endorsed by the Chicago Teachers Union appear to have won seats in 10 districts.
Mayor Brandon Johnson's appointed CPS board members could stay on past January
Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times file Share When the entire Board of Education resigned in October and Chicago Mayor Brandon ...
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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 ...
Editorial: Brandon Johnson has a choice in his upcoming budget: Stick it to taxpayers or to city workers.
Johnson’s three primary means of balancing the 2025 budget are employee reductions (eliminating unfilled positions and ...
Chicago is what happens when antisemitism mixes with lawlessness
Days after the Oct. 26 shooting of an Orthodox Jewish man in Chicago, Mayor Brandon Johnson was publicly rebuked for issuing ...