Ex-Chicagoans, former Mayor Lightfoot's family among 180,000 displaced by raging LA fires
"For those of us who are not physically there, we’re still trying to wrap our minds around that this really happened," ...
Board of Ethics said it did not give Mayor Brandon Johnson an opinion about CPS leave
Despite City Hall’s claims, the City of Chicago Board of Ethics said it did not provide Mayor Brandon Johnson’s ...
Chicago mayor responds after Pritzker criticism
JB Pritzker vented about Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson on Tuesday. Now, Johnson is responding. Matthew Perry Gifted Lisa ...
Brandon Johnson responds after Pritzker's strong criticism of administration
A day after Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker delivered strong criticism of Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s relationships in ...
Mayor Brandon Johnson reopens Roseland mental health center as Treatment Not Trauma plan moves forward
Mayor Brandon Johnson cut the ribbon surrounded by activists who led the charge to reopen a dozen city-run mental health ...
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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson talks class size, contract talks, school board appointments
In a sit-down interview with Chalkbeat Tuesday, the mayor talked about contract negotiations with his allies at CTU, his ...
Misuse of CPS emails by Mayor Lightfoot’s campaign could be repeated with elected school board: Report
Lightfoot’s campaign emailed CPS staff to recruit student volunteers in 2022. CPS’ inspector general says CPS must ward ...
JB Pritzker blasts Chicago mayor’s team for skipping scheduled calls, being reclusive amid hemp bill battle
Reeling from a recent defeat on hemp legislation, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker lashed out at his fellow Democrat, Chicago Mayor ...
Chicago: Despite mayor’s call for fewer than 500 homicides this year, 2025 opens with familiar violence
Six shooting deaths on the South and West sides, a fatal stabbing in Little Village and a vehicular homicide in Chicago Lawn. About a week into the new year, violence in Chicago ticked up slightly, ...
Mayor Johnson dodges questions on budget, CTU contract, downplays strain with Gov. JB Pritzker
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson dodged questions about the budget and teachers' contract, while downplaying how strained his ...
The real reason Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is working so hard to resist Trump
Mayor Brandon Johnson is the government for the few who governs against our interests for a better Chicago. This man has not ...
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The mayor’s on ‘union leave’ from CPS despite leaving CTU. Does that undermine contract talks?
Brandon Johnson hasn’t taught in CPS since 2011. But because of his leave status, he’s still accruing seniority in the ...