WBEZ24d
Ahead of Mayor Johnson’s second budget, we take a look at how far he’s come on his fiscal campaign promises
One person with a lot of ideas for addressing budget woes of this magnitude was mayoral candidate Brandon Johnson. He was one of the first in the mayoral race to come out with a detailed fiscal ...
Chicago Sun-Times21h
Community group calls for dismissal of Chicago cops with ties to extremist Oath Keepers
Emmanuel Camarillo/Sun-Times Share Residents, community activists and elected officials on Sunday called on Mayor Brandon Johnson to fire police officers with ties to the Oath Keepers extremist ...
WGN-TV15d
Sources: Mayor Brandon Johnson will propose property tax increase when he presents 2025 budget this week
CHICAGO — While campaigning to be mayor prior to his election in April 2023, Brandon Johnson repeatedly vowed he would not raise city property taxes. But with Chicago facing a budget deficit of ...
Chicago Tribune10d
Editorial: Aldermen must force Mayor Brandon Johnson to find solutions other than a massive property tax hike
Brandon Johnson promised during his mayoral campaign not to raise property taxes, noting correctly back then that the levies are regressive and that the city’s lower-income and even middle ...
Chicago Sun-Times19d
Brandon Johnson won't say if he'll return Lil Durk's $150,000 campaign money, praises rapper's community work
Mayor Brandon Johnson presides over a Chicago City Council meeting at City Hall. Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times file photo Share Mayor Brandon Johnson is reserving judgment on Lil Durk, calling him ...
Yahoo Finance23d
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s bond refinancing plan passes after stalling effort by opponents
The City Council approved Mayor Brandon Johnson’s cost-cutting effort to refinance $1.5 billion in debt Tuesday, despite criticism from aldermen who said the maneuver wouldn’t deliver the ...
Yahoo20d
Mayor Brandon Johnson won’t say if he will return $150,000 from rapper Lil Durk, arrested in alleged murder-for-hire plot
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson on Friday refused to say whether he will return $150,000 Chicago rapper Lil Durk contributed to the mayor’s political committee, a day after the artist was arrested ...
The Economist28d
Brandon Johnson is giving Chicago’s teachers’ union everything
Last year, when he was campaigning to be mayor of Chicago, Brandon Johnson, a former organiser for the Chicago Teachers Union, was asked how he would handle negotiating a contract with his former ...
Politico29d
Johnson pushes back against critics
Happy Tuesday, Illinois. Election Day is three weeks away. CHECK IT OUT: POLITICO’s live blog, politico.com/2024, runs every day to Election Day and features scoops ...
WGN-TV23d
Johnson announces changes to city’s migrant population plan
CHICAGO — Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson announced changes Monday to the city’s plan for arriving migrants. By the end of the year, the Johnson administration will combine efforts to help ...
Yahoo News20d
Mayor Brandon Johnson won’t say if he will return $150,000 from rapper Lil Durk, arrested in alleged murder-for-hire plot
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson on Friday refused to say whether he will return $150,000 Chicago rapper Lil Durk contributed to the mayor’s political committee, a day after the artist was arrested in an ...