Editorial: Aldermen must force Mayor Brandon Johnson to find solutions other than a massive property tax hike
The Editorial Board met with the mayor for the first time since his election and appreciated the opportunity. Here are our ...
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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, including Gov. JB Pritzker and the mayor, for social media posts deemed ...
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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 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 ...
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Aldermen rip Mayor Brandon Johnson’s 2025 property tax hike proposal as budget hearings kick off
Desperate to avoid hitting Chicago home and business owners with a $300 million property tax increase, aldermen pelted the ...
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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 billion.
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Mayor Brandon Johnson won't veto ShotSpotter ordinance
CHICAGO (CBS) --Mayor Brandon Johnson will not veto an ordinance that would have allowed the city's top cop to negotiate a new deal to revive Chicago's controversial gunshot detection program.
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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 ...
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Despite a hiring freeze, Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration still made hundreds of new hires
The city hired or promoted 490 employees in the six weeks since Mayor Brandon Johnson announced a hiring freeze, with the Chicago Police Department seeing the most new hires. The employment data ...
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Mayor Brandon Johnson names all new CPS school board after mass resignations
Mayor Brandon Johnson appointed six new members to the Chicago Board of Education on Monday following an uproar over the resignation of the entire board last week. The appointments are ...
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Mayor Brandon Johnson to propose Chicago property tax hike, sources say
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson will announce a property tax increase during his budget address Wednesday, sources say. His constituents were not pleased. CHICAGO (WLS) -- Our coverage of this story ...
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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 for social media posts ...