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 ...
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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School board fracas highlights Chicago mayor’s turbulent tenure
bringing in an executive who had worked closely with the Chicago Teachers Union — the influential group that helped elect him mayor. He’s clashed repeatedly with the City Council over his ...
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A majority of the Chicago City Council is calling for an early vote on mayor’s property tax hike
The 29 council members who asked for the meeting are critical of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s plan to close a gaping budget hole ...
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Mayor Johnson: People of Chicago 'will certainly benefit from a Harris-Walz administration'
Mayor Brandon Johnson on Tuesday cast his ballot for Kamala Harris, saying the first person who came to mind was his daughter ...
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Chicago school board election not going well for Mayor Brandon Johnson and CTU
Chicago voters largely appeared to reject Mayor Brandon Johnson’s education ... candidates and other left-leaning organizers touched upon the labor group’s firebrand anti-establishment messaging.
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Civic Federation serves up smorgasbord of options on revenue, cost-cutting to avoid property tax hike
Chicago City Hall, 121 N ... a combined $1.2 billion city budget shortfall this year and next, but the group urged Mayor Brandon Johnson to avoid serving a property tax increase as the main ...
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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Floats a Liquor Tax Increase in His 2025 Budget
Plus, an Election Day liquor ban question is posed to Lincoln Square residents, while a Bronzeville alderperson pushes for one ...
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Mayor Brandon Johnson to propose Chicago property tax hike, sources say
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Our coverage of this story has moved here. Mayor Brandon Johnson will propose a property tax hike when he lays out his budget plan to City Council Wednesday, sources say.
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Chicago’s school board president resigns after ‘deeply disturbing’ statements, mayor says
The Rev. Mitchell Ikenna Johnson, who was president of the Chicago Board of Education for just seven days, resigned effective immediately at Mayor Brandon ... Ann Ahern, a photo of the 9/11 ...
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Chicago mayor's police budget plan cuts constitutional policing, other reform offices: ‘It’s a gutting’
CHICAGO — Mayor Brandon Johnson’s 2025 budget plan ... The reform management group responsible for tracking reform efforts consistent with the consent decree would shrink by about 10%, from ...
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School board fracas highlights Chicago mayor’s turbulent tenure
Before that, Johnson reshuffled his intergovernmental affairs team, bringing in an executive who had worked closely with the Chicago Teachers Union — the influential group that helped elect him mayor.