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 ...
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s school board president, under fire for controversial social media posts, resigns
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s handpicked school board president resigned Thursday after coming under fire for social media ...
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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 ...
Editorial: Mayor Brandon Johnson did the right thing in axing Rev. Mitchell Johnson from the Chicago School Board
On Thursday morning we called for the resignation of the Rev. Mitchell Ikenna Johnson as president of the Chicago Board of ...
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Mayor Brandon Johnson’s communications director exiting
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s communications director is leaving City Hall, sources told the Tribune Wednesday. Ronnie Reese, who led Johnson’s press office since the transition in May 2023 ...
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Johnson's CPD budget could threaten progress on reforms required under court-ordered consent decree
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Mayor Brandon Johnson is promising progress, but his budget for the Chicago Police Department could threaten the progress on police reforms required under the court-ordered ...
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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 floats property-tax increase to cover budget shortfall
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is set to unveil a budget solution aimed at closing a gap of almost $982 million. Johnson is seeking to secure labor and City Council support with a budget proposal ...
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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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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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Mayor Brandon Johnson’s CPD budget plan cuts constitutional policing, other reform offices: ‘It’s a gutting’
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s CPD budget plan cuts constitutional policing, other reform offices: ‘It’s a gutting’ Alice Yin, A.D. Quig, Chicago Tribune November 1, 2024 at 6:00 AM · 7 min read ...
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Mayor Brandon Johnson’s CPD budget plan cuts constitutional policing, other reform offices: ‘It’s a gutting’
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s 2025 budget plan for Chicago police slashes several offices that are critical to the ongoing federal consent decree, sparking alarm from policing experts who say now is not the ...