Editorial: With ShotSpotter’s looming demise, Brandon Johnson turns his back on neighborhoods whose votes made him mayor
We’ve seen plenty of Chicago mayors do things that turned out to be wildly unpopular in retrospect. Richard M. Daley’s ...
Ald. Silvana Tabares: Mayor Brandon Johnson’s leadership needs a lesson in math
It’s an age-old maxim to say politics is a game of addition, not subtraction. Coalition building is about bringing people ...
Johnson accused of picking another police-related fight with City Council
Gov. J.B. Pritzker has authorized selling a former Illinois National Guard armory to the city for $1 for the "express purpose ...
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City Council Is Seeing Red With Johnson’s Ranks
Brandon Johnson is playing politics as his predecessors did, like appointing loyal organizers. But the flavor of his politics ...
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City Council gives top cop power to keep ShotSpotter, but Johnson vows veto
The system used in 12 of Chicago’s 22 most violent police districts is scheduled to be turned off Sunday. Mayor Brandon ...
David Greising: Is a property tax hike in the making to fill Mayor Brandon Johnson’s budget hole?
It seems almost a foregone conclusion that a property tax hike will be in the plan. Mayor Brandon Johnson likely has no ...
Mayor Johnson condemns ShotSpotter as 'a walkie-talkie on a pole' days before system shuts down
The city spent "$100 million for a walkie-talkie on a pole, and the reason why they said we needed it was to reduce gun ...
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Facing a $1 billion budget gap, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson hasn’t said if he’ll take a pay raise next year
Johnson and other elected officials had until Sunday to reject the 4.1% pay raise. At least two alderpersons have said they ...
Mayor Brandon Johnson slow on push to put civilians in CPD jobs
Mayor Brandon Johnson has made little progress hiring civilians to new administrative positions in the Chicago Police ...