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(The Center Square) – Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is not backing down from his promise to increase public education funding at the expense of city and state taxpayers. Johnson spoke at the ...
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is on the defensive after all seven members of the Chicago Board of Education announced their resignations Friday, an unprecedented moment in the city's history, in ...
CHICAGO — Despite continued promises not to raise property taxes stemming back to his mayoral campaign, Mayor Brandon Johnson has proposed to do just that in a $17.3 billion city budget plan he ...
Brandon Johnson (born March 27, 1976) [1] [2] is an American politician and educator who is currently serving as the 57th mayor of Chicago since 2023. [3] [4] [5] A member of the Democratic Party, Johnson previously served on the Cook County Board of Commissioners from 2018 to 2023, representing the 1st district.
Johnson has been trying to oust the district's CEO, Pedro Martinez, who was named to the job in 2021 by Johnson's predecessor, then-Mayor Lori Lightfoot. Johnson, a former Chicago Teachers Union organizer, has clashed with Martinez, including over how best to close gaps in the district's nearly $10 billion budget.
Most recently, another local news investigation turned up invoices totaling more than $80,000 to renovate an office in the Chicago Cultural Center in which the mayor's wife plans to host visiting ...
(The Center Square) – Insisting city officials have a “moral obligation” to aid those seeking to transition back into society after having been incarcerated, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson ...
The 2023 Chicago mayoral election was held on February 28, 2023, to elect the mayor of Chicago, Illinois. With no candidate receiving a majority of votes in the initial round of the election, a runoff election was held on April 4.