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Henyard was elected mayor of the village in 2021 and appointed Thornton Township supervisor in 2022. Lightfoot was not the only one looking into the village. CBS News reported that the FBI is also ...
She was confirmed to the position by the Chicago City Council on June 23. [146] Nance-Holt is the first woman to serve in a permanent capacity as the commissioner of the Chicago Fire Department. [147] [148] On June 17, 2021, WBEN reported that Chicago led the nation in mass shootings, averaging approximately one per week.
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 Mayor Brandon Johnson booted members of the public from a city meeting on his proposed 2025 budget on Monday after residents vocally protested against extensive funding for migrants.
Chicago is among 12 major cities that declared curfews in order to prevent looting and vandalism. [4] On May 31, Mayor Lori Lightfoot asked Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker to send the Illinois National Guard to Chicago for the first time in the 52 years since the 1968 riots in Chicago. [5] The economic damage caused by the disturbances exceeded ...
Michael Joseph Madigan (born April 19, 1942) is an American politician who is the former speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives. [1] He was the longest-serving leader of any state or federal legislative body in the history of the United States, having held the position for all but two years from 1983 to 2021. [2]
(The Center Square) – Mayor Brandon Johnson and the Chicago City Council still don’t have a budget agreement. Reports surfaced early Friday that the mayor did not have enough votes to pass a ...
On December 2, 1987, following the death in office of mayor Harold Washington, the Chicago City Council voted to appoint Eugene Sawyer to serve as mayor up until a special election in 1989. The vote was as follows: [125] Eugene Sawyer: 29 (59.18%) Timothy C. Evans: 19 (38.78%) No Preference: 1 (2.04%)