National Review3d
Brandon Johnson Wasn’t on the Ballot in Chicago, but Went Down in Flames on Tuesday Anyway
Glenn Youngkin Tells Trump He Will Serve Out Rest of His Term, Won’t Serve in Admin Massie Should Go Full Milei on the USDA Readers of National Review have become ...
Chicago Sun-Times13d
Johnson administration has hired hundreds amid hiring freeze
Mayor Brandon Johnson presides over a special City Council meeting this month. Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times Share The city has hired or promoted 490 employees in the six weeks since Mayor ...
WBEZ13d
Despite a hiring freeze, Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration still made hundreds of new hires
The city hired or promoted 490 employees in the six weeks since Mayor Brandon Johnson announced a hiring freeze, with the Chicago Police Department seeing the most new hires. The employment data ...
Chicago Tribune11d
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s school board president, under fire for controversial social media posts, resigns
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s handpicked school board president resigned Thursday after coming under fire from critics, including Gov. JB Pritzker and the mayor, for social media posts deemed ...
Politico29d
School board fracas highlights Chicago mayor’s turbulent tenure
CHICAGO — Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson was catapulted into office as an outsider vowing to shake up the city’s notoriously combustible politics. But nearly two years into his term ...
CBS News11d
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.
BGA releases snapshots of Mayor Brandon Johnson's proposed 2025 Chicago budget
The city of Chicago is facing a nearly one billion budget deficit for the year 2025. Due to this financial crisis, mayor Brandon Johnson says a property tax increase was unavoidable. The proposed $346 ...
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Mayor Brandon Johnson won’t say if he will return $150,000 from rapper Lil Durk, arrested in alleged murder-for-hire plot
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson on ... months after the alleged crime. Photos also show him sitting next to Foxx at a Chicago Sky basketball game this summer. Johnson alluded to that new image ...
Politico27d
Johnson pushes back against critics
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Chicago Tribune12d
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s property tax hike gets opposition, caution from aldermen
When lukewarm applause followed Mayor Brandon Johnson’s budget address Wednesday, it was clear what had sucked the enthusiasm from City Council chambers. The foundation of Johnson’s $17.3 ...
WGN-TV13d
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 ...
Yahoo12d
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s property tax hike gets opposition, caution from aldermen
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s property tax hike gets opposition, caution from aldermen Jake Sheridan, A.D. Quig, Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune Updated October 30, 2024 at 7:12 PM · 5 min read ...