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What will Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s playbook be against ‘raggedy’ Trump White House?
Over the past decade, the job description for the mayor of Chicago has included a new duty: responding to Donald Trump. The question before Brandon Johnson is, how does the freshman mayor come out on top against a reality TV-bred GOP president made famous for breaking the rules?
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson wants to tax hemp and pass the ‘Anjanette Young ordinance’ in his 2025 to-dos
Johnson’s team is laying out its first-quarter priorities. What’s not on the list is solutions to big fiscal cliffs for city agencies.
Chicago cops block inspectors from ‘Gift Room’ filled with Mayor Brandon Johnson’s ritzy freebies: report
When OIG officials requested access to check out the room, they were met with Chicago cops who told them to wait in the elevator lobby, according to the report.
Mayor Brandon Johnson would benefit from CPS contract he’s negotiating
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is on leave from Chicago Public Schools while his administration negotiates its new contract. If Johnson were to return to CPS, he would be guaranteed a six-figure job.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson addresses calls to testify in Washington about sanctuary city policies
Mayor Johnson was asked​ by the House Oversight Committee to testify on Capitol Hill next month about Chicago's sanctuary city status — along with other big city mayors.
Mayor Brandon Johnson vows to protect rights as immigration raids continue in Chicago, around U.S.
Mayor Brandon Johnson says the city will continue to protect civil and human rights, a day after the mayor received a letter from Washington, D.C., stating, in summary, that Chicago and other “sanctuary cities” like it are being investigated by the U.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson under fire for accepting gifts ‘on behalf of the city’
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson accepted many valuable gifts “on behalf of the city” but failed to report them, according to a new report from the city’s inspector general. According to an advisory from Inspector General Deborah Witzburg,
Hundreds of valuable gifts not properly reported by mayor's office, access blocked to room, inspector general says
Chicago mayors Brandon Johnson and Lori Lightfoot allegedly did not properly report hundreds of gifts and the inspector general's office is recommending an overhaul to an unwritten agreement dating back to the late 80s.
OIG report finds Mayor Brandon Johnson’s office improperly blocked access to gift room with Gucci bags, other designer items
A report found Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s office violated a policy requiring mayors to record gifts above $50 and ...
Mayor Brandon Johnson's office improperly denied access to gift room with designer items, inspector general finds
While attempting an undercover inspection of the mayor's gift room, investigators were denied access to a log of gifts that ...
Mayor Brandon Johnson's 2025 to-do list: tax hemp, pass 'Anjanette Young ordinance’
The mayor is laying out his priorities for the year. But what's not on the list are solutions to the big fiscal cliffs for ...
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Ald. Waguespack speaks out against Mayor Johnson
Ward Alderman Scott Waguespack joins Steve Dale to talk about Mayor Brandon Johnson’s ethical violation of negotiating a ...
Mayor Brandon Johnson says Trump move to cut federal funding is outside president’s authority
Mayor Brandon Johnson on Tuesday sought to tamp down concerns over the late-night order from President Donald Trump’s ...
Brandon Johnson's campaign gives back most of a $50,000 contribution from fund run by a City Hall lobbyist
The Chicago Latino Public Affairs Committee, run by City Hall lobbyist Homero Tristan, contributed that amount to Friends of ...
Brandon Johnson, Larry Snelling welcome new class of CPD graduates
President Donald Trump's new tariff orders against Canada, Mexico and China all contain clauses suspending a duty-free ...
‘Yo!’ Mayor Brandon Johnson’s texts reveal governing style and intrigue at City Hall
The mayor’s exchanges with officials show he is more reluctant than predecessors Lori Lightfoot and Rahm Emanuel to put much ...