Mayor Johnson takes campaign cash from lawyer whose firm has pending lawsuits against City Hall
Although legal, the campaign contributions to Friends of Brandon Johnson from a prominent Loop law firm are the latest ...
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson addresses teachers' negotiations, sanctuary city testimony in D.C.
Meanwhile, there is still no teachers' strike on the horizon. But after 11 months of negotiating a new deal, Chicago Teachers ...
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson says there is no reason for a teachers' strike to happen
The mayor met Wednesday with CPS Chief Executive Officer Pedro Martinez, Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates, ...
Opinion
Editorial: Kudos to the seven Chicago school board members courageously upholding fiscal sanity
Elections have consequences. That cliche often is used at the national level, but nowhere is it more apt right now than at the Chicago Board of Education. When Chicago voters elected school board ...
Yahoo8d
The ‘Re-Reconstruction’: Mayor Brandon Johnson doubles down on outreach to Black Chicago
On New Year’s Day, Mayor Brandon Johnson welcomed 2025 by reminding Chicago leaders of the headwinds Black politicians like him face. The mayor sent a Crusader piece from last October titled ...
Sports Illustrated10d
Ben Johnson and Ryan Poles hinted at Chicago Bears' NFL Draft plans when introducing free agents
Chicago Bears general manager Ryan Poles is ... conference introducing his new free agent signings. Head coach Ben Johnson did too. When Poles was asked about how Dayo Odeyingbo is going to ...
WGN-TV27d
Mayor Johnson to defend Chicago’s sanctuary city status in Washington
CHICAGO (WGN) — Mayor Brandon Johnson will travel to Washington, D.C., next week to defend Chicago’s status as a sanctuary city. “We’re going to remain a welcoming city and hold to our ...
Washington Examiner28d
Nearly 80% of Chicago residents disapprove of Mayor Brandon Johnson
A new poll found Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s approval rating is in the single digits. The poll from M3 Strategies found that nearly 80% of Chicagoans disapproved of Johnson’s job handling ...
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson to testify in congressional hearing this week
Mayor Brandon Johnson arrived in Washington, D.C. on Sunday ahead of a Congressional hearing Democrats expect will be light on policy and heavy on political theater.
Crain's Chicago Business20d
Brandon Johnson argues sanctuary city law keeps Chicago safer in high-profile House testimony
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson told a House committee today that the city is safer because of its 40-year-old Welcoming City policy of not asking about individuals’ immigration status or ...
Chicago Tribune18d
Chicago observers relieved a reserved Mayor Brandon Johnson achieved ‘a draw’ with congressional Republicans
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Is Mayor Brandon Johnson ready to defend Chicago's sanctuary city law to Congress?
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Mayor Brandon Johnson says he is prepared to defend Chicago's sanctuary city law when he goes before a congressional committee next Wednesday. But a former congressman says ...