Inside Mayor Brandon Johnson’s stunning fight for control of Chicago schools as CTU contract talks stall
The long-simmering standoff between City Hall and Chicago Public Schools leadership that just blew up in the public eye ...
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As Johnson scrambles to close $1 billion budget gap, vote could get delayed to December
The delay would give the mayor's budget team more time to find politically feasible personnel cuts and revenue boosters to ...
Mass school closures revealed as Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson works with CTU to suppress opposition
CEO Pedro Martinez has refused to resign and his resignation has now become a flashpoint as divisions emerge in the ruling ...
Mayor Brandon Johnson cites work ‘to transform this public school system’ when asked about wanting schools chief out
Mayor Brandon Johnson asserted a mandate to “transform” Chicago Public Schools and expand school investments Wednesday when ...
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Brandon Johnson takes, gives back campaign cash from janitorial businesses that share in fat CPS contracts
While the mayor's campaign refunded several contributions from custodial companies and industry executives, it defended ...
Ald. Silvana Tabares: Mayor Brandon Johnson’s leadership needs a lesson in math
It’s an age-old maxim to say politics is a game of addition, not subtraction. Coalition building is about bringing people ...
Will Johnson: Most Chicagoans reject higher city taxes, no matter the purpose. That’s bad news for the mayor.
When a new poll asked Chicagoans what deserves local tax funding, only one, basic services such as garbage pickup, was cited ...
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Facing a $1 billion budget gap, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson hasn’t said if he’ll take a pay raise next year
Johnson and other elected officials had until Sunday to reject the 4.1% pay raise. At least two alderpersons have said they ...
Editorial: CPS crisis is mobilizing establishment Chicago against Brandon Johnson’s agenda
For months, prominent Chicagoans in for-profit commerce and nonprofit governance, Democrats all, have fretted and shaken ...
Crain's Chicago Business4d
In push to oust CPS chief Martinez, Johnson tests the limits of his power again
The mayor has sided with the teachers union in a fight over the school chief's future — but will Board of Education members ...
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson's battles with city council carry high stakes ahead of budget fight
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has found himself embroiled in a pair of high profile battles with the city council at an ...
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Brandon Johnson takes, gives back campaign cash from janitorial businesses that share in fat CPS contracts
Mayor Brandon Johnson greets students on this year’s first day of school outside Thomas Chalmers Specialty Elementary School in North Lawndale. Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times Share Four janitorial ...