Following budget strife, Mayor Brandon Johnson says passing a spending plan is ‘City Council’s responsibility’
At an inaugural community engagement event to tout Mayor Brandon Johnson’s 2025 budget, he and his budget director sought to appeal directly to constituents.
Mayor Brandon Johnson agrees to testify before Congress on Chicago's sanctuary city policies
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) sent letters Johnson and the mayors for three other major cities – ...
Former city Cultural Affairs and Special Events chief picked to lead national arts advocacy organization
Erin Harkey, who was head of DCASE under former Mayor Lori Lightfoot, has been named CEO of Americans for the Arts ...
Mayor Johnson outlines new gift policy after critical report from inspector general
Corporation Counsel Mary Richardson-Lowry said logs of the gifts that Johnson receives from visiting dignitaries and members ...
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 ...
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White activists sue Bally’s over Chicago casino IPO limited to women, minorities
Bally's announced a $250 million public offering last month for shares of its massive Chicago casino project, but only to ...
Fegely students get a taste of principal’s Mexican heritage through arroz con pollo lunch
Fegely Middle School students in Portage got a taste of their principal’s childhood in the cafeteria Wednesday.
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New CPS Board president says he took the volunteer job because ‘I love this city’
Sean Harden, a Chicago native who has worked in real estate and workforce development, is leading the new partly elected ...
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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 ...
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 ...