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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 won’t take it.

Tribune News Service on MSN · 4d

Mayor Brandon Johnson slow on push to put civilians in CPD jobs

Mayor Brandon Johnson has made little progress hiring civilians to new administrative positions in the Chicago Police Department this year, leaving mostly unfulfilled his promise to move the cops now doing that work to the street to fight crime.

Editorial: With ShotSpotter’s looming demise, Brandon Johnson turns his back on neighborhoods whose votes made him mayor

We’ve seen plenty of Chicago mayors do things that turned out to be wildly unpopular in retrospect. Richard M. Daley’s disastrous parking-meter deal leaps to mind. But Mayor Brandon Johnson’s continued insistence on ending Chicago’s use of the ShotSpotter gun-detection technology is one for the record books when it comes to head-scratching political decisions.

Mayor Johnson asks CPS CEO Pedro Martinez to resign

Chicago Sun-Times · 2h

Mayor Brandon Johnson tells CPS CEO Pedro Martinez he wants him out, sources say

After months of tension, Mayor Brandon Johnson told Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez this week that he wants the embattled schools chief to leave his position, three sources told the Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ.

ABC 7 Chicago on MSN · 1h

Mayor Brandon Johnson tells CPS CEO Pedro Martinez he wants him out as head of district: sources

Multiple sources told ABC7 Chicago that Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has told Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez he no longer wants him as head of the school district.

CBS Chicago on MSN · 19m

Alderman: Mayor Johnson asks Chicago schools CEO Martinez to resign, Martinez says no

Martinez has two years left on his contract, which was approved by the Chicago Board of Education after he was appointed in 2021.

City Council gives top cop power to keep ShotSpotter, but Johnson vows veto

The system used in 12 of Chicago’s 22 most violent police districts is scheduled to be turned off Sunday. Mayor Brandon ...

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Johnson accused of picking another police-related fight with City Council

Gov. J.B. Pritzker has authorized selling a former Illinois National Guard armory to the city for $1 for the "express purpose ...

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David Greising: Is a property tax hike in the making to fill Mayor Brandon Johnson’s budget hole?

It seems almost a foregone conclusion that a property tax hike will be in the plan. Mayor Brandon Johnson likely has no ...

Chicago magazine21h

City Council Is Seeing Red With Johnson’s Ranks

Brandon Johnson is playing politics as his predecessors did, like appointing loyal organizers. But the flavor of his politics ...

Mayor Johnson Launches $230M Affordable Housing Developments in Chicago's West Garfield Park and Near South Side

Mayor Brandon Johnson announces two Chicago housing developments funded by new HED bonds, enhancing affordable housing in the ...

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Brandon Johnson thriving as unbeaten Warrenton's new QB. And his old job at safety, too.

WARRENTON — Brandon Johnson is digging this quarterbacking thing. The Warrenton High senior has been a standout at safety the ...

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Johnson criticizes ShotSpotter as 'walkie-talkies on a pole' as contract nears expiry

Chicago's mayor is sounding off about a push by the City Council to save the controversial ShotSpotter program.

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Mayor Johnson dismisses criticism after staff changes, controversy

After facing an onslaught of criticism last week for a shake-up in his City Hall lobbying team that involved elevating a key ...

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