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Implement a Chicago grocery tax, Mayor Brandon Johnson tells aldermen
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s top finance leaders urged aldermen to implement the tax soon during a Tuesday meeting of the City ...
Mayor Johnson says there have been "conversations" around tax on wealthy for Chicago transit funding
The mayor said Tuesday that he is hopeful lawmakers in Springfield will reach a transit deal before the Chicago Transit ...
Mayor Brandon Johnson ‘hopeful’ on Springfield transit deal before CTA fiscal cliff
Mayor Brandon Johnson again argued the “resources are there” to bail out the CTA while acknowledging time is running out for ...
Mayor Johnson says sense of urgency needed for mass transit funding as city faces budget shortfall
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson added that creative revenue ideas are needed for Chicago with its looming budget problems.
Johnson urges state lawmakers to tax the 'ultra rich' to avert mass transit cuts
You all know my position. The ultra-rich continue to get away with not having to put more skin in the game," Mayor Brandon ...
Trump rides to the rescue of Chicago’s flailing mayor
Two years ago, Chicago voters dumped their unpopular incumbent mayor, Lori Lightfoot, a standard-issue Democratic progressive ...
Chicago's Mayor Johnson is so focused on race he can't see the truth about humanity
Controversy surrounds Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson as DOJ probes his administration's hiring practices amid accusations of ...
Chicago mayor calls DOGE 'an act of war,' compares second Trump term to Third Reich
Chicago Democratic Mayor Brandon Johnson echoes Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker’s warning and highlights President Donald Trump’s ...
Mayor Johnson fans the flames of his political war against President Trump
You have a president that is cutting off medicine and food, a president that is working to erase culture. I mean, you can’t ...
Chicago alderman slams mayor's hiring practices as 'giant leap in the wrong direction' amid DOJ probe
Chicago Alderman Raymond Lopez said Mayor Brandon Johnson's hiring practices are a "giant leap in the wrong direction" after ...
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson credits his policies for drop in crime
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson spoke out on Sunday, one week after his comments on the city's hiring practices​ sparked a ...
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Paris on Politics: Bears stadium, Orland Park’s new mayor and Democrats’ male issue?
Democratic Chicago-based Illinois Representative Kam Buckner is stepping up to do the job that Mayor Brandon Johnson has struggled with: buying time to keep the Bears from leaving the lakefront for ...