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Former Mayor Johnson aide has been listed as his campaign treasurer, but says she's not

Brandon Johnson's campaign officials say it's just a misunderstanding, and the paperwork is being cleared up, with the mayor ...

Mayor Johnson: Chicago finances have ‘reached the point of no return'

Comments from Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson are raising concerns about the state of city finances ahead of contentious budget ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson says police, fire pension sweetener will make Chicago finances ‘far more difficult’

Days after Gov. JB Pritzker signed a pension sweetener for Chicago cops and firefighters into law, Mayor Brandon Johnson said ...

Editorial: Brandon Johnson and friends think it’s ‘a privilege to do business in Chicago.’ Wrong.

In the later years of Richard M. Daley’s mayoralty and especially during the tenure of Rahm Emanuel, the city of Chicago ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson, facing a yawning budget deficit, could be in for a fight with corporate tax proposals

Facing a $1 billion deficit, Mayor Brandon Johnson has said he would consider a ‘head tax’ or a payroll expense tax, both of ...
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Brandon Johnson says city and state finances are at a 'point of no return'

The Chicago mayor announced a quest for new "progressive" revenue to address structural budget problems, mounting pension ...

Steelers' Brandon Johnson: Two receptions against Jacksonville

Two receptions against Jacksonville ...

Chicago Mayor Johnson's office completes internal review of June South Loop immigration raid

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Chicago Mayor's Office has completed an internal review of a June 4 immigration raid, an office ...

Mayor Johnson’s crossroads — budget decisions that will define his financial stewardship of Chicago

Johnson should have been “more proactive in meeting the moment we knew was coming” when $1.9 billion in federal pandemic ...
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Homeland Security Head Noem Criticizes Pritzker, Johnson in Illinois Visit While Local Officials Brand Her a ‘Liar’

Kristi Noem, whose office oversees Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), visited suburban Lombard on Friday to criticize ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s office denied pushing to weaken CPS board voting rules — but email confirms it was a ‘goal’

Despite Mayor Brandon Johnson’s office saying it was not pursuing controversial changes to the Chicago Board of Education’s voting procedures, his top Springfield lobbyist emailed a state official in ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson says Chicago finances have reached "point of no return"

The mayor's statement came in response to a question about a pension bill signed into law by Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker last ...