Mayor Johnson considers layoffs, property tax hike to address $1 billion budget deficit
Mayor Brandon Johnson is looking for new ways to close the nearly $1 billion budget deficit the city is currently facing, ...
Mayor Johnson on appointing new CPS board: Election "gave me the power to transform this city"
The event came after an at-times contentious news conference on Monday,​ where Johnson announced six appointees to his new ...
Chicago Alders Say Mayor Johnson Acting Like Dictator After "Coup" On Public School Board
CBS's Chris Tye reports that 41 out of 50 members of the Chicago City Council do not like how Mayor Brandon Johnson -- who ...
Your new Board of Education, courtesy of Mayor Johnson
After Friday’s announcement that Chicago’s entire Board of Education would be resigning, Mayor Brandon Johnson held a news ...
Brandon Johnson's public spectacle of grievance is getting old
This is not a guy charting a course, but someone reacting to the chaos going on around him, much of his own making.
Chicago mayor names new school board
CHICAGO -- Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson named members of a new school board on Monday, batting away criticism of the move ...
Mayor Johnson unveils new Chicago Board of Education members after stunning shakeup
Mayor Brandon Johnson debuted his new Chicago Board of Education on Monday, his latest move to wrest back control of the ...
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Editorial: Lessons from Detroit for Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union
With the Chicago Teachers Union making unrealistic contract demands, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson taking its side and Gov. JB Pritzker eyeing a potential political train wreck, you might have thought ...
Chicago City Council invites current CPS board members, mayor's nominees to testify at meeting
Ward Ald. Gil Villegas says some council members are eager to vet the proposed appointees to find out if there are conflicts of interest.
City Council members implore state lawmakers to limit mayoral authority in wake of CPS shakeup
Some members of Chicago City Council are asking Illinois lawmakers to limit mayoral authority in regards to Board of ...
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Brandon Johnson scrambles to contain CPS school board turmoil, picks 6 new members
The six appointees are: Olga Bautista, Debby Pope, Michilla “Kyla” Blaise, Mary Gardner, Frank Niles Thomas, and the Rev.
Chicago mayor compares viewpoint of those who disagree with him about school spending to slavery
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson announced six new nominees for the school board while also blasting the status quo of not investing in education because it is too expensive.