Mayor Brandon Johnson’s infrastructure borrowing plan stalled by City Council opponents
Aldermen used a parliamentary maneuver to stall the scheduled vote on the $830 million bond that Johnson wants to use to pay ...
Chicago Sun-Times28d
Brandon Johnson's campaign gives back most of a $50,000 contribution from fund run by a City Hall lobbyist
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s campaign fund has returned most of a $50,000 contribution it accepted a year and a half ago from a political action committee led by a City Hall lobbyist whose law firm ...
Chicago Sun-Times8d
Tara Stamps says she’ll step down as Brandon Johnson’s campaign chair after Sun-Times inquiries
Pat Nabong / Sun-Times Share Cook County Commissioner Tara Stamps says she’s stepping down as chairperson of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s campaign fund, after facing questions about whether it was ...
Crain's Chicago Business8d
Brandon Johnson begins housecleaning with aviation, emergency management, police accountability chiefs
Jamie Rhee is retiring as commissioner of the Chicago Department of Aviation after seven years in the job, one of several City Hall departures after Mayor Brandon Johnson promised a housecleaning ...
Washington Examiner10d
Brandon Johnson suggests he will fire employees in Chicago mayor’s office: ‘Stay tuned’
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson suggested to attendees at a church appearance that he will be firing several city employees within his administration. The musing reportedly stunned those in ...
WBEZ8d
Three days after warning of City Hall housecleaning, Mayor Brandon Johnson gets out the broom
Three days after warning of a City Hall housecleaning fueled by disloyalty, Mayor Brandon Johnson broke out the broom. It happened quicker than many expected. In rapid-fire succession, the mayor ...
WBEZ28d
Mayor Brandon Johnson is ‘not intimidated’ after Trump threatens to investigate local leaders in sanctuary cities
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Thursday dismissed President Donald Trump’s threats of potential federal investigations and prosecutions over immigration enforcement, vowing the city will maintain ...
NBC Chicago25d
Brandon Johnson asked to testify at Congressional hearing on ‘sanctuary cities'
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has been asked to testify before a Congressional committee on the city’s “sanctuary city” policies. According to a letter from Rep. James Comer, the chairman of ...
WGN-TV25d
Mayor Brandon Johnson vows to protect rights as immigration raids continue in Chicago, around U.S.
CHICAGO — Mayor Brandon Johnson says the city will continue to protect civil and human rights, a day after the mayor received a letter from Washington, D.C., stating, in summary, that Chicago ...
ABC 7 Chicago28d
City of Chicago launches 'Know Your Rights' campaign with CTA amid fears of immigration raids
It's launching an informational campaign in conjunction with the CTA. The campaign comes as Mayor Brandon Johnson and Governor JB Pritzker are once again pushing back on the Trump administration's ...
ABC 7 Chicago7d
Chicago City Hall departures raise questions on Johnson administration: 'The problem is the mayor'
CHICAGO (WLS) -- The departure of a number of key leaders in Mayor Brandon Johnson's administration this week is raising questions about what's really behind all the shake-ups at Chicago City Hall.
Mayor Brandon Johnson accepts GOP congressman’s invitation to testify on sanctuary city protections
Mayor Brandon Johnson will testify before Congress next month in a Republican-led hearing on sanctuary cities, his office confirmed Wednesday. Last month, Oversight Committee Chair U.S. Rep James ...