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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, right, listens as his chief of staff, Cristina Pacione-Zayas, answers questions during a news conference at City Hall on April 1, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

School board president paves way for interim CEO to lead CPS without required license

May 8, 2025 at 8:19 a.m.

Board members say Mayor Brandon Johnson’s handpicked school board president, Sean Harden, is leading an effort to vote down a resolution requiring the next interim leader of Chicago Public Schools...

Jets arrive and depart at O’Hare International Airport, Jan. 29, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Mayor Brandon Johnson taps former City Hall official to lead Department of Aviation

May 5, 2025 at 4:36 p.m.

Mike McMurray, president of transportation and infrastructure at Wight & Company, will serve as aviation commissioner in Mayor Brandon Johnson's administration.

Mayor Brandon Johnson walks between meetings with lawmakers at the Illinois State Capitol on April 30, 2025, in Springfield. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Mayor Brandon Johnson pitches ‘modest’ Springfield wish list

May 1, 2025 at 6:09 a.m.

Faced with ongoing reluctance from lawmakers and Gov. JB Pritzker, Mayor Brandon Johnson has fine-tuned his message.

Ald. Daniel La Spata, 1st, speaks to Ald. Ruth Cruz, 30th, during a Chicago City Council meeting at City Hall on April 17, 2024. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Aldermen spurning Mayor Brandon Johnson’s new budget working group: ‘It points to a larger problem’

April 24, 2025 at 4:19 p.m.

Of eight aldermen Mayor Brandon Johnson initially asked to join the budget task force, four had not accepted as of Thursday morning.

Mayor Brandon Johnson departs after community leaders gathered to celebrate a state-funded anti-violence program, April 17, 2025, at the Pullman Community Center. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Mayor Brandon Johnson will head to Springfield again, to demand Chicago ‘receives its just due’

April 22, 2025 at 4:48 p.m.

Mayor Brandon Johnson will meet with Gov. JB Pritzker as well as House Speaker Chris Welch and Senate President Don Harmon.

Mayor Brandon Johnson greets violence interrupters as community leaders gathered to celebrate a state-funded anti-violence program on April 17, 2025, at the Pullman Community Center. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Mayor Brandon Johnson reports bigger fundraising numbers, but so do potential opponents

April 18, 2025 at 9:20 a.m.

With the next Chicago mayoral race still two years away, Mayor Brandon Johnson has $1.16 million in the bank. But some potential opponents have more.

People walk through the Chicago's Loop shortly after sunset on March 11, 2025. Ald. Brian Hopkins, 2nd, proposes giving police officials power to declare temporary curfews for unaccompanied minors anywhere in the city on an as-needed basis. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Downtown alderman’s new proposal would give Chicago police power to declare teen curfews citywide when they deem them necessary

April 17, 2025 at 6:14 a.m.

Ald. Brian Hopkins introduced legislation to grant Chicago police brass the authority to declare roving curfews for unaccompanied minors anywhere in the city.

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