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Mayor Brandon Johnson, right, shakes hands with Matthew Brewer, then-interim chairman of the Chicago Housing Authority, during a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Edith Spurlock Sampson Apartments in the Lincoln Park neighborhood on Feb. 27, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Mayor Brandon Johnson demotes CHA chair, who accuses him of prioritizing ‘politics and cronies’

April 1, 2026 at 5:32 p.m.

Mayor Brandon Johnson said he demoted the CHA board chair because Johnson believes the appointment of Keith Pettigrew violated state law.

City workers clear tents from a homeless encampment at Legion Park in the North Park neighborhood, March 17, 2026, after a fire engulfed 15 tents in an encampment in the last week of February. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Mayor Brandon Johnson unveils homelessness plan as chief officer departs

March 31, 2026 at 5:26 p.m.

Asked what new taxes he could feasibly get enacted to fund the homelessness package, Mayor Brandon Johnson said “All of them have to be on the table.”

Sendy Soto, Chicago’s chief homelessness officer, speaks alongside Mayor Brandon Johnson during a news conference at City Hall on Oct. 21, 2024, about changes to the city's shelter system. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s first — and apparently last — chief homelessness officer exits

March 30, 2026 at 4:55 p.m.

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s first chief homelessness officer appears to be his last, with his inaugural appointee departing the position and no plan to replace her.

People walk past a parked food delivery robot near Kelly’s Pub on Webster Avenue in Lincoln Park on March 25, 2026. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Food delivery robots shatter two Chicago bus shelters. ‘Two in seven days is not great,’ alderman says.

March 26, 2026 at 7:30 a.m.

Food delivery robots have shattered two city bus shelters within the last week, fueling heated discussion amongst Chicago humans who say they shouldn’t have to share the public way with...

Mayor Brandon Johnson signs a veto of an ordinance pausing a phaseout of the subminimum tipped wage as he’s joined by supporters, on March 25, 2026, at Let's Eat to Live restaurant in Chicago’s Woodlawn neighborhood. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson vetoes tipped wage freeze, setting up City Council showdown

March 25, 2026 at 7:40 p.m.

Thirty aldermen last week voted to pause a 2023 ordinance that gradually eliminates Chicago's subminimum wage for tipped workers. Four more aldermen are needed to override Mayor Brandon Johnson's veto.

Loyola University student Sheridan Gorman is seen in a December 2025 photo. (Instagram)

Gov. JB Pritzker acknowledges ‘real failures’ in immigration system after Loyola student’s killing

March 25, 2026 at 8:33 a.m.

Loyola student Sheridan Gorman, 18, was shot and killed last week. Charged is 25-year-old Jose Medina, who authorities said is a Venezuelan national who was in the U.S. without legal...

Kenya Merritt, interim head of Chicago's Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, talks at the Office of Emergency Management and Communications on Dec. 29, 2025. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s cultural affairs pick sued by former employee

March 20, 2026 at 4:19 p.m.

Former first deputy DCASE commissioner Rosalyn Kimberly Grigsby is suing the city and Kenya Merritt under the Illinois Whistleblower Act.

U.S. Rep. Jesús "Chuy" García speaks during a press conference at the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights headquarters in the Loop on Sept. 28, 2025. García is stepping down at the end of his term. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Independents seek opening in 4th District, upended by US Rep. García’s controversial retirement

March 20, 2026 at 1:02 p.m.

The race to replace retiring U.S. Rep. Jesús "Chuy" García is emerging as the most competitive federal race on Illinois' November general election ballot following his controversial exit announcement.

Raeghn Draper, a bartender at Avondale’s Consignment Lounge and a One Fair Wage organizer, speaks at a rally at Chicago City Hall on March 18, 2026. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Mayor Brandon Johnson poised to veto freeze to tipped worker pay passed by aldermen

March 18, 2026 at 6:10 p.m.

Restaurant industry groups are leading the effort to halt the gradual raises approved by the City Council in 2023 with the so-called “One Fair Wage” ordinance

State Rep. La Shawn Ford, right, celebrates with U.S. Rep. Danny Davis, center, and Illinois House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch at Ford's 7th Congressional District primary election night party on March 17, 2026, at the National Association of Letter Carriers in Chicago. (Troy Stolt/for the baiduhai)

La Shawn Ford wins Illinois 7th District primary despite heavy opposition from PACs

March 18, 2026 at 4:57 p.m.

State Rep. La Shawn Ford declared victory Tuesday evening in the Democratic primary to succeed U.S. Rep. Danny Davis.

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