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Then-mayoral aide Ronnie Reese, left, watches as Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson greets people at MacArthur’s Restaurant in Chicago's Austin neighborhood on April 23, 2023. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Mayor Brandon Johnson says he doesn’t tolerate behavior that got his ex-spokesman terminated but offers little else

November 27, 2024 at 7:56 p.m.

Mayor Brandon Johnson said his administration does not tolerate the behavior that got his spokesman, Ronnie Reese, terminated but offers no other details.

Mayor Brandon Johnson, left, walks with then-aide Ronnie Reese on May 25, 2023, at 63rd Street Beach to discuss safety planning for Memorial Day weekend. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s ex-press director faced sexual harassment, misogyny, racism complaints before firing

November 26, 2024 at 4:43 p.m.

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s former communications director was accused of sexual harassment, misogyny, racism and other abusive behavior before he was fired.

Former Ald. Wallace Davis Jr., standing this year outside his shuttered East Garfield Park restaurant, said of Chicago aldermen: "They get into a position where they feel, ‘Hey, I can do what I want. I don’t have to give an account." (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Chicago never ready for reform: Code of silence, aldermanic prerogative fuel dozens of corruption convictions

September 8, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

In the half-century since Mayor Richard J. Daley presided over Chicago’s notorious Democratic machine at the height of its power, nearly 40 aldermen from across the city have ended up...

Kathy Byrne, daughter of former Mayor Jane Byrne, at Jane Byrne Park near the historic Water Tower in Chicago on Aug. 2, 2023. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Kathy Byrne, trial attorney and daughter of city’s first female mayor, dies at 66

August 12, 2024 at 2:04 p.m.

Kathy Byrne, the daughter of former Chicago Mayor Jane Byrne and an influential trial attorney in Chicago has died.

President Joe Biden is greeted by then-Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot as he arrives Oct. 7, 2021, at O'Hare International Airport. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Gregory Royal Pratt: Lessons for Joe Biden’s campaign from Lori Lightfoot’s failed mayoral bid

July 17, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

Lori Lightfoot’s failed bid for four more years echoes the dilemma Joe Biden faces as he weighs whether to continue his run for a second term.

The lunch rush at Revival Food Hall in 2016. (Alyssa Pointer/baiduhai)

Revival Food Hall vendors may stay after lease dispute

July 4, 2024 at 5:52 p.m.

Hungry people downtown who love Revival Food Hall may be able to keep chowing down there after all. Revival Food Hall posted on Instagram this week that it would close...

David Sperlein, shown with his wife, Jeannine, at their home in Manchester, Maryland, was in need of a lung transplant during a period when a flaw in the distribution process put patients with type O blood at a disadvantage. He received a donor lung in January. (Jerry Jackson/Baltimore Sun)

Error in new lung transplant algorithm harmed sick and dying patients

July 2, 2024 at 5:02 p.m.

A flawed new algorithm for distributing lungs to transplant patients wound up putting people with Type O blood at a disadvantage.

A vehicle burns on North State Street on May 30, 2020, in Chicago after a march and rally to remember the May 25 killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Gregory Royal Pratt: ‘They won’t burn my city down.’ How Mayor Lightfoot handled the rioting in 2020.

March 10, 2024 at 5:01 a.m.

Tribune reporter Gregory Royal Pratt recounts and assesses the complex legacy of Lori Lightfoot, a controversial mayor.

Jason Lee, center, an adviser to Mayor Brandon Johnson, listens as aldermen speak during a City Council meeting on Nov. 15, 2023, at Chicago City Hall.

Cash from Chicago City Hall insiders helped mother of Johnson’s top aide in her run for Houston mayor

January 25, 2024 at 2:47 p.m.

When Houston mayoral candidate Sheila Jackson Lee visited Chicago to fundraise last year, she found a faithful ally in Mayor Brandon Johnson. Standing onstage at an August fundraiser in the...

Johnson administration fired staffers who complained about mistreatment by officials

January 8, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

Mayor Brandon Johnson's administration fired three city staffers after they complained about how they were treated by high-ranking officials, records show. The episode unfolded early in the administration, and its...

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