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Un grupo de personas recibe hamburguesas con queso de Ricky Medina, no en la foto, mientras están sentados en un autobús de la CTA antes de ser llevados a un sitio del Ejército de Salvación después de llegar en un autobús con otros 60 migrantes de Texas en Union Station en Chicago el 31 de agosto de 2022. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Un año después, la crisis migratoria de Chicago se agrava por los retrasos del Ayuntamiento y el Estado, los cuantiosos contratos y las cuestionables decisiones

April 15, 2024 at 3:45 p.m.

Detrás de una gruesa cortina negra del aeropuerto internacional de O'Hare, donde vigilaba un guardia de seguridad con un pastor alemán, decenas de inmigrantes se desparramaban por el duro suelo...

City Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Evans takes the oath of office during Mayor Brandon Johnson's inauguration on May 15, 2023, at the Credit Union 1 Arena in Chicago.

Chicago treasurer accused of misconduct and ethical violations in letter city kept secret for years

September 5, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

City Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin used government workers to plan her daughter's birthday party and be her personal bodyguard while she also pressured public employees to hold events benefiting political allies...

A group of people are given cheeseburgers from Ricky Medina, not pictured, while sitting on a CTA bus before being taken to a Salvation Army site after arriving on a bus with about 60 other migrants from Texas at Union Station in Chicago on Aug. 31, 2022.

A year in, Chicago’s migrant crisis exacerbated by City Hall and state delays, hefty contracts and questionable decisions

March 11, 2024 at 12:45 p.m.

Behind a thick black curtain at O'Hare International Airport where a security guard with a German shepherd stood watch, dozens of migrants sprawled on the hard tile floor, awaiting placement...

Mayor Brandon Johnson, center, meets residents who have been affected by recent flooding in the 4900 block of West Walton Street in the Austin neighborhood, July 25, 2023.

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s first 100 days: His inner circle, his daily schedule and where he stands on campaign goals

August 23, 2023 at 10:30 a.m.

As Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson neared his 100th day in office, he strode into a scene reminiscent of his teaching days more than a decade ago. It was a back-to-school...

Mayor Brandon Johnson comforts Chicago Public Schools student Mouhamed Mbengue at Kenwood Academy High School on the first day of school on Aug. 21, 2023.

Q&A with Mayor Brandon Johnson to mark 100 days in office

August 23, 2023 at 7:06 a.m.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson sat down with Tribune City Hall reporters Gregory Royal Pratt and Alice Yin last week to talk about his time in office as he approached the...

Dr. Allison Arwady provides COVID-19 data during a news conference at City Hall on Aug. 12, 2021.

Mayor Johnson on firing Allison Arwady: ‘Transition is difficult for everyone’

August 14, 2023 at 4:46 p.m.

Mayor Brandon Johnson quoted slain rapper Tupac Shakur as the mayor deflected questions about firing Chicago public health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady. Johnson addressed the firing, which he executed late...

Chief of the Bureau of Counterterrorism, Larry Snelling, left, talks with police supervisors after an incident on March 1, 2023, in Chicago.

Mayor selects CPD chief Larry Snelling to be next superintendent, capping the South Sider’s rapid rise through the ranks

August 13, 2023 at 4:42 p.m.

Mayor Brandon Johnson has selected Larry Snelling, the Chicago Police Department's chief of the bureau of counterterrorism and a longtime instructor at the training academy, to serve as the next...

Former Mayor Jane Byrne's daughter, Kathy Byrne, on Aug. 2, 2023, at Jane Byrne Park near the Water Tower in Chicago.

City Hall wants to put a statue of labor activist Mother Jones in Jane Byrne Park. Jane Byrne’s daughter is not happy about it.

August 13, 2023 at 7:58 a.m.

After a bloody clash over the Christopher Columbus statue in Chicago's Grant Park, then-Mayor Lori Lightfoot tasked a special commission with reviewing the city's public monuments in what she said...

Maurice Cox, Chicago's commissioner of planning and development, stands on the rooftop garden on the Chicago City Hall in 2019.

Mayor Brandon Johnson fires health Commissioner Allison Arwady day after health board asks him to keep her in her post

August 11, 2023 at 8:56 p.m.

Chicago's top public health official, who led the city through the COVID-19 pandemic, was let go by Mayor Brandon Johnson on Friday, city officials confirmed. Department of Public Health Commissioner...

Chicago police Chief of Counterterrorism Larry Snelling, left, works outside Mount Sinai Hospital, where the body of Officer Andrés Mauricio Vásquez Lasso was transported after being fatally shot during a domestic dispute call on the Southwest Side, on March 1, 2023.

With a Sunday deadline for selecting a new Chicago police superintendent, mayor closes in on crucial final choice

August 11, 2023 at 3:48 p.m.

Mayor Brandon Johnson faces a Sunday deadline to make one of the most consequential decisions of his time leading the city so far: who to select as the next permanent...

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