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Mayor Brandon Johnson engages with the crowd during a press conference announcing the introduction of the Protecting Renters Ordinance at Daley Plaza on June 29, 2026, in Chicago. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Mayor Brandon Johnson pushes City Council to adopt tenants’ rights package

June 29, 2026 at 5:03 p.m.

Mayor Brandon Johnson pitched the plan as a way to strike back at corporate landlords who he blamed for soaring housing costs.

A motorist uses an app on her phone to pay for parking on North Wabash Avenue in Chicago, June 25, 2026. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Chicago aldermen rip proposed parking meter buyers’ ICE ties in hearing

June 25, 2026 at 6:23 p.m.

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration has repeatedly invoked a non-disclosure agreement to justify not sharing information with the public and aldermen as the City Council vets a plan to sell Chicago’s...

Mayor Brandon Johnson signs an executive order establishing an Office of Gun Violence Reduction on June 25, 2026, at City Hall. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Mayor Brandon Johnson establishes gun violence reduction office with executive order

June 25, 2026 at 3:46 p.m.

Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order Thursday establishing an Office of Gun Violence Reduction, in what he said was an attempt to cement his anti-violence strategies.

Matthew Brewer, former interim CEO and board chair of the Chicago Housing Authority, declares his candidacy for mayor of Chicago on June 25, 2026. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Former CHA board chair announces run for Chicago mayor, decries City Hall dysfunction

June 25, 2026 at 3:38 p.m.

Matthew Brewer, previously the interim CEO and board chair of the CHA, declared his candidacy in the 2027 mayoral race.

Mayor Brandon Johnson's administration filed suit against Airbnb and a host, alleging they violated Chicago regulations.

Mayor Brandon Johnson files lawsuit against Airbnb and host company

June 23, 2026 at 5:30 p.m.

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration is suing Airbnb and one of its most-active Chicago hosts, alleging they broke and evaded city laws regulating short-term rentals.

The Rev. Ciera Bates-Chamberlain, executive director of Live Free Illinois, speaks alongside other faith leaders and activists at a press conference at Chicago City Hall on June 22, 2026, to call for a gun violence prevention office. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Chicago faith leaders call for new Department of Gun Violence Prevention

June 22, 2026 at 6:09 p.m.

A coalition of Chicago faith leaders and activists wants the city to create a new top anti-violence office at City Hall.

A parking meter sits in the Near North neighborhood of Chicago on June 24, 2021. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Mayor Brandon Johnson continues to cite parking meter NDA, even as owner says it was lifted

June 19, 2026 at 6:34 p.m.

Mayor Brandon Johnson claims a confidentiality agreement bars him from sharing information about the sale of Chicago’s parking meter system with aldermen.

Chicago's Northerly Island on Aug. 27, 2024. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Aldermen want ‘Pope Leo XIV Northerly Island’ and ‘Obama Way’ at Trump Tower

June 17, 2026 at 9:04 p.m.

Aldermen proposed ordinances Wednesday to rename Northerly Island after Pope Leo XIV and marking part of Wabash Avenue — the strip in front of Trump Tower — “Barack Hussein Obama...

The Chicago Fire soccer stadium is under construction at the north end of The 78 development in Chicago's South Loop on May 12, 2026. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Chicago Fire stadium site should get $425 million subsidy, Mayor Brandon Johnson proposes

June 17, 2026 at 5:17 p.m.

Mayor Brandon Johnson proposed a $425 million taxpayer subsidy Wednesday for public infrastructure at the tract where the Chicago Fire are building a stadium.

Buildings along Wrigley Field's right field on Sheffield Avenue on March 29, 2023. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Chicago Cubs win approval for three more signs around Wrigley Field

June 17, 2026 at 5:44 p.m.

Aldermen approved a Chicago Cubs-backed plan Wednesday to allow three new signs to go up on buildings overlooking iconic Wrigley Field.

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