Analysts weigh in on troubles Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has been facing lately
CHICAGO (CBS) -- Mayor Brandon Johnson decided not to attend the funeral for fallen Chicago Police Officer Enrique Martinez on Monday after a back-and-forth with Martinez's family— who had asked him not to attend.
Mayor Johnson’s budget would send Chicago Public Schools $300 million – less than what CPS wants
Chicago Public Schools has requested more help from the city to pay for new union contracts and pension obligations. The mayor’s budget proposal falls short of what CPS wants.
50-0 — City Council unanimously kills Mayor Johnson's proposed $300 million property tax increase
The overwhelming vote was largely symbolic. Negotiations to reduce or eliminate the property tax hike and replace it with a mix of new revenue and reprogrammed federal pandemic relief funds began last weekend.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson won't commit to alternatives to property tax hike
Dozens of aldermen called for a special meeting to vote down the mayor's proposed $300 million property tax increase.
Council unanimously votes down Mayor Johnson's property tax proposal to address budget gap
The Chicago City Council unanimously voted down Mayor Brandon Johnson's proposed property tax hike in a special meeting Thursday. There are now questions on where the money to address a $1 billion budget gap will come from.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson calls President-elect Trump a ‘threat’
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson called President-elect Trump a ‘threat to everything that is sensible’ during a news conference Tuesday.
Lower $150 million property tax hike Mayor Brandon Johnson’s new plan
Mayor Brandon Johnson is now proposing hiking Chicago property taxes by $150 million, down from his original $300 million recommendation for 2025 that was unanimously struck down by the City Council last week.
Mayor Johnson negotiating new plan to fill Chicago's budget gap
In the wake of the City Council's unanimous rejection of Mayor Brandon Johnson's proposed $300 million property tax hike, negotiations continued on Tuesday in an effort to reach an alternative plan to balance the city budget for 2025.
What grade would Mayor Brandon Johnson give himself?
There is still no deal for next year’s Chicago city budget, as Mayor Johnson's plan to balance a near $1 billion shortfall with a property tax hike was shot down. But despite the conflicts, as Political Reporter Chris Tye reports,
Mayor Brandon Johnson says new budget proposal cuts proposed property tax in half
Mayor Johnson confirms reports that his office has crafted a framework for a fiscal 2025 Budget that would cut the $300 million property tax increase he first proposed in half. But, he says, don’t call it “deal” as some have.
Mayor Brandon Johnson questioned on city budget proposal
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson handled questions about his city budget proposal during a press briefing Tuesday morning at City Hall.
Editorial: Who’s the threat to democracy now? Brandon Johnson mocks Chicago voters with CPS power play.
Five newly elected members of the Chicago Board of Education delivered a blunt message Tuesday to Mayor Brandon Johnson. Yes, ...
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Chicago Mayor Johnson calls for CPS to craft ‘contingency plan’ for planned Acero closures
While Johnson emphasized that he’s not saying CPS CEO Pedro Martinez did something wrong, he said the district needs to put ...
Mayor's school board holds special meeting likely to lay groundwork to fire CPS CEO: sources
Mayor Brandon Johnson's short-term six-member school board is holding a special meeting that sources say is likely to lay the groundwork to fire Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez.
Killing extra pension payment could spare Mayor Brandon Johnson and aldermen political headaches, but cost Chicagoans later
Some at City Hall are rallying around the idea of plugging the budget hole with money set aside to keep the city’s pension ...
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Chicago has picked its first elected school board members. Now it’s Mayor Johnson’s turn to choose.
For the first time in Chicago’s history, voters on Tuesday chose 10 people to be on the city’s partially elected, 21-member ...
Chicago Public Schools calls special board meeting over Acero charter school closures
In the latest development in a monthslong battle between the Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union, the ...
With CTU ally Mayor Brandon Johnson in charge, voters reject several union-backed school board candidates
Voters in the city’s school board elections appeared to be rejecting most of the CTU’s candidates, signaling the union’s ...
Mayor Johnson's planned CPD cuts 'risk undoing' police reform progress, federal monitor warns
The stark warning from independent monitor Maggie Hickey was included in a new progress report showing that CPD has reached ...