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Police Supt. Larry Snelling wants snap curfew power Mayor Brandon Johnson doesn't want to give him
What that curfew would be used for is deterrence. We would like to have something like that in advance when we know that ...
Mayor Johnson says sense of urgency needed for mass transit funding as city faces budget shortfall
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson added that creative revenue ideas are needed for Chicago with its looming budget problems.
Mayor Brandon Johnson ‘hopeful’ on Springfield transit deal before CTA fiscal cliff
Mayor Brandon Johnson again argued the “resources are there” to bail out the CTA while acknowledging time is running out for ...
Johnson urges state lawmakers to tax the 'ultra rich' to avert mass transit cuts
You all know my position. The ultra-rich continue to get away with not having to put more skin in the game," Mayor Brandon ...
Trump rides to the rescue of Chicago’s flailing mayor
Two years ago, Chicago voters dumped their unpopular incumbent mayor, Lori Lightfoot, a standard-issue Democratic progressive ...
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s photographer fired after allegedly bringing gun on city property
Terence Crayton was found to have violated City Hall policy by bringing a gun “on to City of Chicago property and in a City ...
Because Johnson balks at compromise 'granny flats' measure, affordable housing lags, ex-zoning chair says
Ald. Bennett Lawson says Mayor Brandon Johnson doesn't have the votes for his all-or-nothing-approach to give single-family homeowners carte blanche to turn attics and basements into so-called "granny ...