Chicago Tribune11d
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s school board president, under fire for controversial social media posts, resigns
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s handpicked school board president resigned Thursday after coming under fire from critics, including Gov. JB Pritzker and the mayor, for social media posts deemed ...
CBS News11d
Mayor Brandon Johnson proposes $300 million property tax hike to help close $1 billion budget gap
CHICAGO (CBS) --Mayor Brandon Johnson is proposing a $300 million property tax hike in 2025, going back on a key campaign promise, as he seeks to close a massive budget shortfall of nearly $1 billion.
The Marshall Project20d
Brandon Johnson
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Editorial: Brandon Johnson has a choice in his upcoming budget: Stick it to taxpayers or to city workers.
Johnson’s three primary means of balancing the 2025 budget are employee reductions (eliminating unfilled positions and ...
Hosted on MSN16d
Mayor Brandon Johnson won’t say if he will return $150,000 from rapper Lil Durk, arrested in alleged murder-for-hire plot
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson on Friday refused to say whether he will return $150,000 Chicago rapper Lil Durk contributed to the mayor’s political committee, a day after the artist was arrested ...
WBEZ13d
Despite a hiring freeze, Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration still made hundreds of new hires
The city hired or promoted 490 employees in the six weeks since Mayor Brandon Johnson announced a hiring freeze, with the Chicago Police Department seeing the most new hires. The employment data ...
The Economist25d
Brandon Johnson is giving Chicago’s teachers’ union everything
Last year, when he was campaigning to be mayor of Chicago, Brandon Johnson, a former organiser for the Chicago Teachers Union, was asked how he would handle negotiating a contract with his former ...
Politico27d
Johnson pushes back against critics
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Chicago Sun-Times12d
Mayor Brandon Johnson unveils $17.3 billion city budget, proposes steep property tax increase
Mayor Brandon Johnson addresses the City Council Wednesday as he unveils his proposed budget for 2025, which includes a $300 million property tax increase. Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times Share Chicago ...
Sportskeeda5d
What happened to Brandon Johnson in the Chi? Exploring the fate of Jason Mitchell’s character
In the TV drama "The Chi," Brandon Johnson's story unexpectedly ended at the end of season two. Jason Mitchell played Brandon, a main character who was a young chef working hard for success while ...
Yahoo12d
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s property tax hike gets opposition, caution from aldermen
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s property tax hike gets opposition, caution from aldermen Jake Sheridan, A.D. Quig, Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune Updated October 30, 2024 at 7:12 PM · 5 min read ...