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CPS selective enrollment bill dead in Springfield after Johnson letter to Senate president
Chicago Sun-Times· 21 hours agoFor the second time this spring, Mayor Brandon Johnson intervened to get his way in Springfield,...
After eleventh-hour plea from Mayor Brandon Johnson, Senate president likely to put school closing...
Chicago Tribune· 1 day agoAfter a last-minute plea from Mayor Brandon Johnson, Illinois Senate President Don Harmon is...
Johnson promises not to close top performing CPS schools, but leaves out magnets and charters
Fox local via AOL· 1 day agoMayor Brandon Johnson says he will not close high-performing CPS Selective Enrollment Schools, at least not until a fully elected Chicago Public School Board takes over the system in 2027.
Mayor Johnson hires organizer as administration liaison to progressive groups
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 22 hours agoMayor Brandon Johnson is making more prime space for his progressive base with a new hire. Johnson...
Rev. Ira Acree, Mayor Brandon Johnson's pick for transit board, withdraws from nomination
CBS News· 1 day ago"There are forces that have opposed my nomination from the moment the mayor submitted my name, and...
City Council votes to keep ShotSpotter, but Mayor Brandon Johnson insists it will still go away
CBS News· 3 days agoCity Council supporters of ShotSpotter gunshot detection technology on Wednesday overwhelmingly...
Mayor Brandon Johnson, other Chicagoans attend White House state dinner
Chicago Sun-Times· 2 days agoSen. Carol Moseley Braun among the Chicagoans at the gala. Former President Barack Obama, whose...
Editorial: Brandon Johnson’s ShotSpotter intransigence denies political reality
Chicago Tribune· 1 day agoWhat do 34 aldermen know that Mayor Brandon Johnson apparently doesn’t? The arguments for and...
Editorial: Don Harmon rescues Brandon Johnson on the future of Chicago Public Schools. But at what...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 23 hours agoSenate President Don Harmon must be comfortable taking political ownership of whatever now happens...
Johnson RTA board nominee, Rev. Ira Acree, withdraws name from consideration
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 day agoMayor Brandon Johnson’s nominee for the Regional Transportation Authority board, West Side pastor...