Chicago mayor Brandon Johnson is one of them. On the morning after the election, after he had campaigned for Vice President Kamala Harris in North Carolina, Johnson released an official statement ...

One issue loomed in aldermen’s anxious speeches last week in the lead-up to a vote on Mayor Brandon Johnson’s budget for next year: 2026. Though the mayor ultimately eked out a 27-23 win on ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson has pushed for the ouster of CPS CEO Pedro Martinez (left). Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times file photo Share As the Chicago Teachers Union pushes hard to finalize a contract with ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson declined to resign his position with Chicago Public Schools after a high-ranking CPS official raised ethics concerns about a potential conflict of interest, according to a memo ...

One issue loomed in aldermen’s anxious speeches last week in the lead-up to a vote on Mayor Brandon Johnson’s budget for next year: 2026. Though the mayor ultimately eked out a 27-23 win on his $17.1 ...

Mayoral aides won’t discuss whether the contribution from Hyde Park Hospitality CEO Marc Brooks to Friends of Brandon Johnson in August 2023 — months after the mayor was sworn in to office ...

An amended version of Martinez’s filing noted that Mayor Johnson remains on leave from CPS and “stands to gain credit for his time on leave and as Mayor when calculating salary increases and ...

Several members of the Chicago City Council have criticized Mayor Brandon Johnson's move to force Martinez out, arguing it creates further instability at CPS both financially and politically.

They’d recently been appointed by Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson for a sole purpose: to remove a Chicago Public Schools CEO in the way of handing Johnson’s former brothers and sisters at the ...