'Collaborator in chief': Chicago mayor willing to negotiate with aldermen working to defeat tax hike
Mayor Brandon Johnson said he is willing to continue negotiating with City Council members who are working to defeat his $300 million property tax hike.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson giving up $300 million property tax hike fight, evaluating other options with aldermen
CHICAGO — Mayor Brandon Johnson is all but giving up on his proposed $300 million property tax hike before aldermen kill it, and pushing them to find other revenue in its place to avert layoffs. Johnson’s administration is combing over alternatives to ...
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson won't commit to alternatives to property tax hike
CHICAGO (CBS)-- Mayor Brandon Johnson wouldn't commit on Tuesday when asked if he would support possible alternatives to his proposal to raise property taxes to close a nearly $1 billion budget gap for 2025. Members of the City Council have voiced their ...
4% property-tax hike, TIF usage at center of mayor’s budget
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is proposing a 4 percent property tax hike and TIF usage to cover a massive budget shortfall.
Chicago mayor backs away from proposed $300M property tax hike
One day before City Council plans to say no to his $300 million property tax hike, Mayor Brandon Johnson publicly walked away from his proposal.
Chicago mayor walks back $300M property tax hike
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson appears to be walking back his property tax hike proposal.
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Mayor Brandon Johnson: A turbulent year in review
In the 17 short months since his inauguration as Chicago’s mayor, Brandon Johnson has transformed his bold vision for the ...
Chalkbeat on MSN6d
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 school board president resigns after controversial comments about Hamas, 9/11, women
Rev. Mitchell Ikenna Johnson has written Facebook posts supporting Hamas, advancing 9/11 conspiracy theories, and making ...
Crain's Chicago Business11d
Johnson was in the dark on CPS board pick's comments because of a vetting 'gap'
Mayor Brandon Johnson told Crain's he was previously unaware of antisemitic and conspiratorial Facebook posts shared by his ...
Chicago Tribune on MSN12d
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, ...
USA Today12d
New Chicago school board president resigns after 'disturbing' statements, mayor says
The Rev. Mitchell Johnson, who was officially sworn as the president of the Chicago Board of Education just last week, resigned effective immediately Thursday upon Mayor Brandon Johnson's ...
Chicago school board president steps down amid backlash
The newly appointed president of Chicago’s school board resigned amid backlash over social media posts of his criticized as ...
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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s school board president, under fire for controversial social media posts, resigns
CHICAGO — Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s handpicked school board ... his appointees would be thoroughly vetted before they were sworn in. It is clear that did not take place.” ...