ShotSpotter to vie for another Chicago deal as Mayor Brandon Johnson seeks new first responder technology
A ShotSpotter representative said Monday the company behind the tool, SoundThinking, plans to respond to the request in a bid ...
Letters: Mayor Brandon Johnson needs to lead or get out of the way
Every day, Mayor Brandon Johnson demonstrates his incompetence and loyalty to the Chicago Teachers Union over Chicago ...
Editorial: With ShotSpotter’s looming demise, Brandon Johnson turns his back on neighborhoods whose votes made him mayor
We’ve seen plenty of Chicago mayors do things that turned out to be wildly unpopular in retrospect. Richard M. Daley’s ...
City Council OKs ethics ordinance that Mayor Brandon Johnson once opposed
Today, lobbyists can give up to $1,500 to candidates for city office, or up to the statewide limit of $13,700 through ...
Pushing out Martinez carries huge risks for Mayor Johnson
The mayor hopes to pressure Springfield into fully funding Chicago Public Schools. There's no guarantee it will work, and his ...
Opinion
Editorial: CPS crisis is mobilizing establishment Chicago against Brandon Johnson’s agenda
For months, prominent Chicagoans in for-profit commerce and nonprofit governance, Democrats all, have fretted and shaken their heads as Mayor Brandon Johnson lurched from one crisis to another. So far ...
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Report: Chicago Teachers Union is new Chicago political machine
Years of exorbitant political spending in Illinois – more than $24.3 million since 2010 – has secured an enormous amount of ...
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Chicago Public Schools CEO Martinez Rejects Mayor Johnson's Call to Resign Amid Leadership Dispute
CEO Pedro Martinez of Chicago Public Schools refuses to resign amid tensions and denies any plans to close schools, proposing ...
Mayor Brandon Johnson tells Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez to resign, sources say
Multiple sources told ABC7 Chicago that Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has told Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez he ...
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Pedro Martinez publicly defies Mayor Johnson's calls for his resignation
The embattled Chicago Public Schools chief came to his own defense today for the first time since reports surfaced that the ...
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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson asks CPS CEO Pedro Martinez to leave, but he won’t go
Mayor Brandon Johnson asked Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez to resign on Wednesday, but Martinez declined, ...
Lawmakers want empty SW Side building to become CPD station, not storage facility as mayor proposed
There is an ongoing fight over a former National Guard armory on Chicago's Southwest Side. It was slated to become a new ...