Duck Nickelback Brandon Johnson Plays Like His Mom, But That's a Good Thing
As an athlete, Brandon Johnson takes after his mother. His father Wayne played four years of varsity football at Lenoir-Rhyne ...
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 ...
Mayor Brandon Johnson asks CPS chief Pedro Martinez to resign, sources say
Mayor Brandon Johnson asked Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez to step down this week, several sources close to the matter confirmed with the Tribune Friday. Martinez does not currently plan to ...
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Ald. Silvana Tabares: Mayor Brandon Johnson’s leadership needs a lesson in math
I haven’t seen Mayor Brandon Johnson’s elementary school report cards, but I can tell you this former teacher-turned-mayor gets an F in governing, both in style and substance or lack thereof.
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Mayor Johnson condemns ShotSpotter as 'a walkie-talkie on a pole' days before system shuts down
CHICAGO -- The gunshot detection system some City Council members are trying desperately to keep is little more than "a walkie-talkie on a pole," Mayor Brandon Johnson said Monday. Johnson ...
Mayor Brandon Johnson tells CPS CEO Pedro Martinez he wants him out as head of district: sources
Multiple sources told ABC7 Chicago that Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has told Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez he no longer wants him as head of the school district.Earlier this month, the ...
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Raise haze — facing a $1 billion budget gap, Mayor Brandon Johnson hasn’t said if he’ll take a pay hike next year
Mayor Brandon Johnson answers questions after a press conference to celebrate the Chicago Classic at Soldier Field Monday. Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times Share Elected city officials are slated to ...
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Johnson faces fresh opposition on ShotSpotter as City Council gears up for more fights
Attempting to tie the hands of Mayor Brandon Johnson, supporters in the City Council of the city’s controversial gunshot detection contract with ShotSpotter are plotting a last-ditch effort to ...
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Showdown over ShotSpotter looms as City Council approves new measure to keep it running
The City Council approved a last-ditch effort today over Mayor Brandon Johnson’s objection to try to keep the city’s gunshot detection system, ShotSpotter, up and running just days before it ...
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City Council gives top cop power to keep ShotSpotter, but Johnson vows veto
A ShotSpotter gunshot detector on a traffic signal post at 56th Street and Western Avenue Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times Share A defiant City Council on Wednesday tried to force Mayor Brandon Johnson ...
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Facing a $1 billion budget gap, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson hasn’t said if he’ll take a pay raise next year
Chicago elected officials are slated to receive a 4.1% raise next year, though Mayor Brandon Johnson has so far declined to say whether he plans to take the pay bump as the city stares down a ...