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Johnson not ready to fast-track NASCAR's return to city in 2024
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson says he hasn't decided whether the city will welcome NASCAR back for a return engagement in 2024 after much of downtown was transformed into a racetrack over the July 4 weekend.
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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson says 'full force of government' available to help flood victims
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has reassured residents that the city will do everything possible to help those impacted by recent floods, and Johnson urged residents to do their part to help one another in cleanup efforts.
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Johnson appoints Ponce de Leon Deputy Mayor to head Immigrant, Migrant and Refugee rights.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson earlier this month appointed Beatriz Ponce de León to the newly created position of Deputy Mayor of Immigrant, Migrant and Refugee Rights.
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Johnson urges residents to 'limit their time outdoors'
With the city's air quality reaching alarming levels and being classified as "very unhealthy" in certain areas, Mayor Brandon Johnson issues a plea for residents to prioritize their health by minimizing outdoor activities and avoiding strenuous exertion.
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Johnson: 'If we're gonna get ourselves out of this rut, it's gonna take all of us'
Following a three-day holiday weekend where at least 64 people were shot, 11 fatally, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is preaching patience in slowing the violence.
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Former mayoral candidate Vallas warns: 'Right now, the city of Chicago is at a breaking point'
Former Chicago mayoral candidate Paul Vallas has raised an alarm, proclaiming that the city of Chicago stands on the precipice of a breaking point.
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Pritzker: 'As a longtime early childhood advocate, I’m incredibly excited for what’s to come'
On June 13, Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced inclusion of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library foundation with his new 2024 fiscal year budget, earmarking $1.6 million to the program that touts itself as being dedicated to improving the lives of children by advancing a love of reading.
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Johnson signs approval on program he said he'd end
Mayor Brandon Johnson has signed off to approve a $10 million payment to extend the ShotSpotter deal he once vowed to end.
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Chicago mayor: 'I’m here to build the type of coalition that generations to come will marvel'
Presiding over his first police graduation, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson vowed to always have the backs of his officers.
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Brandon Johnson, Mayor of Chicago: "We want to make sure we can keep shuffling here in the city of Chicago with the Bears.”
In a bid to keep the Chicago Bears football team in the city, Mayor Brandon Johnson recently met with Bears executives, the Chicago Tribune reported.
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Mayor Johnson calls crime spree 'a manifestation of community disinvestment' that has gone unresolved too long
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has responded to a spike in violent crime over Memorial Day weekend, when 53 people were shot and 11 were killed, calling the spree "intolerable."
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Former Mayor Lightfoot says teaching public health course at Harvard 'gives me an opportunity to share my perceptions and experiences'
Former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfood has accepted a position as a Richard L. and Ronay A. Menschel Senior Leadership Fellow at Harvard University, where she will teach a course called “Health Policy and Leadership” at Harvard's T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
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Lightfoot spokeswoman: 'The Lightfoot campaign email list included hundreds of thousands of email addresses, with new recipients subscribing daily'
Recently released records show that former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot was told to stop electioneering almost a year before her campaign tried to recruit Chicago Public Schools students to aid in her re-election efforts.
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Johnson: 'Garien's extensive record supporting at-risk young Chicagoans will be essential to achieving our vision for a safer city'
Newly-elected Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson installed Illinois Justice Project director Garien Gatewood as the city's first-ever deputy mayor of community safety on May 20.
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National Registry: Chicago tops all cities in number of wrongful convictions overturned in 2022 -- again
For the fifth straight year, the city of Chicago has led all U.S. cities in the number of criminal exonerations of wrongful convictions, according to the National Registry of Exonerations in 2022.
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Johnson: 'These appointments reflect our policy priorities and strategic goals as we set a bold agenda for the next four years'
On May 12, newly sworn-in Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has announced he plans to install former Chicago Teachers Union chief of staff Jennifer Johnson as his deputy mayor for education, youth and human services.
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Chicago's Johnson working to finalize inauguration plans: 'This was always a movement of, by, and for the people'
As Chicago Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson puts the finishing touches on his May 15 inauguration at the University of Illinois' Credit Union 1 Arena, he is keeping the people who voted for him at the top of his mind.
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Brandon Johnson, Chicago Mayor-elect: 'We want to prevent violence in the city of Chicago'
Brandon Johnson, the Mayor-elect of Chicago, expressed his hope that his plan to increase the number of jobs available for the city's youth would help to reduce the longstanding issue of crime.
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Lightfoot: 'Employees who fail to report their vaccination status by October 15, 2021, will be placed in a non-disciplinary, no pay status'
Lori Lightfoot , Mayor of City of Chicago , City of Chicago said The City of Chicago must rehire and compensate unionized workers for lost wages after an Illinois judge that the city "failed and refused" to bargain in good faith with union leaders "over the effects of its decision to implement a COVID-19 vaccine mandate." on Apr 24th.
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Chicago Police Department: 'The reckless, disruptive and violent behavior that was seen downtown this past weekend will not be tolerated'
Chicago Police Department , CPD of City of Chicago , City of Chicago said The Chicago Police Department has instituted a teen curfew at Millennium Park following a weekend of violence that ended with two teens shot and 15 others arrested. on Apr 18th.