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14-term Democratic U.S. Rep. Danny Davis defeats four challengers in 7th Congressional District
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14-term Democratic U.S. Rep. Danny Davis defeats four challengers in 7th ...
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Vigil for victims in Gaza leads to arrests after protesters block traffic near Federal Plaza
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Vigil for victims in Gaza leads to arrests after protesters block traffic ...
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30+ Arrested in Chicago Protest Demanding Gaza Cease-Fire: "We can't go on acting as if the genocide isn't happening," said one demonstrator who ...
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30+ Arrested in Chicago Protest Demanding Gaza Cease-Fire
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Bring Chicago Home referendum in serious trouble — and it would be a stinging defeat for Mayor Brandon Johnson’s grassroots base
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Bring Chicago Home referendum in serious trouble — and it would be a ...
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Willie Wilson: Protecting our kids from abuse must be our highest priority: There is little accountability for teachers and staff members who prey on students ...
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Willie Wilson: Protecting our kids from abuse must be our highest priority
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Christine Geovanis, CTU communications director and social activist, dies at 64: Christine Geovanis, who worked in communications with the Chicago Teachers Union ...
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Christine Geovanis, CTU communications director and social activist ...
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Editorial: First-time voters must be left alone to make their choice. Even by their teachers.
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Editorial: First-time voters must be left alone to make their choice ...
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Massive preservation project underway to save one of the oldest public art pieces in Chicago area
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Massive preservation project underway to save one of the oldest public art ...
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U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders endorses CTU organizer Graciela Guzman in Illinois Senate race
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U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders endorses CTU organizer Graciela Guzman in ...
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Micky Horstman: Brandon Johnson’s ‘Bring Chicago Home’ plan would not ‘tax the rich’
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Democratic incumbents face primary competition as party seeks to keep hold on Illinois legislature
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Democratic incumbents face primary competition as party seeks to keep hold ...
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Democratic establishment turns out for US Rep. Danny Davis in primary race: Chicago’s Democratic establishment came out in force for U.S. Rep ...
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Democratic establishment turns out for US Rep. Danny Davis in primary race
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'Uniting for Peace': Chicago Now Biggest US City to Demand Gaza Cease-Fire: Democratic Mayor Brandon Johnson cast a tiebreaking vote to pass the Chicago City ...
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'Uniting for Peace': Chicago Now Biggest US City to Demand Gaza Cease-Fire
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Chicago Teachers Union and Instituto del Progreso Latino reach a tentative agreement to end strike
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Update Newton parents' bid to join lawsuit against union denied: The lawsuit sought to expand upon an existing case, brought by the state and Newton School ...
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Update Newton parents' bid to join lawsuit against union denied
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Editorial: Stacy Davis Gates as Lady Macbeth? In her own head, perhaps.: CTU President Stacy Davis Gates brings up Lady Macbeth (twice) to try and take down a ...
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Editorial: Stacy Davis Gates as Lady Macbeth? In her own head, perhaps.
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Melissa Conyears-Ervin gets backing from pastors in bid for Congress: The Chicago city treasurer is one of several taking on longtime U.S. Rep ...
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Melissa Conyears-Ervin gets backing from pastors in bid for Congress
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Bring Chicago Home latest: Early voting continues, city gears up for appeal; county campaigns heat up
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Bring Chicago Home latest: Early voting continues, city gears up for ...
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Chicago mayor casts tie-breaking vote to ensure passing of ‘humanitarian ceasefire’ Gaza resolution
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Update Newton parents seek monetary damages over teacher strike: A legal filing made Friday in Middlesex Superior Court seeks to expand an existing case ...
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Update Newton parents seek monetary damages over teacher strike
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Bruce Rauner: Unions such as the CTU are taking away school choice from parents and their children
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Bruce Rauner: Unions such as the CTU are taking away school choice from ...
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Willie Wilson: Public sector union bosses are the real threat to democracy: We elect leaders to solve basic problems, but their hands are tied by public sector ...
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Willie Wilson: Public sector union bosses are the real threat to democracy
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CTU launches strike at two charter schools, demanding increased special education staff and protections for immigrant students and employees
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CTU launches strike at two charter schools, demanding increased special ...
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Editorial: Fully elected school board will give Chicagoans a better say in future of CPS
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Editorial: Fully elected school board will give Chicagoans a better say in ...
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Students, teachers and activists rally for investment in green schools and climate resiliency
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Students, teachers and activists rally for investment in green schools and ...
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Editorial: Brandon Johnson’s upcoming CTU negotiation should scare taxpayers. Will he surprise us with tough love for his friends?
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Editorial: Brandon Johnson’s upcoming CTU negotiation should scare ...
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Democratic candidates for Cook County state’s attorney ramping up fundraising: Eileen O’Neill Burke began 2024 with about $247,000 on hand in her campaign fund ...
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Democratic candidates for Cook County state’s attorney ramping up ...
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Educational equality? Not in Chicago.: The resultant continued devolution of academic achievement among those who can least afford it ...
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Educational equality? Not in Chicago.
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Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration enters new year with city at crossroads on migrants, other issues
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Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration enters new year with city at ...
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Pro-Palestinian staffers ask progressive Chicago mayor to back a cease-fire: The move follows other staffers calling on the White House and members of Congress ...
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Pro-Palestinian staffers ask progressive Chicago mayor to back a ...
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Dr. Allison Arwady, who headed Chicago’s response to COVID-19, joining CDC: Dr. Allison Arwady’s dismissal was one of the most prominent personnel moves Mayor ...
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Dr. Allison Arwady, who headed Chicago’s response to COVID-19, joining CDC
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‘Bring Chicago Home’ proposal aims to boost funding for homeless services. But a similar measure in LA slowed real estate sales.
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‘Bring Chicago Home’ proposal aims to boost funding for homeless services ...
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Editorial: Be very afraid for Chicago’s stellar selective-enrollment schools: Chicago's stellar selective-enrollment schools are going to need defenders from ...
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Mayor Brandon Johnson’s mental health plan in Chicago starts small but carries big political implications
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Mayor Brandon Johnson’s mental health plan in Chicago starts small but ...
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Paul Vallas: The mayor’s second 100 days show him failing to prioritize the needs of city businesses
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Paul Vallas: The mayor’s second 100 days show him failing to prioritize ...
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‘No deal? No wheels:’ Auto workers rally at Ford plant alongside UAW president, local leaders
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‘No deal? No wheels:’ Auto workers rally at Ford plant alongside UAW ...
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As Mayor Brandon Johnson invests in mental health, questions linger about funding for other public health crises
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As Mayor Brandon Johnson invests in mental health, questions linger about ...
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Paul Vallas: Chicago’s other looming budget crisis — school funding: The CTU seems to believe that it’s impossible to improve student outcomes unless the entire ...
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Paul Vallas: Chicago’s other looming budget crisis — school funding
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UAW Strike Day 23: Fain to rally with labor leaders, members in Chicago: The rally comes one day after a major development in the union's contract negotiations ...
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UAW Strike Day 23: Fain to rally with labor leaders, members in Chicago
Quick Glance: Auto workers halt strikes after GM's battery plant concession
  • The United Auto Workers union will not expand strikes against Detroit's three automakers.

  • GM has agreed to include battery plants in the UAW's national contract.

  • The union also wanted to represent 10 proposed battery factories.

  • The announcement of the strike expansion pause came shortly after GM agreed to unionize battery plants.
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Editorial: Brandon Johnson uses race to try to preempt legitimate criticism. That won’t work well for Chicago.
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Editorial: Brandon Johnson uses race to try to preempt legitimate ...
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Labor Day parade kicks off first year in historic Pullman: The labor parade relocated from the East Side to the historic Pullman District ...
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Labor Day parade kicks off first year in historic Pullman
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Editorial: Brandon Johnson’s unconscionable treatment of Dr. Allison Arwady: Mayor Brandon Johnson's decision to remove Chicago public health chief Allison ...
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Editorial: Brandon Johnson’s unconscionable treatment of Dr ...
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Chicago Public Schools’ new year begins with help from the new mayor — and many old and looming challenges
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Chicago Public Schools’ new year begins with help from the new mayor — and ...
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Mayor Brandon Johnson’s first 100 days: His inner circle, his daily schedule and where he stands on campaign goals
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Mayor Brandon Johnson’s first 100 days: His inner circle, his daily ...
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Letters: Immigrants have made Chicago what it is. US should help new arrivals with work authorizations.
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Letters: Immigrants have made Chicago what it is. US should help new ...
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David Greising: What Dr. Arwady’s firing, Larry Snelling’s selection and other decisions say about Mayor Johnson
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David Greising: What Dr. Arwady’s firing, Larry Snelling’s selection and ...
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Children of the crisis: CPS prepares to welcome migrants who will need much more than schooling to heal from trauma
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Children of the crisis: CPS prepares to welcome migrants who will need ...
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Teachers are striking for more than just pay raises: What Oakland’s teachers union reveals about labor strikes in 2023.
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Teachers are striking for more than just pay raises
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Mayor Brandon Johnson fires health Commissioner Allison Arwady day after health board asks him to keep her in her post
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Mayor Brandon Johnson fires health Commissioner Allison Arwady day after ...
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The End of the Chicago School: How a former teacher’s union organizer and a slate of progressive city council members are leading the windy city away from the ...
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The End of the Chicago School
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As progressives gather in Chicago, Brandon Johnson’s election and state’s social policies celebrated
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As progressives gather in Chicago, Brandon Johnson’s election and state’s ...
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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Faces $35 Billion Pension Crisis: One of Brandon Johnson’s first moves as Chicago mayor was to buy himself time to address the ...
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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Faces $35 Billion Pension Crisis
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As SCOTUS strikes down affirmative action, Chicago and Illinois react: ‘This decision only sets us back’
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As SCOTUS strikes down affirmative action, Chicago and Illinois react: ...
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Willie Wilson: Is labor unions’ influence on Illinois politicians and policy bad for democracy?
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Willie Wilson: Is labor unions’ influence on Illinois politicians and ...
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Paul Vallas: The city won’t address crime as long as CTU stands in the way of making education about children
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Paul Vallas: The city won’t address crime as long as CTU stands in the way ...
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Ex-Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot headed to Harvard to teach: Lightfoot will teach a course on public health and leadership.
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Ex-Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot headed to Harvard to teach
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Mayor Johnson extends parental leave benefits to teachers union in departure from Lightfoot policy
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Editorial: On Brandon Johnson’s first day, he puts out a disastrous job description for deputy mayor
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Lori Lightfoot’s legacy: A combative mayor who led Chicago through crises, some of her own making
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Lori Lightfoot’s legacy: A combative mayor who led Chicago through crises ...
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Editorial: Chicago can’t afford $3 billion more in pension obligations: Legislation advancing in Springfield increases firefighter pensions and potentially adds ...
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Editorial: Chicago can’t afford $3 billion more in pension obligations
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Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson names Chicago Teachers Union chief of staff as deputy mayor for education
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Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson names Chicago Teachers Union chief of staff as ...
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Chicago mayor exits proud after getting ‘a lot of s--t done’: Lori Lightfoot lost in the first round of voting. But she told POLITICO she's glad the ...
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Chicago mayor exits proud after getting ‘a lot of s--t done’
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From Teacher & Union Organizer to Mayor: Brandon Johnson Wins Chicago Race in Upset Victory
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Quick Glance: Paul Vallas on the campaign trail: "Wonkish" spiels, anecdotes aplenty — and a laser focus on crime
  • Vallas seemed to relish his decades-long relationships with those who came before him, recalling work they did in the 1990s when Vallas was Mayor Richard M. Daley's budget director and then CEO of Chicago Public Schools.

  • "She does it because the Vallas family has always been about public service and sacrifice," Vallas explained.

  • "Sometimes I think I'm running against Stacy Davis Gates," Vallas said, referring to CTU President Stacy Davis Gates.

  • "No, charter schools are publicly funded, not-for-profit schools," Vallas explained.
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Bill Maher Is Clueless About Chicago, Guns, and Poverty: Bill Maher had a lot to say about race and crime in Chicago on the most recent episode of “Real ...
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Bill Maher Is Clueless About Chicago, Guns, and Poverty
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The 2024 Democratic Convention will be held in Chicago Aug. 19-22, highlighting the importance the party is putting on the Midwest. Chicago stood out ... Show more
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How Black labor leaders propelled Brandon Johnson to the Chicago mayor’s office: Key officials backed Johnson early on, helped build his support and provided ...
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How Black labor leaders propelled Brandon Johnson to the Chicago mayor’s ...
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Brandon Johnson, union organizer and former teacher, elected Chicago mayor in victory for progressives
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Quick Glance: Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson meets with Lori Lightfoot at City Hall to begin the transition of leadership: "A very great day for the city of Chicago"
  • Johnson didn't provide many details about their conversation.

  • He did, however, describe arriving at City Hall's fifth floor mayor's office as a "flood of emotions."

  • On April 6, 2023, Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson speaks with members of the press after meeting with Mayor Lori Lightfoot at City Hall.

  • Lightfoot was defeated in the first round of voting on February 28th, finishing third behind Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas and Johnson.
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‘The Most Dangerous Person in the World Is Randi Weingarten’: School closures and culture wars turned classrooms into battlegrounds — and made the head of one of ...
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‘The Most Dangerous Person in the World Is Randi Weingarten’
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Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson will face early examination from newly emboldened City Council
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Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson will face early examination from newly ...
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Chicago Police Swarm Trump Tower: Police officers and SWAT team units surrounded Trump Tower on Wednesday afternoon.
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Chicago Police Swarm Trump Tower
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Inside Chicago's intense, behind-the-scenes effort to secure the DNC: The best way to win over a sentimental president, it turns out, is to play to his ...
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Inside Chicago's intense, behind-the-scenes effort to secure the DNC
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Chicago Teachers Union members file unfair labor complaint against union over dues money funneled to Brandon Johnson mayoral campaign
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Chicago Teachers Union members file unfair labor complaint against union ...
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Teachers authorize strike at Acero charter school network in Chicago, says operator, accusing teachers union of ‘bad-faith bargaining’
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Teachers authorize strike at Acero charter school network in Chicago ...
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Brandon Johnson's Chicago Election Win Is the Police's Worst Nightmare: John Cataranza, the president of the city's police union, warned that up to 1 ...
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Brandon Johnson's Chicago Election Win Is the Police's Worst Nightmare
Quick Glance: Brandon Johnson's Chicago Election Victory Is the Cops' Worst Nightmare
  • The president of the city's police union, John Cataranza, warned that if Johnson won, up to 1,000 officers could leave the force.

  • According to the Chicago Police Department, the number of homicides in 2021 will reach a 25-year high of more than 800.

  • Johnson has stated that he does not intend to reduce the number of police officers in the city, but that the current policing system is ineffective.

  • "Many of those officers are only sticking around with the hope this department can be turned around," the union wrote.
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Moore: The left has killed America’s great cities: Instead of worker paradises, the left has transitioned our once-shining cities into slums, murder zones ...
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Moore: The left has killed America’s great cities
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Democrats split over education in Chicago mayoral runoff: In Chicago’s mayoral runoff Tuesday, Democrats Brandon Johnson and Paul Vallas offer very different ...
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Democrats split over education in Chicago mayoral runoff