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May 15, 2024 · Mayor Johnson was sworn in as the 57th mayor of the City of Chicago on May 15, 2023, and from a landmark $1.25 billion investment in neighborhood development and reduction in violent crime, to hundreds of millions of dollars in support for Chicago’s unhoused and plans to spur housing and commercial development, the first year in office has ...
May 10, 2024 · Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson presides over a Chicago City Council meeting at City Hall in the Loop, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. Pat Nabong/Sun-Times file photo. Oct. 11, 2023: His first budget.
5 days ago · The World's Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair, was a world's fair held in Chicago from May 5 to October 31, 1893, to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus 's arrival in the New World in 1492. [1] The centerpiece of the Fair, held in Jackson Park, was a large water pool representing the voyage that ...
May 15, 2024 · May 15, 2024 4:53 AM Tim Hecke Citywide. CHICAGO — In his recently released book, The City Is Up For Grabs, Chicago Tribune reporter Gregory Royal Pratt explores how Lori Lightfoot went from winning a long-shot mayoral run to being a one-term leader who couldn’t even muster 17% of the votes.
6 days ago · Ald. Andre Vasquez (40th) at a city council meeting at City Hall on May 22, 2024. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune) Twenty-nine out of 50 aldermen co-sponsored the resolution authored by Ald. Andre ...
5 days ago · Ald. Anthony Napolitano (41st), who has served the city as a police officer and a firefighter, described ShotSpotter as a force multiplier for CPD, saying the department has at least 2,200 and as ...
May 21, 2024 · Chicago recently held an event at City Hall to honor the Haitian-American community and mark the upcoming declaration of May as Haitian American Heritage Month.
