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Apr 24, 2023 · Brandon Johnson’s rise from union organizer to Chicago’s new progressive mayor, and the challenges he inherits. Facing CPD remake, Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson promises new approach, including ...
Apr 5, 2023 · C hicago has elected Brandon Johnson as the city’s 57th mayor as residents sought new leadership amid frustrations about crime, housing, and other quality of life concerns. In a major victory...
May 15, 2023 · Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson on stage with Mayor Lori Lightfoot before he is sworn in as Chicago's 57th mayor on May 15, 2023, at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune
May 15, 2023 · Brandon Johnson takes office, says ‘a brand new Chicago is in front of us’ Johnson was sworn in Monday as the 57th mayor with his wife, Stacie, and their three children, Owen, Ethan and ...
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Johnson is a former public school teacher and organizer for the Chicago Teachers union, which he supported during a strike in 2019. He was one of 10 siblings growing up in Cabrini Green, a former public housing complex where he later became a teacher. He's raising three children in a neighborhood on the West Side that sees some of the city's highes...
Homicide rates in Chicago were falling steadily until they reached a 25-year high in 2021 amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Homicides decreasedlast year while crimes including carjackings and robberies increased. Johnson said a policing-first approach has failed and the city should invest in mental health treatment, affordable house and jobsfor young peo...
Lightfoot, the city's first Black woman and first openly gay person to serve as mayor, left City Hall on Friday in a maroon Cadillacamid cheers from her supporters and members of her administration. Lightfoot, who has faced criticism for her handling of the teacher's strike, the pandemic and the 2020 racial justice protests among other issues, told...
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He also became the first mayor to hail from the city's West Side since the tenure of Anton Cermak in the 1930s. Johnson was sworn-in as Chicago's 57th mayor on May 15, 2023. First round. As early as November 2019, there had been speculation that Johnson might run for mayor of Chicago in 2023.
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May 15, 2023 · Inauguration day for Chicago's 57th mayor is officially here. Former Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson, who defeated Paul Vallas in a tight and at times contentious runoff election earlier ...
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