One-on-One with Mayor Johnson: Crime, schools, Springfield, hemp & popularity
In a rare sit-down interview, Mayor Brandon Johnson opens about crime, schools, his relationship with Gov. JB Pritzker, his ...
WTTW18h
Mayor Brandon Johnson Defends School Board’s Decision to Fire CEO Pedro Martinez
In his first interview since the CPS board voted unanimously to terminate Martinez, Johnson said the current board members ...
Crain's Chicago Business4h
Johnson wasn't the one to kill hemp bill, Pritzker says
The governor pointed to other interests against the bill, but also said Chicago's mayor didn't extend him a common political ...
Pritzker hammers Johnson over poor ‘relationships in Springfield' amid hemp fight
A day after lawmakers dropped a plan to regulate hemp sales, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker lambasted Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, calling the mayor’s relationships in Springfield into question.
NPR Illinois5h
Johnson, Pritzker at odds over a crackdown on hemp products: bill regulating those products dies
Sales of the weedlike substances have increased, in part thanks to a loophole in federal law, prompting smoke shops that sell ...
Crain's Chicago Business23h
Deadline to tap state funding for public grocery stores passes — and Johnson failed to apply
Despite saying he wanted to create such services in underserved city neighborhoods, the mayor appears not to have taken ...
FOX 32 Chicago on MSN18h
Johnson battles Pritzker on Delta 8 ban
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is urging Gov. JB Pritzker and state lawmakers to pause legislation regulating hemp-derived Delta 8 cannabis as Democrats debated the bill for hours on Monday.
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A Tale of Two City Budgets: Chicago City Council and budget proposals from Mayors Emanuel and Johnson
Mayor Brandon Johnson was finally able to pass his 2024 budget through the Chicago City Council, but not with his proposed property tax increases.  The council flatly rejected Johnson’s ...