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Mayor Johnson now has to consider whether to bring ShotSpotter back to Chicago
ShotSpotter’s parent company is among eight firms that submitted proposals for contracts to provide “gun violence detection ...
Mayor Brandon Johnson sounds alarm on Chicago city budget, but critics say he's late to the game
Johnson wants early talks and open dialogue with other city leaders, but some members of the City Council said they've been ...
Daywatch: Mayor Johnson landed a teachers union deal. Was it worth it?
The day after a tentative Chicago Teachers Union contract was reached, Mayor Brandon Johnson took a victory lap on the ...
Pritzker, Johnson say Peacekeeper Program helped reduce gun violence in Chicago
Community Violence Intervention organizations such as Chicago CRED, Metropolitan Peace Initiatives, and Acclivus Chicago plan to celebrate their state-funded anti-violence programs which they claim ...
Mayor Johnson makes the case against downtown curfew on the eve of City Council showdown
The mayor argued against a stricter downtown curfew that would only “push the challenges elsewhere,” adding there were “three promotional flyers of teen trends set to take place” last weekend — in ...
Chicago teachers reach contract deal for 1st time in more than decade without strike
For the first time in over a decade, Chicago’ s public school teachers have a new contract without a strike or threat of a walkout ...
Chicago weighs options for city budget revenues
At a press conference last week, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson announced a series of new lobbying priorities. However, none ...
Mayor Johnson pushes environmental equity law after feds allege racist policies
An ordinance is expected to be introduced Wednesday. City Hall promised President Joe Biden’s administration that it would ...