Mayor Brandon Johnson’s bond refinancing plan passes

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s bond refinancing plan passes after stalling effort by opponents
City finance leaders estimate the move will save Chicago $90 million this year and another $35 million next year without loading the city up with additional debt.
Chicago City Council greenlights Mayor Brandon Johnson’s debt refinancing plan
As the city deals with a major budget gap, finance committee chair Pat Dowell said the plan will save taxpayers more than $100 million in the long run.
City will end shelters designated for newly arrived immigrants this year, Mayor Brandon Johnson announces
Mayor Brandon Johnson announced the city will start its transition this week to merge its two shelter systems, known as the One System Initiative.
Mayor Brandon Johnson appoints seventh Chicago school board member
Mayor Brandon Johnson has picked a former candidate for alderman to join his newly appointed board amid CPS leadership clash.
Chicago City Council approves debt refinancing plan to tackle $1 billion budget shortfall
The Chicago City Council met Tuesday to discuss how to close the city’s nearly $1 billion budget gap. City Council met two weeks ago and argued about the rules, while the mayor’s opponents stalled his agenda.
Chicago City Council approves debt refinancing plan in attempt to close $1 billion budget gap
The Chicago City Council met Tuesday and approved a debt refinancing plan in an attempt to close the city’s nearly $1 billion budget gap. WGN's Tahman Bradley has the latest.
Chicago City Council green-lights Johnson’s debt refinancing plan
The city faces a major budget gap, and Ald. Pat Dowell, chair of the Council's Finance Committee, said the plan will save ...
Mayor Brandon Johnson faces political headwinds from his progressive base
When Mayor Brandon Johnson honored the Rev. Jesse Jackson with a key to the city earlier this month, he made a point to ...
Seventh member named to the board of education by Mayor Johnson
All new Chicago school board members are expected to be sworn in at an agenda review meeting Thursday morning, including ...
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Johnson's deputy mayor for education steps aside amid CPS fight
Jen Johnson, deputy mayor for education, youth and human services, is taking an indefinite leave of absence from City Hall.
Mayor Brandon Johnson to shut down migrant shelters, combine with existing homeless system in 2025
Chicago’s migrant shelters will be shut down at the end of the year and absorbed into an existing system for homeless ...
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National civil rights group calls on Mayor Johnson to fire Chicago cops with ties to extremism
Color of Change, local activists and 10 elected officials sent a letter to the mayor a year after a WBEZ/Sun-Times ...
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Brandon Johnson is giving Chicago’s teachers’ union everything
L ast year, when he was campaigning to be mayor of Chicago, Brandon Johnson, a former organiser for the Chicago Teachers ...
Johnson announces changes to city’s migrant population plan
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson announced changes Monday to the city’s plan for arriving migrants. The changes include moving ...
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Brandon Johnson: Reverts to practice squad
Johnson reverted to Pittsburgh's practice squad Monday. Johnson was elevated for the second time this season to provide extra depth with Roman Wilson (hamstring) out. However, Johnson failed to ...