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Mayor Brandon Johnson launches budget working group, warns of financial “crossroads” if Trump proceeds with cuts
Mayor Brandon Johnson launched a working group of business and labor leaders and others tasked with making far-reaching ...
Mayor Johnson cracks the door open to the prospect of layoffs and service cuts in city government
Mayor Brandon Johnson has refused to entertain the possibility of layoffs or unpaid furlough days for fear it would alienate ...
Mayor Johnson brands as 'terrorism' President Trump's threat to withhold federal funding to Chicago
Trying to force your will to break the spirit of working people in order to have a conversation — that’s terrorism. And we’re ...
Chicago mayor: Trump acting like ‘terrorist’ for withholding federal funding
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) compared President Trump to a terrorist after the president threatened to withhold federal ...
Prayer is 'foundation' of response before, after 1995 OKC bombing, mayor says
Bobby Gruenewald, YouVersion chief executive officer and Life.Church pastor, also spoke about upcoming milestone at 2025 CBMC ...
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Mayor Brandon Johnson Sounds Alarm on City Budget, Decries Trump’s Threats
Mayor Brandon Johnson on Monday sounded the alarm about the financial crisis facing the city, warning that Chicago “will have ...
Mayor Brandon Johnson on Trump’s threats to federal funding: ‘We’re not going to negotiate with terrorists’
Mayor Brandon Johnson lambasted President Donald Trump dangling the possibility of cutting federal funding over Democratic ...
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Brandon Johnson creates fiscal working group to tackle Chicago's budget deficit
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson launched a citywide initiative Monday aimed at addressing Chicago's structural budget ...
After 26 years in office, outgoing Skokie Mayor George Van Dusen recalls highlights, including work with Obama
Skokie Mayor George Van Dusen recalls being appointed as mayor by his colleagues on the Village Board during a historic blizzard that saw 21.6 inches of snow fall at O’Hare International Airport in ...
On this day in 1981: Joan Miró's Chicago sculpture is unveiled downtown
Monday, April 20, 1981, was artist Joan Miró's 88th birthday. It was also the day that Mayor Jane Byrne pulled a cord to ...
Mayor Johnson establishes group to address Chicago's budget gaps
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order to create a group to focus on the city's budget gap. The group is made up of business leaders, community leaders and city ...