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Jason Lee, a top adviser to Mayor Brandon Johnson, voted in Texas last month despite a rule requiring city employees to live in Chicago. Records obtained by the Tribune show Lee cast his ballot ...
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Another top aide for Mayor Brandon Johnson is under scrutiny Monday. This time, it's a senior advisor, who claimed to be a Chicago resident, as required by law, but reportedly ...
Mayor Brandon Johnson won’t pay a price for floor leader’s ouster, top aide says One day after the mayor cast the tie-breaking vote that saved Ald. Carlo Ramirez-Rosa from a Council censure ...
As the man widely viewed as Chicago’s shadow mayor, Jason Lee has his hands full these days. His boss, Mayor Brandon Johnson, barely got his 2025 budget through a frustrated and emboldened City ...
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson called President Donald Trump a "monster" after the U.S. Justice Department indicated it was launching a probe into whether the city is engaging in race-based ...
It’s fair to say that Mayor Brandon Johnson has been his own worst enemy more than once during his 19 months in office. But his top aides aren’t helping his cause. In recent weeks, we’ve ...
Jason Lee, senior adviser to Mayor Brandon Johnson, is a 2023 40 Under 40 for Crain's Chicago Business. "I've always wanted to be part of social change," says Jason Lee.
Jason Lee, a senior adviser to Mayor Brandon Johnson, was not surprised at the DOJ initiative. He noted the new Federal Task Force to Combat Antisemitism is targeting three of the same cities ...
Lee did not reject out of hand concepts such as imposing a city income tax on households with income of more than $100,000, or requiring the wealthiest 10% of Chicagoans to pay an annual wealth tax.
Ald. Nicole Lee of the 11th Ward said her office was told that Mayor Brandon Johnson is considering moving migrants from the Standard Club in the Loop to a new shelter near Guaranteed Rate Field.
CHICAGO (CBS) --The Chicago City Council on Friday approved Mayor Brandon Johnson's plan to borrow $1.25 billion over the next five years to fund affordable housing projects and other economic ...
As the man widely viewed as Chicago’s shadow mayor, Jason Lee has his hands full these days. His boss, Mayor Brandon Johnson, barely got his 2025 budget through a frustrated and emboldened City ...