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Ald. Walter Burnett in the running to lead the Chicago Housing Authority
Ald. Walter Burnett Jr. may leave City Hall — eyeing the CHA, Congress or private sector — and pass his seat to one of his ...
From banning the sale of rancid meat to vetoing a snap curfew, Chicago mayors have long flexed political muscle over proposed laws
Mayor Brandon Johnson recently issued the first veto by a Chicago mayor in 19 years. But mayoral vetoes once were common. A ...
Zohran Mamdani moves on to an unusual general election for New York City mayor
Mamdani won the Democratic primary, NBC News projects, and will face the incumbent, Eric Adams, in the general election.
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s ‘pending’ Springfield lobbyist team draws ethics questions
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s inner circle worked with outside lobbyists who were not registered to lobby on behalf of the city in the Illinois General Assembly, a practice his office defended after ...
Opinion
Editorial: Is Brandon Johnson pitching Wall Streeters on moving to Chicago post-Mamdani? We thought not.
Can’t imagine Brandon Johnson calling New York hedge fund titans and pitching a move to Chicago following the bombshell election? Neither can we.