Mayor Brandon Johnson is dropping his plan to veto a City Council ordinance aimed at continuing the ShotSpotter gunshot detection system he ended last month, in the face of council opposition that ...
During the 2023 campaign for mayor, Johnson vowed to end the use of ShotSpotter in Chicago, saying there was clear evidence the system is unreliable. Johnson has stressed that his decision to end ...
Days after the Oct. 26 shooting of an Orthodox Jewish man in Chicago, Mayor Brandon Johnson was publicly rebuked for issuing ...
But 41 of Chicago’s 50 aldermen have denounced the mayor’s tactics and the instability they have caused. On the public safety front, Johnson’s administration has faced significant backlash following ...
Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times file Share Mayor Brandon Johnson must break two campaign promises — by renewing a ShotSpotter contract he canceled and raising property taxes he said he would freeze ...
The address is expected to include a proposal for a property tax hike -- a plan that Johnson steadfastly promised against ...
As Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson delivers his 2024 budget address during a City Council meeting Wednesday, he is expected to ...
NO MINCING WORDS: Mayor Brandon Johnson proposed a property tax hike that would generate a hefty $300 million but also allow the city to avoid layoffs or furloughs in order to plug a nearly $1 billion ...
CHICAGO — Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson was catapulted into office ... Black communities have debated whether the ShotSpotter gunfire detection system approved during Emanuel’s administration ...