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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
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Lynn Sweet

At the White House, Cook County Board President Preckwinkle, Mayor Johnson talk about City Hall thaw

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Standing on the walkway to the West Wing, with the White House behind them, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson talked about city-county relations on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. (Lynn Sweet/Sun-Times)

WASHINGTON — There is a new power alliance in Chicago government and politics, and Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, with relish, took note of it standing next to Mayor Brandon Johnson on Friday, a few yards from the West Wing entrance to the White House.

Preckwinkle, who is also the boss of the Cook County Democratic Party, and Johnson were invited to the White House by the Biden team for the Rose Garden launch of the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention.

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