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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Fran Spielman

‘Soul’ searching: Johnson takes office, vows ‘to tell a different story’ of ‘a brand new Chicago’

Mayor Brandon Johnson makes his inaugural address at Credit Union 1 Arena on Monday. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times)

Mayor Brandon Johnson challenged the city he now leads to “write the story of our children’s and grandchildren’s futures” by confronting our enormous challenges in a way that summons what he called “the soul of Chicago.”

After being sworn in as Chicago’s 57th mayor, Johnson vowed to lead a civic renaissance that will unite people with “radically different ideas for how to confront” Chicago’s problems behind a singular purpose. That is, to strengthen the city we all know and love and secure its long-term future.

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