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New mayor off to ‘very encouraging start,’ local business leader says

Jack Lavin, Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce president, still isn’t willing, however, to back $800 million in business taxes Mayor Brandon Johnson wants for social programs that are key to his anti-violence strategy.

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Mayor Johnson approves $10 million payment to extend ShotSpotter deal he vowed to end — aide blames automatic signature

A top mayoral aide said Johnson’s signature was unwittingly attached to a document authorizing the payment, which covered a contract extension that was approved by Lori Lightfoot.

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Civic Federation offers revenue, cost-cutting options to confront Chicago’s financial challenges

For each new administration, the Civic Federation tries to make confronting Chicago’s financial challenges a little easier, analyzing the pros and cons of taxes, fines and fees — but without taking a definitive position on any of them.

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Mayor Johnson paints himself into a corner by handing teachers paid parental leave

Now the Fraternal Order of Police — no surprise — wants the same benefit without bargaining. And Johnson gave Chicagoans another reason to think he’ll put his former CTU colleagues first by rubber-stamping whatever the teachers union wants.

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CPS boosts school budgets with focus on special education — and more property taxes

Buoyed in part once again by federal COVID-19 relief funding, Chicago Public Schools will spend about $220 million more in the 2023-2024 school year to hire teachers and other support staff.

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After days of delays, city moves migrant families from North Side to Daley College

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s chief of staff said families with children needed to move to Daley College so the High Ridge YMCA could be used only for single men, who make up the majority of the 500 or so people still sleeping in Chicago police stations.

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13 toughest cuts on projected 53-man roster for Broncos

These were the toughest cuts we made in our early 53-man roster prediction for the Broncos.

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Johnson tells CFD grads he’s ‘committed to investing in the work that you do’

In his first firefighter graduation ceremony as mayor, Brandon Johnson told the graduates that leaders in “my administration are also here to support you and to lift you up in your service.”

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Homeless people locked out of O’Hare still have few options, months after crackdown: ‘Where am I supposed to go?’

Even as the city’s shelter system is taxed with an influx of new migrants, unhoused people are prevented from entering the airport they had used as a sanctuary.

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Mayor Johnson should embrace all-electric buildings in Chicago

The key to resolving high gas bills lies in all-electric buildings, a sustainable answer to skyrocketing costs.

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FOP demands same 12 weeks of paid parental leave Johnson gave teachers

“The teachers were granted parental leave — without bargaining. We certainly expect the same considerations for our membership,” John Catanzara, Fraternal Order of Police president, told members in a video posted late Friday.

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53-man roster prediction for Broncos before minicamp

Before the Broncos wrap up their offseason program, here is a 53-man roster prediction ahead of training camp in July.

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City again delays moving migrants from shuttered YMCA to Daley College

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration has been unclear about the reasoning behind the transfer, and has even kept a local City Council member in the dark about the plan.

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Arlington Heights still odds-on favorite to land Bears as team huddles ‘to squeeze out the best deal they possibly can’

It’s too early to tell whether the team was bluffing when it said Arlington Heights has competition and introduced Naperville to the stadium game. Were the Bears angling for an Arlington Heights tax break?

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Johnson urged to fire CTA and CHA chiefs

Ald. Jeanette Taylor argued that CHA CEO Tracey Scott deserves to be ousted because the agency has failed to deliver on its fundamental mission — and the same goes for CTA President Dorval Carter Jr.

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Do I have the right to write this?

Brandon Johnson says you must live within Chicago to air an opinion about the city. He’s wrong.

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Johnson extends 12 weeks of parental leave to Chicago Public Schools

CPS employees will get same benefit already available to other city workers beginning with 2023-24 school year.

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Johnson holds getting-to-know-you video call with Bears as prelude to stadium talks

“I grew up with the Super Bowl Shuffle,” the mayor told reporters earlier Wednesday, before a video chat with Bears president Kevin Warren. “We want to make sure that we can keep shufflin’ here in the city of Chicago with the Bears.”

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CPS seniors rack up record scholarship money

Schools CEO Pedro Martinez says “the pandemic caused a lot of challenges for our city and our district,” particularly for this year’s graduating seniors, who were high school freshmen when schools shut down.

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Chicago’s top cop search: civilian oversight panel starting in-person interviews

Anthony Driver, president of the Community Commission on Public Safety and Police Accountability, said input from rank-and-file officers at an FOP meeting last week is something former CPD Supt. David Brown never would have allowed.

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Stalled stadium talks in Arlington Heights create opening for Chicago mayor — if he’s willing to rewrite his playbook

Brandon Johnson’s promise to make $1 billion worth of “investments in people,” makes it tough to imagine him moving a new Chicago Bears stadium to the top of his “to do” list.

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Bears, doing business in a new way, aren’t afraid to play hardball

Team president Kevin Warren isn’t running the franchise like the Halas/McCaskey mom-and-pop operation Chicago is used to.

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Lawsuit keeps questions about Chicago Fire soccer training facility in play

Details about the Chicago Housing Authority’s lease agreement with the Chicago Fire were kept under wraps until it was finalized, but a new lawsuit will hopefully lead to more transparency.

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James Beard Awards: Chefs from Chicago’s Kasama and Virtue restaurants take home wins in gala ceremony

The awards, considered the Oscars of the culinary world, were presented on Monday night at Chicago’s Lyric Opera House. We have the complete list of winners.

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Johnson to Chicago police graduates: ‘I will have your back’

Presiding over his first police graduation ceremony, the mayor thanked the new officers assembled at Navy Pier for answering the call to serve in what he called “some of the most difficult political times our city has ever experienced.”

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