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Brandon Johnson fleshes out senior staff, shows continued influence of Preckwinkle, Chicago Teachers Union

Annette Guzman, budget director for Cook County, will be city budget director under Johnson. Jennifer Johnson, chief of staff at the CTU, where Brandon Johnson has been a paid organizer, will serve as deputy mayor for education.

Chicago Sun-Times

Linenhall Street office block plan back on track after appeal

Appeal ruling states that the "proposed design of the building I consider reflects and respects the character of the setting of the Ulster Hall"

Belfast Live

Two top Tory MPs ‘in running’ to take on Sadiq Khan for mayor

Kit Malthouse refuses to deny he is planning to stand while Tom Tugenhadt being talked about as possible candidate

Evening Standard

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Firing process for Met chiefs must be more democratic, says City Hall committee

The London Assembly’s police and crime committee said it agreed with the idea that the Assembly should have say on whether Met chiefs can be sacked

Evening Standard

Party ordered to cease laser display on Rama 8 Bridge

City Hall has told the United Thai Nation Party (UTN) to stop projecting a laser election campaign display on the giant pillar supporting Rama 8 Bridge, after being asked by Election Commission to investigate it, Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt said on Tuesday.

Bangkok Post

City Hall wary of Election Day flooding

City Hall is preparing for summer storms this week over concerns that possible floods could damage polling stations on Election Day on Sunday.

Bangkok Post

Lightfoot’s development czar reflects on 4-year fight for balanced growth

Samir Mayekar says business leaders have to view urban job creation as a sustainable business plan and not just philanthropy.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Too much of London is out of reach for disabled people, mayor warned

Politicians at City Hall have said they want inclusive design to be at the heart of London’s planning system

Evening Standard

Negotiations over Biden administration claim that City Hall engaged in environmental racism are down to the wire

Mayor Lori Lightfoot and HUD are trying to work out a settlement before she leaves office. The agency found that Chicago relocates polluting businesses from white communities to Black and Latino neighborhoods.

Chicago Sun-Times

Former Tory leader considering surprise bid to become party’s London mayoral candidate

Party chiefs keen to have woman on shortlist to challenge Sadiq Khan

Evening Standard

Ransomware attack affects Dallas police, court websites

Authorities say Dallas was hit with a computer ransomware attack that brought down its Police Department and City Hall websites and caused some jury trials to be canceled

The Independent UK

Give Transport Secretary power to overturn Ulez, says Tory MP

Conservative former cabinet minister Theresa Villiers said the Government should have the power to intervene

Evening Standard

Mayor-elect picks another City Hall veteran to serve as chief operating officer

Roberson most recently has held a series of top jobs in the administration of County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and held several position under former Mayor Richard M. Daley.

Chicago Sun-Times

Sadiq Khan rejects call for London social housing ‘champion’

The London Assembly’s cross-party housing committee said a social housing commissioner for the capital would give tenants a louder voice

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Bar owners, Greater Grand Crossing residents at odds over crowds, violence on East 75th Street

The battle over the historic Black business district provides a window into street-level democracy, Chicago-style. In the middle of the fray, City Hall is the referee.

Belfast Live

Belfast City Hall to spend over £1,000 on three trees for King's coronation

All parties agreed to the spend

Evening Standard

London’s emergency services could face ‘capacity pressures’ in event of terror attack

A cross-party group of London politicians has warned Mayor Sadiq Khan that the capital’s emergency services could face difficulties responding to a major terrorist incident

The Independent UK

Parents not reporting missing children due to low trust in police, report warns

Those who do report children missing ‘face frustrating delays and inaccurate information’, City Hall committee finds

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Evening Standard

Air in every London borough breaches WHO guidelines on toxic nitrogen dioxide

Every single one of almost 2,000 diffusion tubes placed across London detected levels of nitrogen dioxide which breach WHO guidelines

Belfast Live

Belfast Cornmarket digital advert's plan facing opposition at City Hall

Councillors will make decision on the planning application after the May elections

Evening Standard

Tories seeking ‘star power’ mayor candidate to try and oust Sadiq Khan

Tory chiefs will meet on Monday evening to discuss fast tracking a candidate to take on Sadiq Khan next May

Evening Standard

City Hall staff given access to private mammograms after concerns about NHS programme in London

City Hall staff are to be given access to private mammograms after concerns grew about the NHS’s breast screening programme in London.

Chicago Sun-Times

Acting CPD leader resigns amid search for top cop, Mayor-elect Johnson’s new chief of staff and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is about an eight-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times

Mayor-elect Johnson chooses City Hall ‘lifer’ as his chief of staff

After retiring two weeks ago as chief of the city’s Office of Emergency Management and Communications, 54-year-old Rich Guidice has agreed to serve as Brandon Johnson’s first chief of staff.

Los Angeles Times

Former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan dies at 92

LOS ANGELES — Richard J. Riordan, the take-charge venture capitalist who as mayor shepherded Los Angeles’ rebound from the 1992 riots, expanded its Police Department and masterminded its recovery from the Northridge earthquake, has died at his Brentwood home.

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