Brandon Ison
News Anchor and Reporter at WBBM-AM (Chicago, IL)
Reporter/Anchor @wbbmnewsradio in Chicago. WBBM Newsradio 780AM and 105.9FM also on the Audacy app. News tips? DM or e-mail me at [email protected]
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1 week ago |
audacy.com | Brandon Ison
Unionized hotel workers held a 1-day strike on Friday, outside the Holiday Inn Chicago Downtown, after 17 months of stalled negotiations toward their first contract, voting unanimously to unionize with the UNITE HERE Local 1 more than 2 years ago. "The hotel has refused to respect our decision to have the Union represent us in collective bargaining.
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audacy.com | Brandon Ison
At a groundbreaking ceremony for the 60-unit Humboldt Park Passive Living development, Chicago Department of Housing Commissioner Lissette Casteneda told a gathered crowd of city officials, west wide residents, and community partners that the project addresses 2 crises: a shortage of affordable housing across the city and the threats faced, as a planet, due to climate change. "Here in Chicago, buildings make up 70% of our city's emissions", Casteneda said.
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audacy.com | Brandon Ison
A moment of silence was held at this year's Memorial Day Parade in Aurora, honoring last year's Grand Marshall, US Navy veteran Richard "Dick" Miller, who died over the weekend at the age of 98. Remembering Miller is unique in that we can hear about him, in his own words, thanks to previously recorded audio provided by the City of Aurora. "I'm so glad to come home and marry my sweetheart, who I met in the 1 st grade at St. Paul Lutheran School", said Miller in a video tribute recorded in 2024.
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audacy.com | Brandon Ison
A small demonstration in the West Loop, brought around 2 dozen activists with the group No New Prisons Illinois to the State of Illinois building at 555 W. Monroe, in opposition of Governor J. B. Pritzker's earmarking of $900 million in his proposed state budget to build 2 new state of the art prisons, to replace Stateville and Logan.
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2 weeks ago |
audacy.com | Brandon Ison
A 29-year-old man is last listed in critical condition at Stroger Hospital. Chicago Police say just after midnight, early Saturday morning in the 3700 block of W. Armitage in Logan Square, the man was stabbed when a verbal altercation escalated and the other man involved pulled out a sharp object. The 29-year-old suffered multiple puncture wounds to his chest and to one of his hands. No one is in custody according to the latest update from CPD.
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