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  • 5 days ago | chicago.suntimes.com | Fran Spielman

    Mayor Brandon Johnson says firefighters and paramedics have waited four years for a new contract and the pay raise that comes with it because he’s trying to reshape the Chicago Fire Department to handle emergency medical assistance demands that comprise two-thirds of all calls for service.

  • 5 days ago | chicago.suntimes.com | Fran Spielman |Mariah Woelfel

    Mayor Brandon Johnson seems to know that he has dug himself into a political hole, in part, by failing to communicate. That’s not easy for the fast-talking preacher’s son to admit. But it’s a reality Johnson is confronting and changing as he approaches next week’s midterm anniversary. “If you don’t get out in front and make sure that your message is clear, your opposition certainly will. And that’s exactly what happened,” Johnson said in an extended interview with the Sun-Times and WBEZ.

  • 6 days ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Fran Spielman

    Share Mayor Brandon Johnson on Wednesday checked a major item off his progressive to-do list: groundbreaking power to build affordable housing without federal help. By a 30-18 vote, the City Council approved Johnson’s “ green social housing ” plan to create a city-owned, nonprofit developer that would issue $135 million in loans to developers who build affordable housing and sell their environmentally-friendly buildings back to the city.

  • 1 week ago | chicago.suntimes.com | Fran Spielman

    Mayor Brandon Johnson on Wednesday checked a major item off his progressive to-do list: ground-breaking power to build affordable housing without federal help. By a surprisingly lopsided 30 to 18 vote, the City Council approved Johnson’s “green social housing” plan to create a city-owned, nonprofit developer that would issue $135 million in loans to developers who build affordable housing and sell their environmentally-friendly buildings back to the city.

  • 1 week ago | chicago.suntimes.com | Abby Miller |Fran Spielman |Stephanie Zimmermann

    El mejor lugar para cobertura de noticias y cultura latina en Chicago. Después de meses en los que el público no pudo utilizar la plaza frente al río afuera del Hotel & Torre Trump International, la administración del edificio cedió el martes y movió las cercas con letreros de “prohibido pasar” bajo la presión de funcionarios de la Municipalidad.

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