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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson clashes with Gov. JB Pritzker over Delta 8 regulation
Governor JB Pritzker supports the bill, citing concerns over unregulated products harming children, while Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson opposes it, arguing that keeping Delta 8 legal could generate much-needed tax revenue for the city.
2024 in review: A look back at Mayor Brandon Johnson’s year through Tribune editorials
No name appeared more frequently in Tribune editorials in 2024 than that of Mayor Brandon Johnson. So much so, in fact, that we have given him an entire day as the editorial board reviews the past year. Congratulations, we guess? Here’s a look back at a tumultuous 12 months through the eyes of the man running Chicago.
Hemp regulation bill stalls after lobbying battle between Mayor Brandon Johnson and Gov. JB Pritzker
Legislation championed by Gov. JB Pritzker to strongly regulate hemp sales stalled in the Illinois House late Monday after intense lobbying by both the governor and Mayor Brandon Johnson, who opposed the measure over revenue concerns.
Johnson battles Pritzker on Delta 8 ban
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is urging Gov. JB Pritzker and state lawmakers to pause legislation regulating hemp-derived Delta 8 cannabis as Democrats debated the bill for hours on Monday.
Chicago in 2025 will see hikes in taxes, fines and fees as part of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s latest budget
Mayor Brandon Johnson and aldermen got their 2025 city budget passed just under the wire — and just in time for Chicagoans to start paying more as the calendar flips to 2025 for the host of tax, fine and fee increases the city’s political leaders picked to balance the books.
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Mayor Brandon Johnson Defends School Board’s Decision to Fire CEO Pedro Martinez
In his first interview since the CPS board voted unanimously to terminate Martinez, Johnson said the current board members ...
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Deadline to tap state funding for public grocery stores passes — and Johnson failed to apply
Despite saying he wanted to create such services in underserved city neighborhoods, the mayor appears not to have taken ...
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Ethics concerns raised amid Mayor Brandon Johnson's leave of absence from CPS
Johnson, a former CPS teacher, remains on leave from the school district. A 2023 memo written by CPS’ chief talent officer ...
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson's administration passes on state funding for publicly owned grocery store
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration passed on applying for state funding for a city-owned grocery store, raising questions about the future of the bold proposal the mayor first floated more than a ...
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Pritzker, Johnson on opposite sides of hemp bill in Springfield
The debate over regulation of products known as Delta-8 is the latest situation in which the governor and mayor have found ...
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A Tale of Two City Budgets: Chicago City Council and budget proposals from Mayors Emanuel and Johnson
Mayor Brandon Johnson was finally able to pass his 2024 budget through the Chicago City Council, but not with his proposed ...
Jason Lee, Chicago's shadow mayor, helps Brandon Johnson weather the political storm
Lee says he’s not at all surprised by the extraordinary pressure that he and the mayor have been under in the shark tank ...
New Year's Resolutions for Pritzker, Johnson and Crew
With 2024 in the books and 2025 already here, gulp, our city and state find themselves in precarious places. The city of Chicago ended the year with the extraordinarily messy passage of a $17.1 ...
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Chicago crime numbers: Johnson releases 2024 stats, touts city's progress
Mayor Brandon Johnson called 2024 a breakthrough year for Chicago, claiming some crime rates are at their lowest in a decade.