GOP inches closer to retaining House majority
Control of the House has yet to be determined, as a number of critical races remain too close to call, leaving lawmakers — ...
'Something our neighbors can't bear': Chicago mayor's property tax hike proposal gets pushback
CHICAGO - To Chicagoans’ relief, the $300 million property tax hike is as good as dead on arrival, as the Chicago City ...
Police confirm 5 people, including 2 children, dead in Minn. murder-suicide
Five people are dead, including the apparent shooter, in a family-related murder-suicide incident in Duluth, Minn., police ...
Chicago rapper Lil Durk faces life in prison over alleged plot targeting rival
Grammy Award-winning Chicago rapper “Lil Durk” is facing new charges in connection with an alleged murder-for-hire plot ...
Jackson, Miss., mayor, two others indicted in alleged bribery scheme
The mayor of Jackson, Miss., a city council member and a district attorney have been indicted on charges of participating in ...
29 alders call for meeting to reject Mayor Johnson’s $300M property tax hike
Mayor Brandon Johnson late last month proposed a $300 million property tax hike in an effort to close a nearly $1B budget gap ...
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A majority of the Chicago City Council is calling for an early vote on mayor’s property tax hike
The 29 council members who asked for the meeting are critical of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s plan to close a gaping budget hole ...
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Chicago has picked its first elected school board members. Now it’s Mayor Johnson’s turn to choose.
For the first time in Chicago’s history, voters on Tuesday chose 10 people to be on the city’s partially elected, 21-member ...
Aldermen rip Mayor Brandon Johnson’s 2025 property tax hike proposal as budget hearings kick off
Desperate to avoid hitting Chicago home and business owners with a $300 million property tax increase, aldermen pelted the ...
School board elections a mixed bag for Chicago mayor, teachers union
The city’s first elections to the school board were disappointing for candidates backed by the Chicago Teachers Union, but ...
Editorial: Chicagoans send another thumbs-down message to Brandon Johnson and Chicago Teachers Union in school board vote
As we write, four school board candidates endorsed by the Chicago Teachers Union appear to have won seats in 10 districts.
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A Problem Named Johnson
Two recent developments highlight Chicago’s struggle. First, on the Shabbat morning of Oct. 26, a 39-year-old man walking to synagogue in the heavily Jewish neighborhood of West Rogers Park was shot ...