Monday, April 28, 2025

Search results for keyword: Brandon Johnson found in 153 News.

chicago
  • by david hall
1,500 kids visit downtown to enjoy what the Loop has to offer: 'Damn, we have this in my city!'

More than 30 groups organize Downtown Day, offering free admission to several attractions — such as the Shedd Aquarium and the Art Institute — for young people who don't often leave their neighborhoods to explore the city's richness.

fran-spielman-show
  • by david hall
Bill Daley slams Johnson's claim of 'decades of disinvestment' by past mayors

When Richard M. Daley became mayor, he "understood more than anybody ... that he had to address what was called Beirut-on-the-Lake at the time because of the racial divide," his brother Bill Daley told the Sun-Times.

education
  • by david hall
Johnson rejected by Board of Education on CPS loan, pension payment

The tension around taking on debt and the pension payment was the crux of a month-long delay of the school system’s budget proposal, which came out Wednesday.

transportation
  • by david hall
Transit advocates make final push to save Greyhound station, blame city for inaction

Greyhound is set to lose its Chicago home in October. Transit advocates say Mayor Brandon Johnson's administration and its new transportation commissioner have not made a significant effort to save the station.