Embattled CPS CEO criticized in meeting with mayor as Johnson administration continues moving to fire him
Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez got chewed out this week by allies of Mayor Brandon Johnson over impending charter ...
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Two companies ordered to pay $266 million in damages related to opioid epidemic
Two pharmaceutical companies have been found liable in Baltimore's opioid epidemic. McKesson and AmerisourceBergen have been ...
Chicago Board of Ed. to hold special meeting as some try to blame CPS CEO for Acero school closings
The mayor asked CPS CEO Pedro Martinez to resign because he refused to secure a short-term high interest loan to pay for a ...
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Chicago Mayor Johnson calls for CPS to craft ‘contingency plan’ for planned Acero closures
The charter network has proposed closing seven of its schools, raising concerns from families, the Chicago Teachers Union, ...
Augusta Commission moves forward on mayor’s credit card policy
After months of back and forth, Augusta commissioners agreed to move forward with a plan regarding city credit card expenses ...
'Collaborator in chief': Chicago mayor willing to negotiate with aldermen working to defeat tax hike
Mayor Brandon Johnson said he is willing to continue negotiating with City Council members who are working to defeat his $300 ...
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Man who threatened Spokane City Hall has history of making threats toward city officials and police
The man arrested for making threats that prompted Spokane City Hall to shut down on Monday is well-known to Spokane police.
Johnson refuses to declare his bottom line on size of property tax hike as negotiations continue
The mayor is open to a “plethora of ideas” so long as they don’t compromise his core values of “investing in people” through ...
Chicago mayor's planned police budget cuts would deal 'devastating blow' to reform push, federal monitor says
The proposed budget cuts would be a step backward for the CPD reform process at a pivotal point — just when progress is ...
With CPD a possible target for personnel cuts in budget plan, consent-decree monitor raises alarm
The independent monitor assessing the city’s compliance with a federal consent decree issued a dire warning Tuesday as proposed budget cuts once again loom over the Chicago Police Department’s ...
Johnson back to drawing board after City Council rejects property tax hike
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has a month and a half to get a new city budget passed, but he’s back to the drawing board ...
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What happens if Chicago alderpersons block proposed $300 million property tax hike?
Twenty-nine alderpersons from across the political spectrum signed a letter calling for a special meeting Wednesday.