With CTU ally Mayor Brandon Johnson in charge, voters reject several union-backed school board candidates
As early returns in Tuesday’s first school board election signaled an underwhelming performance by the Chicago Teachers Union, its President Stacy Davis Gates addressed a roomful of supporters with a fiery message.
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 school board. Now there’s a new question: Who will Mayor Brandon Johnson choose as the remaining 11 board members?
See Hackensack school board election results
An incumbent and 2 challengers running together on the Hackensack Unites ticket were elected to three seats on the city Board of Education Tuesday.
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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. One of those ran unopposed, so CTU-backed candidates won only a third of the contested races.
Chicagoans vote in first-ever school board election
After being solely under control of the mayor for the last 30 years, voters on Tuesday will elect members of the Chicago Board of Education.
Here's who won Chicago's school board races
Chicago has voted for its first ever elected school board, but as of 6am Wednesday three of the 10 districts had not yet been called. Why it matters: Chicago's school board oversees the fourth largest school district in the country and its $9 billion budget.
Polls close in Chicago’s historic school board election
Polls closed Tuesday evening in Chicago’s first school board elections, where 10 local races have high stakes for Mayor Brandon Johnson and the powerful Chicago Teachers Union. Though they began as sleepy provincial contests,
County school boards change with 2024 election
Greg Granger (Frankton-Lapel), Joshua Brashear (Frankton-Lapel), Ana Blake (South Madison) and Richard Evans (South Madison) each won their respective races. Sayre won against Barrett Key, a former Alexandria teacher and longtime local coach.
Chicago is what happens when antisemitism mixes with lawlessness
Days after the Oct. 26 shooting of an Orthodox Jewish man in Chicago, Mayor Brandon Johnson was publicly rebuked for issuing ...
Editorial: Aldermen must force Mayor Brandon Johnson to find solutions other than a massive property tax hike
The Editorial Board met with the mayor for the first time since his election and appreciated the opportunity. Here are our ...
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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 ...
BGA releases snapshots of Mayor Brandon Johnson's proposed 2025 Chicago budget
As Chicago faces a nearly $1 billion deficit, the BGA releases its annual snapshot of Mayor Brandon Johnson's proposed 2025 budget.
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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 ...
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Mayor Brandon Johnson's appointed CPS board members could stay on past January
All six board members the mayor selected last month are eligible to remain on the 21-seat board that will take office in ...
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Chicago’s mayor proposes massive tax increase on spirits
Mayor wants to increase the wholesale transaction prices per gallon of beer by 34%, and by about 35% for other spirits.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s school board president, under fire for controversial social media posts, resigns
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s handpicked school board president resigned Thursday after coming under fire for social media ...
29 City Council members call special meeting to reject Johnson's $300 million property tax increase
The increase would be Chicago's largest in a decade, but alderpersons hope to force the mayor back to the bargaining table to ...