Chicago city council blasts Mayor Johnson canceling ShotSpotter: 'Campaign promise at the expense of lives'
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson continued his calls to shut down the gunshot detection system ShotSpotter on Monday ahead of an upcoming city council vote to keep it.
City Council cracks down on lobbyist campaign donations to mayor after Johnson took contributions
The rule puts teeth in an Emanuel-era ethics policy by empowering a board to suspend lobbyists who contribute to mayoral campaign funds.
Days before ShotSpotter contract ends, alders try to outmaneuver Mayor Brandon Johnson
ShotSpotter is set to go dark on Sunday, fulfilling a campaign promise by Mayor Brandon Johnson to cancel the city's contract with the company that owns the gunfire detection system. But several City Council members are continuing their fight to save ShotSpotter.
Johnson faces fresh opposition on ShotSpotter as City Council gears up for more fights
With a months-long fight over the mayor's zoning chair pick seemingly settled, a new front is opening in the battle over Chicago's controversial gunshot detection system.
City Council gives top cop power to keep ShotSpotter, but Johnson vows veto
The system used in 12 of Chicago’s 22 most violent police districts is scheduled to be turned off Sunday. Mayor Brandon Johnson kept a campaign promise by canceling ShotSpotter, and has defended that decision even as dozens of City Council members are pushing to keep it.
City Council OKs ethics ordinance that Mayor Brandon Johnson once opposed
Today, lobbyists can give up to $1,500 to candidates for city office, or up to the statewide limit of $13,700 through companies they control. The new ordinance bars all lobbyist contributions to incumbent mayors or mayoral candidates.
Days before ShotSpotter's end, alders try to outmaneuver Mayor Brandon Johnson
The gunfire detection system ShotSpotter is set to go dark on Sunday. Canceling the city's contract with ShotSpotter was a campaign promise from Mayor Brandon Johnson, but several City Council members are continuing their efforts to save it.
ShotSpotter contract with City of Chicago expires at midnight Saturday
This week, the city council voted to overturn Mayor Brandon Johnson's plan to eliminate the controversial system, but Johnson ...
Mayor Brandon Johnson asks CPS chief Pedro Martinez to resign, sources say
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson asked Chicago Public Schools Chief Executive Officer Pedro Martinez to step down this week, ...
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Brandon Johnson spent $30,000 of campaign funds on personal grooming: ‘Not a function of government to look good’
Some of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s spending habits with campaign funds are beginning to raise eyebrows in Chicago. A report from the Chicago Sun-Times revealed Johnson spent $30,000 in one year ...
Raise haze — facing a $1 billion budget gap, Mayor Brandon Johnson hasn’t said if he’ll take a pay hike next year
Johnson and other elected officials had until Sunday to reject the 4.1% pay raise. At least two alderpersons have said they ...
Ald. Silvana Tabares: Mayor Brandon Johnson’s leadership needs a lesson in math
It’s an age-old maxim to say politics is a game of addition, not subtraction. Coalition building is about bringing people ...