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Understanding faculty strikes at Illinois public universities, DNC eyes the UC and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is about an eight-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times

Lightfoot administration quietly re-upped ShotSpotter contract Johnson has vowed to cancel

A ShotSpotter spokeswoman said the multi-million-dollar deal was extended in October, the same month Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson declared his candidacy.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago voters want far more than just ‘lock ‘em up’ rhetoric

Ginning up fears about crime and promising to throw more money at the police just aren’t enough by themselves any longer to win races.

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GOP surprised by ferocious backlash

The GOP is an authoritarian, extremist political party that is out of the mainstream of American life

Salon

Fresh off Brandon Johnson’s election, how will the Chicago Teachers Union move from outside agitators to insiders?

The union has spent years fighting the policies of the political establishment. Now, one of its own must deal with the realities of governing.

Chicago Sun-Times

Editorial: Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson found a place in his acceptance speech for God. But not Barack Obama

In its election Tuesday of Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson as its 57th mayor, Chicago chose an inspiring orator. This will be a City Hall first for most Chicagoans.

Chicago Tribune

Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson meets with Lori Lightfoot at City Hall to begin leadership transition: ‘A very great day for the city of Chicago’

CHICAGO — Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot hosted Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson at City Hall Thursday in a traditional meeting between the outgoing chief executive at City Hall and the new one.

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Meeting of the mayors: Johnson feels ‘historic moment’ discussing transition with Lightfoot — ‘We are uniting this city today’

In his first visit to the mayor’s office since being elected Tuesday, Johnson said he was struck by “what this moment means for people around the city, who want the city to be united.”

Chicago Sun-Times

What’s next for CPS after Johnson’s win, flowers for George Freeman and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is about an eight-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times

Next mayor has his work cut out for him

Being the Defund-the-Police guy is actually liberating.

Chicago Sun-Times

Brandon Johnson wins runoff for mayor of Chicago

Brandon Johnson defeated Paul Vallas in the runoff election for mayor of Chicago, Illinois, on April 4, 2023. Johnson received 51.4% of the vote and Vallas received 48.6%. They advanced from a field of nine candidates in the Feb. 28 general election.

Ballotpedia

Progressives get energy boost after Chicago and Wisconsin elections

"Everybody needs to understand this...Abortion rights are a winning issue."

Axios

Catch up on results from one of the biggest election days of 2023

Welcome to the Thursday, April 6, Brew.

Ballotpedia

Mayor-elect Johnson must put himself on a path to succeed for all of Chicago

It starts with declaring independence — in action, not words — from the powerful Chicago Teachers Union. City Hall belongs to every Chicagoan, and Johnson will eventually have to make decisions that CTU and other unions won’t like. That’s part of the job.

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Al Jazeera

US progressives galvanised by victory in Chicago mayoral race

Progressive Brandon Johnson narrowly defeated the more conservative Democrat Paul Vallas in a highly-anticipated vote.

Chicago Sun-Times

How Johnson did it: Flawless execution of ‘smart typical playbook in Chicago politics’ won mayoral race

Johnson won 29 of 50 wards, including a clean sweep of majority African-American wards. He won six Hispanic majority wards to Vallas’ nine. Johnson sealed the deal along the progressive-minded north lakefront and the hipster Milwaukee Avenue corridor.

Chicago Sun-Times

Johnson hopes to convince police officers to stay on the job by giving them support

What I’ve heard repeatedly is that, much like teachers, police officers are being asked to do their job and someone else’s job,” the mayor-elect told the Sun-Times.

Reason

In the Chicago Mayoral Race, the Teachers Union Is the Real Winner

The union "has an outsized impact on working families who have no other choice on where to send their children...that power, combined with a mayor who is essentially a wholly owned subsidiary, would make them a dangerous force," says one former Chicago Public Schools executive.

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Chicago Sun-Times

How Brandon Johnson can build public support

Once Johnson and voters know how city departments are doing, it will be easier for him to obtain broad support for necessary corrections.

Chicago Tribune

How Brandon Johnson spent his 1st day as Chicago mayor-elect — and how he got there

CHICAGO — On his first day as Chicago’s mayor-elect, Brandon Johnson echoed his winning promise to rethink the city’s approach to public safety, while his lame-duck predecessor Mayor Lori Lightfoot warned him to show humility to first responders upon the heels of another firefighter death in the city.

Chicago Sun-Times

Mayor Johnson’s long to-do list, another firefighter mourned and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is about an eight-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Salon

Brandon Johnson beats school privatizer

A former public school teacher and longtime union organizer beat back "a deluge of far-right money"

Chicago Sun-Times

Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson greets voters outside the Chinatown Red Line L stop

Johnson is set to become the city’s 57th mayor.

Chicago Sun-Times

Brandon Johnson is Chicago’s new mayor. So what’s next for CPS?

Some of Johnson’s first decisions after his swearing-in next month will have to do with education, the issue nearest and dearest to his heart and his work over the past decade.

Chicago Sun-Times

What can we expect from Brandon Johnson — Chicago’s next mayor

What will the incoming mayor do about high crime rates and low test scores? Here is what Brandon Johnson said on the campaign trail.

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