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Brandon Johnson’s first City Council meeting certain to be tamer than Lightfoot’s

Senior adviser Jason Lee said the mayor has been doing some rehearsing to make sure he’s comfortable with the gavel in his hand and running the meeting smoothly.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 23, 2023

7 takeaways from the inauguration of Brandon Johnson — including an awkward hug

Chicago’s new mayor delivered his inaugural address to a cheering crowd on Monday. Before his swearing in, he shared an embrace with former Mayor Lori Lightfoot.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 16, 2023

Greg Abbott says to stop mass shootings, Texas must improve mental health care. A $25 billion investment hasn’t been enough.

Texas still lags nationally when it comes to mental health services and there have been seven mass shootings since Abbott took office in 2015.

The Texas Tribune · May 10, 2023

Lease signed: Chicago Fire to build $80M training center on Chicago Housing Authority land

Chicago’s next mayor will have to live with the controversial zoning change Mayor Lori Lightfoot muscled through the City Council allowing the Chicago Fire soccer club to build an $80 million training center on CHA land formerly occupied by the CHA’s ABLA Homes.

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 13, 2023

City Council members infuriated by $1M settlement in police shooting case

Alderpersons briefed on the settlement Friday were told it is “fiscally prudent” to pay the family of Sharell Brown even though the Civilian Office of Police Accountability ruled the May 2019 shooting was justified.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 27, 2023

Mayor Lori Lightfoot facing stiff headwinds as 8 challengers vie for her job

The fractured field virtually guarantees no single candidate will reach the vote threshold — more than 50% — that’s needed to avoid a runoff between the top two finishers in the Feb. 28 election.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 25, 2023

Developmentally disabled man may lose sight, taste after shooting, says father, who witnessed the Back of the Yards attack

CHICAGO — Panic and fury have taken hold of Philip Rega, the father of a developmentally disabled man wounded in a hail of gunfire in Chicago’s Back of the Yards neighborhood on Wednesday while he waited for a school bus.

Chicago Tribune · Jan 21, 2023

More women joining trucking industry, another Jan. 6 sentence for a Chicago suburbanite and more in your news roundup

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 30, 2022

Lopez wants Ethics Board, IG to investigate Fire owner’s $25K contribution to Lightfoot

Ald. Ray Lopez said he believes the contribution from billionaire Joe Mansueto, founder of Morningstar, Inc., “represents a gross & familiar abuse of power and, at minimum, a potential violation” of the city’s ethics ordinance.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 30, 2022

End of an era in Chicago politics as Burke chooses retirement over uphill battle for a record 15th term

Indicted Ald. Edward Burke (14th) chose not to seek reelection to a record 15th term in a ward dramatically redrawn to eliminate his most favorable precincts.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 28, 2022