The Latest Breaking News from Brandon Johnson

Welcome to the Thursday, April 6, Brew. 

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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