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Brandon Johnson not taking Lori Lightfoot’s word on city finances

With his financial team now in place, the new mayor will do his own forecast and hold several community meetings next month. His predecessor’s “midyear” budget forecast in April claimed an $85 million shortfall — among the lowest in recent Chicago history.

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Temporary casino could open this summer, CPD to work overtime during NASCAR weekend and more in your Chicago news roundup

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New Chicago monuments will honor police torture victims, labor leader Mother Jones and gospel singer Mahalia Jackson, among others

CHICAGO — The city of Chicago will spend $6.8 million in grant money on eight new monuments, including a memorial for police torture victims, Mayor Brandon Johnson announced Monday.

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Johnson aprueba un pago de $10 millones para extender el acuerdo con ShotSpotter al que prometió poner fin

Un consejero principal del alcalde dijo que la firma de Johnson fue dada involuntariamente en un documento que autorizaba el pago, que cubría una ampliación de contrato aprobada por la ex alcaldesa Lori Lightfoot.

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Chicago Police Board fires sergeant for actions in Anjanette Young raid

CHICAGO — The Chicago Police Board on Thursday voted to fire a police sergeant for his role in the botched 2019 raid at the home of social worker Anjanette Young.

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Long-sought Chicago casino could open by Labor Day as Bally’s plan for temporary site clears state hurdle

The Illinois Gaming Board’s “preliminary suitability” finding allows Bally’s to lay the groundwork for operations both at the Medinah Temple in River North and the permanent $1.7 billion casino complex at Chicago Avenue and Halsted Street, expected to open by 2026.

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Mayor Johnson approves $10 million payment to extend ShotSpotter deal he vowed to end — aide blames automatic signature

A top mayoral aide said Johnson’s signature was unwittingly attached to a document authorizing the payment, which covered a contract extension that was approved by Lori Lightfoot.

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Civic Federation offers revenue, cost-cutting options to confront Chicago’s financial challenges

For each new administration, the Civic Federation tries to make confronting Chicago’s financial challenges a little easier, analyzing the pros and cons of taxes, fines and fees — but without taking a definitive position on any of them.

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Homeless people locked out of O’Hare still have few options, months after crackdown: ‘Where am I supposed to go?’

Even as the city’s shelter system is taxed with an influx of new migrants, unhoused people are prevented from entering the airport they had used as a sanctuary.

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FOP demands same 12 weeks of paid parental leave Johnson gave teachers

“The teachers were granted parental leave — without bargaining. We certainly expect the same considerations for our membership,” John Catanzara, Fraternal Order of Police president, told members in a video posted late Friday.

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Parking meter deal keeps on giving — for private investors, not Chicago taxpayers

Results of the latest parking meter audit by accounting giant KPMG shows meter revenues reached a record $140.4 million last year - with 60 years left on a 75-year lease.

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Johnson extends 12 weeks of parental leave to Chicago Public Schools

CPS employees will get same benefit already available to other city workers beginning with 2023-24 school year.

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Johnson holds getting-to-know-you video call with Bears as prelude to stadium talks

“I grew up with the Super Bowl Shuffle,” the mayor told reporters earlier Wednesday, before a video chat with Bears president Kevin Warren. “We want to make sure that we can keep shufflin’ here in the city of Chicago with the Bears.”

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Chicago’s top cop search: civilian oversight panel starting in-person interviews

Anthony Driver, president of the Community Commission on Public Safety and Police Accountability, said input from rank-and-file officers at an FOP meeting last week is something former CPD Supt. David Brown never would have allowed.

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Stalled stadium talks in Arlington Heights create opening for Chicago mayor — if he’s willing to rewrite his playbook

Brandon Johnson’s promise to make $1 billion worth of “investments in people,” makes it tough to imagine him moving a new Chicago Bears stadium to the top of his “to do” list.

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Lawsuit keeps questions about Chicago Fire soccer training facility in play

Details about the Chicago Housing Authority’s lease agreement with the Chicago Fire were kept under wraps until it was finalized, but a new lawsuit will hopefully lead to more transparency.

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To the victor in the Bears’ stadium race go the spoiled

The Bears want what they want, and whichever suburb decides to pony up will get what it has coming.

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Suit seeks to scuttle CHA land lease to Chicago Fire, construction of $80 million training facility

The suit, filed Thursday in federal court, claims the land is meant for public housing and protocols weren’t followed before the deal was inked.

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Judge overrules city denial of Southeast Side metal-shredder’s permit to operate

Mayor Brandon Johnson vows to appeal the ruling, defending the city’s decision to block Southside Recycling from opening on a site along the Calumet River.

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Inside the political survival of Chicago City Council dean

Ald. Walter Burnett expected to be stuck in the political wilderness. Instead, he became vice-mayor, with a $400,000 budget, keeping the staff he had as chair of the Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety.

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Former Mayor Lori Lightfoot to teach at Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Lori Lightfoot heads to Harvard for a fellowship at the public health school; her course will be, in part, a study of how she steered Chicago through the COVID-19 pandemic.

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After 50 years, dean of Chicago television’s political reporters calling it a career

On June 30, Mike Flannery, political editor of Fox 32-Chicago, will retire after 50 years on the beat. He sat down with the Sun-Times, where he got his start, to reminisce about his storied career and the “blind spots” of the Chicago mayors he has covered.

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Inside the Chicago 2024 Democratic convention bid: $30 million line of credit deal was key factor

A spokesperson for Mayor Brandon Johnson told the Sun-Times that the new mayor, sworn into office May 15, is on board with the line of credit contract former Mayor Lightfoot signed on May 12, in the final days of her term.

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Brandon Johnson in no rush to get rid of ShotSpotter despite campaign promise

“The mayor was clear that there were some real questions about the effectiveness of ShotSpotter .... There might be individuals who have different perspective. He’s gonna hear everyone out and make a decision on that,” senior adviser Jason Lee told the Chicago Sun-Times.

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FBI: Gardiner may have given developer who’d been ‘good to me’ ticket to Lightfoot reform inaugural during bribery scheme

Ald. Jim Gardiner has not been charged with any criminal wrongdoing as a result of the feds’ investigation, which dates back more than three years. FBI affidavits show the feds spent a year struggling to view thousands of text messages.

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