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Mayor Brandon Johnson won’t veto ShotSpotter ordinance

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson drops ShotSpotter veto plan, political brawl over police tool continues

Mayor Brandon Johnson is dropping his plan to veto a City Council ordinance aimed at continuing the ShotSpotter gunshot detection system he ended last month. Johnson promised to veto the ordinance passed in a 33-to14 vote,

ABC 7 Chicago on MSN · 4h

Future of ShotSpotter unclear after Mayor Brandon Johnson refuses to veto ordinance to revive system

A special City Council meeting on ShotSpotter was canceled Wednesday after the mayor did not veto an ordinance that would authorize Chicago Police Department Superintendent Larry Snelling to sign a new ShotSpotter contract.

CBS Chicago on MSN · 16h

Mayor Brandon Johnson won't veto ShotSpotter ordinance

The ordinance sought to empower Police Supt. Larry Snelling to renew the city's ShotSpotter contract, but the mayor's office said the ordinance is unenforceable.

Yahoo · 1d

Mayor Johnson will not veto ShotSpotter ordinance

Mayor Brandon Johnson had until Wednesday when the city council gaveled in to veto the ShotSpotter ordinance, but sources told WGN News Tuesday night that the mayor in fact will not veto the ShotSpotter ordinance.

Hoodline11h

Chicago Mayor Grapples with $1 Billion Deficit: Layoffs, Tax Increase, and Police Academy Cuts on the Table

Chicago Mayor Johnson weighs layoffs and tax hikes to close a $1 billion deficit and cancels police academy classes, raising ...

ABC News1d

Chicago mayor on the defensive following mass school board resignation

Members objected to a proposed $300 million loan to fund teacher's contracts. CHICAGO -- Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson ...

Chicago Alders Say Mayor Johnson Acting Like Dictator After "Coup" On Public School Board

CBS's Chris Tye reports that 41 out of 50 members of the Chicago City Council do not like how Mayor Brandon Johnson -- who ...

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Chicago mayor compares viewpoint of those who disagree with him about school spending to slavery

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson announced six new nominees for the school board while also blasting the status quo of not ...

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Mayor Johnson unveils new Chicago Board of Education members after stunning shakeup

Mayor Brandon Johnson debuted his new Chicago Board of Education on Monday, his latest move to wrest back control of the ...

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Chicago mayor names new school board after entire panel resigns amid a fight over district control

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has appointed a new school board, days after all seven members resigned amid an escalating ...

Chicago Mayor Overhauls Board of Cash-Strapped School District

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson on Monday announced an entirely new slate of board members for the city’s public schools after ...

Chicago mayor names new school board

CHICAGO -- Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson named members of a new school board on Monday, batting away criticism of the move ...

Chicago mayor invokes race after reporter asks him about London trip and Bears game

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson seemed sensitive about a question surrounding his trip to London and the Chicago Bears football game being played there.

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Entire Chicago Board of Education to resign amid dispute with mayor over CPS CEO's future

The move would allow Mayor Brandon Johnson to appoint a new school board that would fire CPS chief executive officer Pedro ...

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Enough of the self-inflicted CPS turmoil, Mayor Johnson

As one observer puts it, “Springfield doesn’t like to get … in the middle of messes that aren’t theirs to clean up." ...

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