Betty Martinez Franco, Irvine City Council District 5 candidate, 2025 special election questionnaire
Ahead of the special election, the Orange County Register compiled a list of questions from our readers to pose to the ...
Tense City Hall meeting on CTU contract, CPS budget vote ends with ‘handful of issues’ still unresolved
Mayor Brandon Johnson gathered CPS and CTU leaders ahead of a critical vote to amend the school district’s budget to pay for ...
Crain's Chicago Business3d
Johnson's 11th-hour bid to broker an end to the CPS pension standoff falls short
The Board of Education is scheduled to vote on a mid-year budget amendment an a deal to send $175 million to the city, but ...
Johnson summons stakeholders to City Hall to talk teachers contract, pension payments
Mayor Brandon Johnson is meeting with leaders of the Chicago Public School ahead of a Board of Education meeting. Johnson ...
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Residents air their anxiety, anger over Martinez Refinery fire at town hall
Tensions flared red-hot at a town hall Thursday night, where residents accosted the Martinez Refining Company's history of fires, flarings and leaks in their city, including three major mishaps within ...
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Mayor Johnson calls top players to his office to broker end to CPS budget standoff
Johnson is set to meet Wednesday with school board president, CPS CEO, Chicago Teachers Union president Stacy Davis Gates ...
Chicago Public Schools, City Hall funding feud continues as budget amendment public hearings wrap up
The battle is heating up between Chicago Public Schools and City Hall over making a pension payment or finalizing new ...
Crain's Chicago Business11d
Johnson's labor liaison to leave City Hall
Bridget Early, the deputy mayor for labor relations, will depart the Johnson administration at the end of the week.
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Chicago’s fight over school staff pensions: 4 big things you need to know
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration keeps pushing Chicago Public Schools to maintain payments to a pension fund for ...
Chicago Sun-Times10d
Council votes down Chicago fur ban
Martinez “committed unequivocally” to covering ... taking out a loan or taking on debt on behalf of CPS.” Though City Hall used to cover that payment, it was shifted to the schools a few ...