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Mayor Johnson to testify before Congress about Chicago's sanctuary city policies
Johnson and three other big-city mayors, all Democrats, will attend the March 5 hearing of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, which is investigating how local policies affect enforcement of President Donald Trump’s promise of mass deportations.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson to accept GOP congressman’s invitation to testify on sanctuary city protections
Mayor Brandon Johnson will testify before Congress next month in a Republican-led hearing on sanctuary cities, his office announced Wednesday. Last month, Oversight Committee chair U.S. Rep James Comer,
Mayor Johnston agrees to testify before Congress on Denver's sanctuary city policies
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston on Wednesday agreed to testify before Congress over Denver's status as a sanctuary city. Why it matters: Johnson will be pressed to defend Denver's policies protecting migrants from deportation at a time when the U.
Johnson to testify on sanctuary cities for House Oversight Committee
The Department of Justice is suing Chicago, the state of Illinois and Cook County over sanctuary city policies.
What will Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s playbook be against ‘raggedy’ Trump White House?
Over the past decade, the job description for the mayor of Chicago has included a new duty: responding to Donald Trump. The question before Brandon Johnson is, how does the freshman mayor come out on top against a reality TV-bred GOP president made famous for breaking the rules?
Mayor Brandon Johnson's 2025 to-do list: tax hemp, pass 'Anjanette Young ordinance’
The mayor is laying out his priorities for the year. But what's not on the list are solutions to the big fiscal cliffs for ...
Chicago cops block inspectors from ‘Gift Room’ filled with Mayor Brandon Johnson’s ritzy freebies: report
When OIG officials requested access to check out the room, they were met with Chicago cops who told them to wait in the ...
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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson wants to tax hemp and pass the ‘Anjanette Young ordinance’ in his 2025 to-dos
Coming off a bruising budget season, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson will spend the next few ... said the ordinance has been “a long time coming.” “The community is desperately asking for ...
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Mayor reaffirms Chicago's welcoming city status amid ICE raids; at least 100 arrested in area
At the press conference, Mayor Johnson reaffirmed Chicago's status as a welcoming ... "It would be premature to talk about going until such time that we properly digested all the legal issues.
Hundreds of valuable gifts not properly reported by mayor’s office, access blocked to room, inspector general says
Chicago mayors Brandon Johnson and Lori Lightfoot did not report several gifts and the inspector general’s office is ...
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Justice Department sues Illinois, Chicago and Cook County over sanctuary status
The federal lawsuit, filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Chicago, claims sanctuary policies in Illinois that keep local ...
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Mayor's office asked City Clerk to temporarily remove video of heated meeting
City Clerk Anna Valencia said today a video of a contentious hearing was temporarily taken offline yesterday after the ...
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Mayor Brandon Johnson's office improperly denied access to gift room with designer items, inspector general finds
CHICAGO (CBS) --Mayor Brandon Johnson's office improperly declined ... The mayor's office then failed to respond to a FOIA request on time, and more than a month after the request was filed ...