With CTU ally Mayor Brandon Johnson in charge, voters reject several union-backed school board candidates
As early returns in Tuesday’s first school board election signaled an underwhelming performance by the Chicago Teachers Union, its President Stacy Davis Gates addressed a roomful of supporters with a fiery message.
Chicago has picked its first elected school board members. Now it’s Mayor Johnson’s turn to choose.
For the first time in Chicago’s history, voters on Tuesday chose 10 people to be on the city’s partially elected, 21-member school board. Now there’s a new question: Who will Mayor Brandon Johnson choose as the remaining 11 board members?
See Hackensack school board election results
An incumbent and 2 challengers running together on the Hackensack Unites ticket were elected to three seats on the city Board of Education Tuesday.
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Editorial: Chicagoans send another thumbs-down message to Brandon Johnson and Chicago Teachers Union in school board vote
As we write, four school board candidates endorsed by the Chicago Teachers Union appear to have won seats in 10 districts. One of those ran unopposed, so CTU-backed candidates won only a third of the contested races.
Chicagoans vote in first-ever school board election
After being solely under control of the mayor for the last 30 years, voters on Tuesday will elect members of the Chicago Board of Education.
Here's who won Chicago's school board races
Chicago has voted for its first ever elected school board, but as of 6am Wednesday three of the 10 districts had not yet been called. Why it matters: Chicago's school board oversees the fourth largest school district in the country and its $9 billion budget.
Polls close in Chicago’s historic school board election
Polls closed Tuesday evening in Chicago’s first school board elections, where 10 local races have high stakes for Mayor Brandon Johnson and the powerful Chicago Teachers Union. Though they began as sleepy provincial contests,
County school boards change with 2024 election
Greg Granger (Frankton-Lapel), Joshua Brashear (Frankton-Lapel), Ana Blake (South Madison) and Richard Evans (South Madison) each won their respective races. Sayre won against Barrett Key, a former Alexandria teacher and longtime local coach.
Mayor Brandon Johnson's appointed CPS board members could stay on past January
Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times file photo Share When the entire Board of Education resigned in October and Chicago Mayor ...
Aldermen rip Mayor Brandon Johnson’s 2025 property tax hike proposal as budget hearings kick off
Desperate to avoid hitting Chicago home and business owners with a $300 million property tax increase, aldermen pelted the ...
Chicago is what happens when antisemitism mixes with lawlessness
Days after the Oct. 26 shooting of an Orthodox Jewish man in Chicago, Mayor Brandon Johnson was publicly rebuked for issuing ...
Chicago City Council to hold special meeting next week, could derail mayor's property tax hike plan
The Chicago City Council is holding a special meeting next week, and might vote on Mayor Johnson's proposed property tax hike.
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Ald. Ray Lopez: Chicago alderpeople vote to shut down Mayor Brandon Johnson’s property tax increase
Ward Alderman Ray Lopez joins Lisa Dent to discuss why thirty-plus alderpeople have voted to strike down Mayor Brandon ...
After several turmoil-filled months, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and CTU’s education agenda takes a hit
Chicago voters have rejected Mayor Brandon Johnson’s education agenda as only four of 10 candidates endorsed by the powerful teacher’s union will hold seats on the city’s new hybrid Board of Education ...
WATCH LIVE: Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson to deliver 2025 budget address
The address is expected to include a proposal for a property tax hike -- a plan that Johnson steadfastly promised against ...
Mayor Brandon Johnson unveils $17.3 billion city budget, proposes steep property tax increase
Mayor Brandon Johnson addresses the City Council Wednesday as he unveils his proposed budget for 2025, which includes a ...
Editorial: Brandon Johnson has a choice in his upcoming budget: Stick it to taxpayers or to city workers.
Johnson’s three primary means of balancing the 2025 budget are employee reductions (eliminating unfilled positions and ...