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Brandon Johnson, Mayor and Chicago

Mayor Brandon Johnson defends Chicago's immigration policies on Capitol Hill; "Chicago is and always has been a proud city of immigrants."

Mayor Johnson has received input from the likes of former mayors Lori Lightfoot and Rahm Emanuel, and former U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan.

Chicago Sun-Times · 1h

Mayor Brandon Johnson defends Chicago as 'proud city of immigrants' during sanctuary city hearing

Johnson is appearing with other big-city mayors before the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform to defend their "sanctuary city" policies.

Fox News · 7h

Chicago alderman says Mayor Brandon Johnson can't defend sanctuary city policies: 'Lamb to the slaughter'

A Chicago alderman says Mayor Brandon Johnson has "no defense" ahead of his congressional testimony on the sanctuary city's immigration policies.

News Nation on MSN · 4h

Chicago’s history as a sanctuary city spans 40 years, 7 presidents and 5 mayors

The policy that prevents city officials (including police officers) from cooperating with federal immigration authorities has been in place, in some form, for 40 years.

Decisive election results in Chicago area set stage for April races

Voters in numerous Chicago-area communities headed to the polls on Tuesday night, delivering decisive results in communities ...

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Pedestrian hit, critically injured by Cook County Sheriff's squad car in Glenview, Illinois

Police said, shortly after 5 a.m., a pedestrian was hit by a Cook County Sheriff's squad car in the 9800 block of Milwaukee ...

Illinois man represented by Springfield-based project has murder conviction vacated

A Chicago man who spent nearly three decades in prison after being convicted of murder as a teenager was fully exonerated by ...

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Man in Cook County custody charged in 2023 expressway carjacking

CHICAGO - A man in Cook County custody was charged in connection with a 2023 carjacking on the Eisenhower Expressway. Eric ...

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What is Pulaski Day? Here's what's closed and the history of this Chicago holiday

Pulaski Day will be observed on Monday, March 3. Chicago and Cook County government offices and courts will be closed.

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It’s Time to Talk About Environmental Justice in Cook County

Twenty years ago the ponds of Izaak Walton Forest Preserve in southern Cook County looked very different. Clean and clear, ...

The News-Herald4h

Chicago landlord ordered to pay $80k for threatening to call ICE on tenants, a first under 2019 state law

An Illinois circuit court judge ordered a Chicago landlord last month to pay $80,000 to former tenants after threatening to ...

Forecast of rain, thunder across Chicago area brings warnings of flooding

Showers across parts of Cook County, northern Illinois and parts of northwest Indiana overnight Monday through Wednesday ...

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Former Cook County assistant state’s attorneys acquitted of wrongdoing in ‘unprecedented’ trial

Two former Cook County prosecutors on Wednesday were acquitted of multiple counts following an unusual criminal trial connected to a wrongful conviction case.

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Pulaski Day 2025: What's closed on Casimir Pulaski Day, and why Chicago celebrates it

Chicago and Cook County services and offices, courthouses, public libraries and more are closed Monday, March 3 in observance of Casimir Pulaski Day.

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