Brandon Johnson, Congress and Chicago Mayor

Mayor Brandon Johnson agrees to testify before Congress on Chicago's sanctuary city policies
Mayor Brandon Johnson will travel to Washington, D.C., next month to testify at a congressional hearing on Chicago's status as a sanctuary city for undocumented immigrants. House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) sent letters Johnson and the mayors for three other major cities – Boston,
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson will testify for House committee on sanctuary cities on March 5
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is one of four mayors who have confirmed they will travel to Washington, D.C. at the beginning of March to testify on sanctuary cities.
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,
City Council sides with Mayor Brandon Johnson on Chicago’s sanctuary city dispute
The failed vote was no surprise; even if the amendment had passed, there would have been a 34-vote hurdle to clear a potential mayoral veto.
Mayor Brandon Johnson addresses Chicago’s 2025 budget amid federal funding threats
Mayor Brandon Johnson held a first of its kind "Lakeside Chat" Tuesday evening, a public but personal conversation about the City of Chicago's fiscal future.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, amid low approval ratings, addresses sanctuary city issues
Johnson’s 14% approval rating is lower than the lowest approval rating recorded by his recent predecessors. Rahm Emanuel and Lori Lightfoot had ratings as low as 27% late in their respective tenures.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson addresses calls to testify in Washington about sanctuary city policies
Mayor Johnson was asked​ by the House Oversight Committee to testify on Capitol Hill next month about Chicago's sanctuary city status — along with other big city mayors.
Mayor Johnson to appear before Congress to discuss Chicago's status as a sanctuary city
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson will appear before Congress next month to discuss the city’s status as a sanctuary city.
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1st elected Chicago Board of Education sworn in as CPS faces budget shortfall
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago Public Schools officially has new leadership. The district's 21-person hybrid board was sworn-in during ... newly handpicked by Mayor Brandon Johnson while 10 ...
Mayor Johnson, noncitizen parents need a chance to advocate for their kids in CPS
The law that created Chicago's elected school board also calls for a noncitizen advisory board, to let parents who can't vote ...
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Justice Department sues Illinois, Chicago over sanctuary city laws
This lawsuit comes shortly after Attorney General Pam Bondi ordered a freeze on federal funding to sanctuary cities the same day she was sworn in.
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Mayor Brandon Johnson vows to protect rights as immigration raids continue in Chicago, around U.S.
CHICAGO — Mayor Brandon Johnson says the city will continue to protect civil and human rights, a day after the ...
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Mayor Brandon Johnson, Gov. JB Pritzker vow to push back on President Trump as he takes oath
Mayor Brandon Johnson speaks during Rainbow PUSH Coalition’s annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast at the United Club in Soldier Field in Chicago ... a newly sworn-in state senator ...
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 ...
Mayor Johnson slams Trump’s education policy as ‘reckless,’ pledges to protect Chicago’s future
Mayor Brandon Johnson took questions from reporters Tuesday about many of President Donald Trump's recent actions, as well as ...
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Chicago alderman accuses Mayor Johnson of only listening to 'hyper-liberal white progressives' on immigration
Three Chicago aldermen responded to Mayor Brandon Johnson's defiant posture towards the Trump administration's immigration ...