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@ChicagoMPO Blah. Black women. Blah. Brown women. Blah. Progressive. Blah. Blah blah blah. Same divisive non sense.

WATCH: Mayor Brandon Johnson speaks at the Department of Water Management Construction Season Kickoff.

@justfactsmaam I'm almost 100% sure they're in need of umpires for Women's Softball..... Go get certified and get on out there!

This was the final out of Northwestern’s 5-4 win over Northern Illinois on Tuesday night. (NIU doesn’t have replay)

@ChicagoMPO Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah. Save your socialist agenda.

NEW: Mayor Brandon Johnson statement on May 1 being designated a Day of Civic Action:

@paschutz Wait. A. Minute. You’re telling me the CTU can be misleading???

CTU being a little misleading in a text message to members tonight about May 1 agreement (many of whom will face higher dues), saying "CTU won a first-of-its-kind agreement recognizing May Day as a Civic Action Day."

@tnertz @cityofhammond @southshoreline @JeffSpeckFAICP @SSLMuseum Yea, but then you’d be in Hammond. Who the hell would want to be in Hammond.

Yesterday, @cityofhammond broke ground on the $9 million Downtown Hammond Train Station at Russel Street on the @southshoreline Monon Corridor. Once completed next summer, downtown Hammond and downtown Chicago will be a 45 minute train away from each other.

@ILComptroller You literally have zero to do with that. Zero. You’re not part of the legislative branch. You simply do what they tell you to do. Nice try though.

When I took office as Comptroller, our Rainy Day Fund had just $48,000. Today, it stands at $2.4 billion. That progress matters for Illinois’ financial future, and for the remainder of my term as Comptroller, I’m going to keep working to build on it.

@ParentCps There should be no negotiations with CTU at all. They’ve got a contract. Follow it. It’s that simple. CTU wants something? Write it down and Bring it up at the next contract negotiation.

Happy that CPS stood firm on May 1 rather than harming working families, but CPS needs to be tougher in their negotiations with CTU. i doubt CPS said "You want buses for rallies on May 1. In exchange, to afford that, next year's raise gets trimmed by .1%. It's that or no buses."

@IndyyProg @FrankCalabrese When Willie Wilson runs, Water Bills is done.

@FrankCalabrese Have we had any approval polls of Johnson recently? I wouldnt just count him out.

2027 Chicago mayor money race, 2026 Q1: Alexi Giannoulias: $18.3M Susana Mendoza: $1.63M Brandon Johnson: $813K

@FrankCalabrese Did you deduct Johnson’s Water Bill from his total yet? Bc you know his campaign will have to cover that bill again.

@ParentCps @D_Stieber No, he’s not a teacher. He’s a socialist dictator disguised as a teacher. Ohh wait, that’s Brandon Johnson.

In addition to pushing an illegal strike, @D_Stieber lied in the memo. Lie #1) School Board took a vote on May 1. They did NOT do so. Lie #2) Superintendent King emailed about a half day. Her 4/9 email to parents and staff mentioned no such thing. He's a teacher???!!!

@RayDonovanII No. He’s just really stupid.

I’ll say it again, this man is unhinged and not well.

@ParentCps They’d never go for that. The idea that we’re going to pay people to not show up to work must be illegal right?

There's a compromise to be had here. Offer to ctu to cancel classes but make it a no pay day for ctu members while lower paid lunchroom staff, seiu staff are paid. See whether ctu truly stands with workers. Save some money.

@malchachicago @Austin__Berg You get a paycheck from the City Colleges. No one is doing any actual work there.

@Austin__Berg that's good to know I work for the city colleges which is a state funded and run organization and is supposed to be private property and they come onto the property and boot cars all the time just more typical IL corruption same O'l same O'l smh

NEW: An analysis from the Chicago Sun-Times released today found more than 10,000 municipal employees owe a combined $19.5 million in delinquent fines, tickets and water bills to Chicago City Hall. Seems like a simple fix: Make payment plans a condition of employment. City Hall can legally garnish as much as 25% of an employee’s paycheck.

@ChicagoMPO The meeting minutes of the City itself as well as multiple sister agencies never list the name of the individual

Mayor Brandon Johnson Statement on the CHA CEO Appointment Process: Following former Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) Board Chair Matt Brewer’s unilateral decision to appoint Keith Pettigrew as CEO of the CHA on March 17, 2026—an action fully inconsistent with the Housing Authorities Act and Bylaws of the CHA Board of Commissioners—I took immediate action to remove Mr. Brewer from his chairmanship and appointed Jawanza Malone as Board Chair. Mr. Brewer’s actions were in direct violation of the Open Meetings Act and long-standing CHA Board precedent. The resolution to appoint a CEO was not properly noticed prior to the March 17 meeting and still has not been included in the publicly available agenda materials, effectively denying Board members, CHA residents, and the public the opportunity to participate or the transparency required in decisions of this magnitude. His stewardship of this process disenfranchised both fellow Commissioners and the communities the CHA serves. I stand with the coalition of community members and stakeholders who have raised serious concerns about the legality and integrity of this process. CHA residents deserve leadership decisions that are transparent, lawful, and grounded in their lived experiences, not a process that prioritizes expediency over accountability. The legal deficiencies underlying Mr. Brewer's resolution are clear. In his capacity as “Operating Chairman,” a position which is not enumerated in the Housing Authorities Act nor the CHA Bylaws, Mr. Brewer did not have independent contracting authority, and any resolution granting the “Operating Chairman” such authority was outside of the powers granted to an individual Commissioner under the Housing Authorities Act. With my designation of Chair Malone, any authority Mr. Brewer may have had as “Operating Chairman” has been expressly revoked and any actions he purported to exercise in that capacity are null and void. With my appointment of  Chairman Malone, Mr. Brewer no longer holds any role that would permit him to act on behalf of the Board in an executive or contracting capacity. I remain fully committed to working with the Board and community stakeholders as we employ a transparent, lawful, and community-centered process to identify the next CEO of the Chicago Housing Authority. ###

@AlexNitkin @jus10chi He’s it a Mayor. He’s a clown.

Damn. Definitely never heard the head of a sister agency speak this way about a sitting mayor: (Context from @jus10chi: chicagobusiness.com/politics-polic…)

@ChicagoMPO @ChicagosMayor lol. These lots have been for sale on the city’s website for decades. This guy loves a camera.

“By making underutilized and vacant land available for residential construction and other uses, we are creating pathways to make housing more affordable while increasing housing availability citywide,” @ChicagosMayor said.

@CivokNilam Coming from the union that literally bought the 5th floor.

Illinois taxpayers need to pay attention to this move. This is a clever way to double dip into taxpayer money. First, you negotiate a contract with a yearly salary increase, and then, instead of budgeting that income throughout the year, you claim to be "unemployed" every summer and collect benefits. That effectively boosts your yearly compensation. If they can get this approved for some CPS employees, my guess is they'll use it as a precedent to argue that CPS teachers should also be able to file for unemployment every summer. And I know of some teachers who already claim to do that and don't get caught. x.com/CTULocal1/stat…

@royalpratt We already knew this. It’s Brandon Johnson’s fault, not Loyola’s.

Sheridan Gorman’s family released a new statement about Loyola University, praising the school and saying their daughter felt safe there.

@ewarren So would cutting government spending.

A two-cent wealth tax on ultra-millionaires would: Deliver universal child care, Build millions of homes, Expand Medicare, Provide paid family leave, Fund tuition-free public college, and so, so much more.

@grok @mike_w36986 @Suntimes @grok can Chicago cut pension benefits for current employees or retirees.

Chicago's four main city pension funds (police, fire, laborers, municipal) have ~$35.8B in unfunded liabilities now. Detroit's unfunded pensions were $3.5B when it filed bankruptcy in 2013 (total liabilities ~$18B, including $5.7B retiree health). Chicago (~2.7M pop) is ~10x Detroit's absolute number (~700k pop then), so far worse per capita. Detroit cut benefits; Chicago's exploring lump-sum buyouts to ease it.

Cash-strapped Chicago is crafting a plan to chip away at its $35.8 billion pension crisis that is likely to offer city employees the option of buying out a portion of their future pension benefits in exchange for a lump-sum payment upfront. chicago.suntimes.com/2026/03/26/joh…