Fran Spielman
City Hall reporter
Fran Spielman covers City Hall for the Chicago Sun-Times.
Meza, the first Latina to serve as the city’s chief attorney, told her staff another job opportunity was too great to pass up, sources say.
“Our downtown is half-vacant, a ghost town in the middle of the workweek. Our schools have lost a year of learning or more. Test scores have plummeted. Every public agency is facing a financial cliff,” Vallas told the City Club of Chicago.
Mayoral challenger Paul Vallas said the CTU is behind the bogus lawn signs popping up around the city. The Vallas for Mayor signs include a red box that says, “MAGA 2024,” invoking the Trump slogan, “Make America Great Again.”
On $800 million in tax increases to pay for an array of new social programs, he told the City Club of Chicago, “I’m ready and willing to negotiate the details.”
The age-restricted programs announced Friday aim to help fill about 2,000 vacancies in the department.
El senador independiente de Vermont y dos veces candidato presidencial “tiene un índice de favorabilidad más alto que prácticamente cualquier otro demócrata”, dijo la campaña de Johnson.
Former U.S. Education Secretary calls Vallas “our best hope for a safer Chicago” because of his ability to “tell police the truth and hold them accountable.”
Thursday night UIC rally seeks to help Johnson boost turnout, particularly among young voters who supported Sanders’ 2016 and 2020 presidential campaigns.
Tunney, chairman of the Council’s Zoning Committee, came close to joining the race after his longtime friend and political ally, U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley, D-Ill., took a pass.