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Mayor Johnson to testify before Congress about Chicago's sanctuary city policies
Johnson and three other big-city mayors, all Democrats, will attend the March 5 hearing of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, which is investigating how local policies affect enforcement of President Donald Trump’s promise of mass deportations.
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,
Mayor Johnson to testify next month before Congress about Chicago's sanctuary city policies
Johnson will attend the March 5 hearing of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. He and three other big-city mayors, all Democrats, had been asked to appear because they preside over so-called “sanctuary cities.
Mayor Johnston agrees to testify before Congress on Denver's sanctuary city policies
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston on Wednesday agreed to testify before Congress over Denver's status as a sanctuary city. Why it matters: Johnson will be pressed to defend Denver's policies protecting migrants from deportation at a time when the U.
Johnson to testify on sanctuary cities for House Oversight Committee
The Department of Justice is suing Chicago, the state of Illinois and Cook County over sanctuary city policies.
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Chicago mayor's office facing backlash after allegedly attempting to censor City Council meeting video
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson's office is under fire for allegedly trying to censor video of a contentious City Council ...
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 ...
‘Yo!’ Mayor Brandon Johnson’s texts reveal governing style and intrigue at City Hall
The mayor’s exchanges with officials show he is more reluctant than predecessors Lori Lightfoot and Rahm Emanuel to put much ...
Chicago cops block inspectors from ‘Gift Room’ filled with Mayor Brandon Johnson’s ritzy freebies: report
When OIG officials requested access to check out the room, they were met with Chicago cops who told them to wait in the ...
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Chaotic Committee Meeting Video Briefly Removed After ‘Improper’ Ask From Mayor’s Office, Clerk Says
A Mayor's Office request led to the brief removal of video from a heated public committee meeting Tuesday. The City Clerk ...
What will Mayor Brandon Johnson’s playbook be against ‘raggedy’ Trump White House?
The question before Brandon Johnson is, how does the freshman mayor come out on top against a reality TV-bred GOP president ...
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Mayor reaffirms Chicago's welcoming city status amid ICE raids; at least 100 arrested in area
At the press conference, Mayor Johnson reaffirmed Chicago's status as a welcoming ... "It would be premature to talk about going until such time that we properly digested all the legal issues.
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Mayor's office asked City Clerk to temporarily remove video of heated meeting
City Clerk Anna Valencia said today a video of a contentious hearing was temporarily taken offline yesterday after the ...
Hundreds of valuable gifts not properly reported by mayor’s office, access blocked to room, inspector general says
Chicago mayors Brandon Johnson and Lori Lightfoot did not report several gifts and the inspector general’s office is ...