Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has been accused of a conflict of interest for refusing to resign from a role that gives him a personal interest in the Chicago Teachers Union, reported the Chicago Tribune. Ben Felton, the hiring chief for Chicago Public Schools, "wrote a memo less than two months after the mayor’s May 2023 inauguration documenting conversations Felton had …
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CHICAGO — Brandon Johnson, a union organizer and former teacher, was elected as Chicago’s next mayor Tuesday in a major victory for the Democratic Party’s progressive wing as the heavily blue city grapples with high crime and financial challenges. Johnson, a Cook County commissioner endorsed by the Chicago Teachers Union, won a close race over former Chicago schools CEO Paul …
