Police stations have become tent encampments. More than 800 migrants are sleeping at Chicago O’Hare International Airport. City officials are scrambling.
Tag: Johnson, Brandon (Chicago, Ill, Politician)
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Chicago and Midwest Air Quality Declines as Canada Wildfire Smoke Lingers
Chicago residents were warned to stay indoors or wear masks, and the popular paths along Lake Michigan were quiet.
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What Chicago’s New Mayor Says About the City’s Biggest Challenges
Brandon Johnson, a progressive Democrat, explains how he plans to manage the nation’s third-largest city in a complicated moment.
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Chicago Already Feels Strains of a Migrant Influx as Title 42 Ends
Asylum seekers are pouring in at a fraught moment, when Chicago is changing mayors, its shelters are full, and a pandemic-driven restriction at the southern border is expected to end.
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Democratic Convention Gives Chicago, Staggered by Pandemic, a Chance to Shine
Republicans have cast Chicago as a metropolis of crime and dysfunction, but with the 2024 Democratic convention, Chicagoans are eager to prove them wrong.