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Chicago rapper Lil Durk donated $150K to Mayor Johnson

Chicago Tribune · 22h

Editorial: Brandon Johnson must return the money he got from Lil Durk, now accused in murder-for-hire scheme

Chicago’s mayor is resisting returning a $150,000 campaign donation from Lil Durk, the rapper the feds accuse of masterminding a murder-for-hire scheme.

Chicago Sun-Times · 2d

Brandon Johnson won't say if he'll return Lil Durk's $150,000 campaign money, praises rapper's community work

Durk "has not been convicted of anything. ... It is not my position to determine the outcome of someone’s life," Johnson said, noting that after "the trauma that he grew up in," Durk "has worked to turn that trauma into opportunities for other people.

Chicago rapper Lil Durk donated $150K to Mayor Johnson month after inauguration

Durk, through his Henderson, Nevada-based LLC called 'The Voice Touring,' contributed $150,000 to Johnson in June 2023, one month after Johnson's inauguration. Durk is listed in records as the manager of The Voice Touring LLC.

Hosted on MSN · 3d

Mayor Brandon Johnson won’t say if he will return $150,000 from rapper Lil Durk, arrested in alleged murder-for-hire plot

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson on Friday refused to say whether he will return $150,000 Chicago rapper Lil Durk contributed to the mayor’s political committee, a day after the artist was arrested in an alleged murder-for-hire plot.

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Aldermen expecting Mayor Brandon Johnson’s budget plan to include property tax increase

Aldermen briefed on Mayor Brandon Johnson’s plans are expecting the mayor to propose a 2025 property tax increase to help ...

Crain's Chicago Business9h

Johnson budget will rely on property tax increase to avoid a fight with labor

Mayor Brandon Johnson is backing off making layoffs or asking the city's unions to negotiate personnel cuts in order to close ...

Southwest Side groups ask Johnson to halt permit process for Pilsen metal-shredder

Community groups complain about air pollution as Sims Metal Management seeks a new operating permit at its South Paulina site ...

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Brandon Johnson’s communications director ousted amid latest mayoral office shake-up

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New Chicago school board sworn in after Mayor Brandon Johnson's controversial shakeup

Aldermen were frustrated they didn't have to chance to question the new board members about Mayor Brandon Johnson's ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s communications director is leaving amid latest staff shake-up

One of Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s closest confidants, who served as his communications chief throughout both his mayoral ...

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Steelers' Brandon Johnson: Joins Pittsburgh's active roster

The Steelers elevated Johnson to their active roster ahead of Monday night's matchup against the Giants, Brooke Pryor of ESPN.com reports.

Chalkbeat on MSN6d

Brandon Johnson makes last school board pick

Rafael Yáñez, a CPD hate crimes investigator, and the other new appointees will meet for the first time Thursday to review ...

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Groups urge Mayor Johnson to take action on clearing Gompers Park encampment, finding housing

Ald. Samantha Nugent of the 39th Ward sent a letter to Mayor Brandon Johnson this week asking for an Accelerated Moving Event ...

New CPS board president picked by mayor praises Johnson, makes clear he backs mayor's plans

All new board members were installed Thursday, after the previous board resigned amid the mayor’s push to oust the CEO and ...

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