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By Anna Savchenko, March 15, 2023

This is Chicago’s very own wgn news at 10. There’s less than a month to go before Chicagoans head to the polls to pick the city’s new mayor. The candidates took their messages to voters on the north and south sides today that has cut its been led is in the newsroom with more. Lauren Magiera: yeah, good evening, two events were held today including a public hearing organized by the Bring Chicago Home coalition who’s fighting to end homelessness and another organized by a group of community leaders who showed their support for one of the candidates. >> at a church in Logan Square to Bring Chicago Home coalition came together with community members. Also in attendance, mayoral candidate Brandon working. let’s get it both mayoral in aldermanic candidates were invited to the event. The Bring Chicago Home coalition wants to create yearly dedicated revenue to provide affordable housing and services to people facing homelessness.

By DENNIS RODKIN, March 13, 2023

If he becomes Chicago’s next mayor, Brandon Johnson will reinvigorate the drive to have buyers of million-dollar-and-up properties pay higher transfer taxes to help combat homelessness in the city.

“When he gets into City Hall, this is a policy that Brandon will actively work to bring forward,” Bill Neidhardt, an adviser to Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson’s campaign, told Crain’s. “He believes in a mansion tax to help alleviate the housing

March 13, 2023

We are less than a month away from Chicago’s mayoral runoff election, both candidates spoke to voters yesterday. we have the latest. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that on April 4th we’re going to turn this city around and we’re going to face forward once and for all. Commissioner Brandon Johnson- I’m running because our city is in trouble and former CPC CEO Paul Vallas were back on the campaign trail Sunday, weeks ahead of April’s runoff which will determine Chicago’s new mayor.

By Nelly Carreno, March 13, 2023

Buenas noches les saluda jorge desantiago. gracias por acompañarnos en su noticiero telemundo chicago: edicion fin de semana. fin de semana ocupado para los contendientes a la alcald”a de chicago, ambos candidatos atendieron varios eventos con el fin de conquistar al electorado. jos! gonz lez nos habla al respecto.

By Nancy Harty, March 12, 2023

 Months after a City Council hearing on the Bring Chicago Home proposal failed to reach a quorum, advocates for the measure held their own “people’s hearing” Sunday afternoon.

By Nate Rodgers , March 12, 2023

Johnson joined supporters Sunday at Grace Church of Logan Square for a “Bring Chicago Home Peoples Hearing.” The group worked to address citywide homelessness.

Johnson’s latest endorsements include the SEIU Healthcare union, Illinois Nurses Association, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, Congressman Danny Davis and Senator Elizabeth Warren.

By Courtney Spinelli, Eli Ong, March 12, 2023

CHICAGO — A pair of rallies involving mayoral candidates Brandon Johnson and Paul Vallas took place across Chicago Sunday.

Community members from various organizations in the Bring Chicago Home Coalition held an event Sunday afternoon in Logan Square to talk about community-led solutions to address housing and people facing homelessness in the city.

By Alex V. Hernandez, March 7, 2023

Vasquez announced his support of Johnson — who is facing Paul Vallas, a former Chicago Public Schools CEO, in the April 4 runoff — in a series of tweets Monday.

The alderman told Block Club he believes Johnson’s support of progressive policies like the Treatment Not Trauma and Bring Chicago Home proposed ordinances would make him a key ally as progressive City Council members try to move their agenda forward.

By Joe Ward, Alex V. Hernandez, and Maxwell Evans, March 6, 2023

Progressives have a laundry list of goals they’d like to accomplish in the next City Council.

Those include the passage of the Bring Chicago Home ordinance, a homelessness prevention measure as well as the police reform bill known as “Treatment Not Trauma.” The revival of the city’s Department of Environment is also a priority, multiple returning alderpeople said.