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☆ Brandon Johnson Defeats Paul Vallas to Become Chicago Mayor
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-04 | by ( Joe Barrett | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

CHICAGO—Brandon Johnson, a Cook County Board commissioner with strong backing from the Chicago Teachers Union, pulled an upset victory over former schools chief Paul Vallas to become mayor of the nation’s third-largest city after a contentious race focused on public safety. Mr. Vallas had been ahead in recent polls and came in first in the initial round of voting in February. Mr. Johnson had come in second, squeezing out Mayor Lori Lightfoot , who came in third and didn’t make the runoff.

☆ Chicago Teachers Fight a Union Political Ploy
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-04 | by ( The Editorial Board | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) is all-in for mayoral candidate Brandon Johnson , and it wants every member to finance the bet. Yet plenty of teachers didn’t sign up for this cause, and they’re fighting union leaders for their right to stay out of it. Several CTU members filed a complaint Thursday with the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board, accusing their bosses of spending dues money on political campaigns. CTU’s bylaws forbid mixing dues and political money, and new members can opt into a separate payment if they want to contribute to the political fund.

☆ Chicago mayoral election live results: Brandon Johnson and Paul Vallas face off in runoff election
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-04 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Brandon Johnson and Paul Vallas are facing off in the Chicago mayoral runoff election. The winning candidate will succeed Mayor Lori Lightfoot, who was the third-place finisher in the initial Feb. 28 mayoral election behind Vallas and Johnson, respectively, missing her chance to compete in the runoff. Garcia came in fourth place in the February mayoral election; in 2015, he was also a mayoral candidate, forcing then-Mayor Rahm Emanuel into a runoff election, which he eventually lost. According to the Illinois State Board of Elections, Vallas raised $6.4 million in the lead-up to the initial February mayoral election and has raked in at least $10.9 million since March 1. Johnson raised nearly $4 million before the February election and has taken in at least $5.8 million since March 1.

☆ Chicago Mayor Runoff Election Results
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-04 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

In the race to lead America’s third-largest city, Paul Vallas, a former public schools executive, is facing Brandon Johnson, a county commissioner and union organizer. The candidates come from opposite ideological ends of the Democratic Party, with Mr. Vallas calling for a crackdown on crime and Mr. Johnson seeking expanded social programs and new taxes. The incumbent, Mayor Lori Lightfoot, did not qualify for the runoff. Full results from the general election ›

☆ Chicago to elect new mayor as crime emerges as key issue
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-04 | by ( Brendan O'Brien | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

CHICAGO, April 4 (Reuters) - Crime is the central issue in Tuesday's mayoral runoff in Chicago, where voters are choosing between two candidates with contrasting approaches to public safety. Former Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas calls for more cops; Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson calls for more mental health support and opportunities for young people. Johnson, a former Chicago teacher and union organizer, says he will promote 200 new detectives from the existing pool of police officers. A poll last week by Emerson College Polling, WGN-TV and The Hill showed Vallas leading Johnson by 5 points, with 13% undecided. Reporting by Brendan O'Brien in Chicago; Editing by Donna Bryson and Matthew LewisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Chicago May Elect a Sensible Mayor
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-29 | by ( Jason L. Riley | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Democratic mayors have run Chicago exclusively since 1931. That streak will continue no matter who wins the runoff election on April 4 because the candidates, Paul Vallas and Brandon Johnson , are both Democrats. Mr. Vallas is a white moderate backed by the police union. Mr. Johnson is a black progressive backed by the teachers union. Mr. Johnson opposes the creation of additional charter schools and has called for cutting the police budget.

[1/6] Migrants, transferred from Plattsburgh, New York to El Paso, Texas, disembark from a plane at the airport, in El Paso, Texas, U.S. March 21, 2023. U.S. Border Patrol has quietly transported about 100 migrants this month on two charter flights from Plattsburgh, New York, near the border with Canada, to the Texas cities of Harlingen and El Paso. At the same time, asylum seekers have been crossing from the United States into Canada in record numbers, straining resources. Gil Kerlikowske, a former commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Border Patrol's parent agency, said he could not recall the agency using charter flights for migrants caught crossing from Canada. "That's what caused more and more people to go to the northern border to cross into the United States," he said.

☆ The Chicago Teachers Union Power Play
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-21 | by ( The Editorial Board | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Whatever happens in the Chicago mayoral election, voters can never unsee what they’ve witnessed from the Chicago Teachers Union, as it throws its feverish support to progressive candidate Brandon Johnson . The union’s falling approval ratings may be a leading indicator that Chicago voters understand the power grab at stake on April 4. In two recent polls by IZQ Strategies, respondents were asked their view of the CTU, the longtime power in city politics. In January 57% of likely voters said they had a favorable view of the union. By February that number had sunk to less than half, while unfavorables rose.

CHICAGO — Former Rep. Bobby Rush, a longtime African American leader in Illinois, plans to throw his support behind Paul Vallas in the mayor’s race, providing Vallas a potential boost among Black voters heading into next month’s election. The endorsement announcement, first shared with NBC News by Vallas’ campaign, is expected Tuesday morning. Rush plans to offer his backing at an event on the city’s South Side that will include an anti-violence march, according to a spokeswoman for the Vallas campaign. Chicago mayoral candidate Paul Vallas speaks during a press conference at his campaign headquarters on Feb. 3, 2023 in Chicago. Al Sharpton, who’s a host on MSNBC, is set to hold a large get-out-the-vote rally at a church whose pastor has backed Johnson.

☆ Chicago Mayoral Candidates Vie for Key Hispanic Voters in Runoff
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-19 | by ( Joe Barrett | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Chicago mayoral candidates Paul Vallas, left, and Brandon Johnson this month aimed to make clear with voters what sets them apart. CHICAGO—The two candidates competing to become mayor of the nation’s third-largest city are courting Hispanic voters, who make up roughly 30% of the population and could decide next month’s election. Paul Vallas , a former schools chief and moderate Democrat, has strong backing among white voters, while Brandon Johnson, a progressive Cook County commissioner, is working to solidify his support among Black voters. The crucial question is which candidate can expand his base to win the April 4 runoff.

Trump has said he would stay in the race if he is indicted. Trump, meanwhile, is making a forward-looking pitch to voters, NBC News’ Allan Smith and Jonathan Allen report. And the Washington Post reports Friday that prosecutors investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot have obtained a report commissioned by Trump’s campaign that undercut his falsehoods about the election. Santos mulls re-election: New York GOP Rep. George Santos told the Associated Press he is a “maybe” on running for re-election. Sparks fly in the Windy city: Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., endorsed Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson in Chicago’s mayoral race on Thursday.

☆ Trump's lawyers keep getting in trouble with judges. Here are the 17 sanctioned so far.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-14 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

Lawyers representing Trump keep getting sanctioned by courts. Many of Trump's lawyers, even if they are not sanctioned, end up needing lawyers of their own to ward off the worst consequences. Insider identified 17 lawyers who have been personally sanctioned because of their work for Trump. The least successful, however, was a sprawling lawsuit Trump filed against Hillary Clinton, the Democratic National Committee, and several other figures linked to Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign. He was part of Trump's "Elite Strike Force" of lawyers trying to convince judges to cancel votes and have Trump declared the victor.

☆ Why Lori Lightfoot Became the First Chicago Mayor to Lose in 40 Years
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-01 | by ( Joe Barrett | Ben Kesling | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

CHICAGO— Lori Lightfoot , weighed down by fights with the powerful teachers and police unions and a pandemic surge in crime, couldn’t make a runoff election in the city where she won all 50 wards four years ago to become mayor. Ms. Lightfoot came in third in Tuesday’s election. Former public-schools chief Paul Vallas and Cook County Board member Brandon Johnson were the top two vote-getters and will face off in the April 4 runoff. U.S. Rep. Jesús “Chuy” Garcia came in fourth in the field of nine.

☆ Why Lori Lightfoot Is the First Chicago Mayor to Lose Re-Election in 40 Years
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-01 | by ( Joe Barrett | Ben Kesling | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

☆ Chicago Mayoral Election Pits Paul Vallas Against Brandon Johnson
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-01 | by ( Ben Kesling | Joe Barrett | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Chicago mayoral candidate Paul Vallas says public safety is a civil right. CHICAGO—Voters awoke Wednesday to a choice in the coming mayoral runoff between a moderate Democrat who promises to be tough on crime and a progressive who pledges to tackle inequity in the city. Paul Vallas , who once worked for Mayor Richard M. Daley and is supported by the police union, and Brandon Johnson , a former teachers-union organizer, were the top vote-getters in a nine-person field Tuesday, knocking incumbent Lori Lightfoot out of the April 4 runoff.

☆ Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Fails in Re-Election Bid
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-28 | by ( Ben Kesling | Joe Barrett | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot speaking at a rally on Tuesday. CHICAGO—Mayor Lori Lightfoot lost her re-election bid by failing to garner enough votes to make a runoff election, a stunning fall for a candidate who had won all 50 of the city’s wards four years ago but had sparred with a powerful teachers union and been under fire for her response to rising crime. The Associated Press declared Tuesday night that Paul Vallas , a more moderate Democrat who had won the support of the city’s police union, and Brandon Johnson , a liberal teachers union organizer, secured the two spots in April’s runoff election.

☆ Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Fails in Re-Election Bid Tuesday
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-28 | by ( Ben Kesling | Joe Barrett | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

CHICAGO—Mayor Lori Lightfoot lost her re-election bid by failing to garner enough votes to make a runoff election, a stunning fall for a candidate who had won all 50 of the city’s wards four years ago but had sparred with a powerful teacher’s union and been under fire for her response to rising crime. The Associated Press declared Tuesday night that Paul Vallas , a more moderate Democrat who had won the support of the city’s police union, and Brandon Johnson , a liberal teacher’s union organizer, secured the two spots in April’s runoff election.

☆ Crime tops Chicago voters' concerns in mayoral election
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-28 | by ( Joseph Ax | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/2] Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot speaks to children after a press event ahead of expected Thanksgiving travel at O'Hare airport in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., November 21, 2022. The Chicago race is technically nonpartisan, but every candidate identifies as a Democrat in the heavily left-leaning city. There were more than 800 murders in Chicago in 2021, the most in a quarter-century. Garcia, considered a liberal member of Congress, has said he would increase the number of officers on patrol and fund more community-based anti-violence programs. Reporting by Joseph Ax Editing by Colleen Jenkins and Josie KaoOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Inside homebuilding heir Bill Pulte's battle against a Twitter troll who turned out to be an executive at his former company
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-27 | by ( Alex Nicoll | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Bill Pulte, the grandson of one of the homebuilding industry's most successful founders, has built a Twitter following of 3.2 million. He's such a believer in Twitter that the Pulte family office participated in Tesla CEO Elon Musk's bid for control, with an investment he says in the "millions of dollars." Pulte alleges that Jones used Twitter bots to harass him and the larger Pulte family with damaging, incendiary accusations, including that his father, Mark Pulte, was an arsonist. Additionally, he said Sheldon's account appeared to have interacted with at least one of Jones' Twitter accounts. With his suspicion that multiple executives were involved in the Twitter harassment, Pulte's digging in his heels.

☆ Trump's lawyers keep getting slammed for filing conspiratorial lawsuits. Here are the 16 sanctioned so far.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-27 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

Lawyers representing Trump keep getting sanctioned by courts. Sixteen different lawyers have been sanctioned over failed lawsuits brought on the former president's behalf. Many of Trump's lawyers, even if they are not sanctioned, end up needing lawyers of their own to ward off the worst consequences. Still, as many 16 lawyers have been personally sanctioned because of their work for Trump, and Insider has compiled a list. The least successful, however, was a sprawling lawsuit Trump filed against Hillary Clinton, the Democratic National Committee, and several other figures linked to Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign.

☆ New Orleans police employee fatally stabbed while driving for Uber; video of attack posted to Facebook, officials say
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-10 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Mirna-Alsharif-Byline-Jm.Jpg | Mirna Alsharif | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

Police in New Orleans arrested a man who allegedly killed his Uber driver at the end of a ride, filmed the aftermath and posted it to Facebook, according to officials. She was a budget admin in their fiscal department for the past 10 years, according to NBC affiliate WDSU. The sheriff's office apprehended Jacobs at the hotel within hours of the incident and charged him with second degree murder, according to a news release. "Our investigation has shown that the victim was an Uber driver providing a ride to Jacobs from a location in New Orleans to the hotel," the sheriff's office said in a statement. "When the ride ended, Jacobs stabbed her repeatedly before leaving the vehicle."

☆ A US plan to drop bombs from cargo planes hit another milestone, but the Air Force is still figuring out how it would use it in a war
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-30 | by ( Christopher Woody | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

US Air Force special operators launched a cruise missile from a cargo plane over Norway this month. The Air Force wants to have more planes that can launch long-range strikes, but there are logistical hurdles. US Air Force personnel load a Rapid Dragon deployment system on an MC-130J before a test in November 2021. Air Force Research Laboratory"The beauty of that capability is it doesn't require any aircraft modifications. We are intentionally trying to be provocative without being escalatory," said Melnicoff, Special Operations Command Europe's lead officer for Operation Atreus.

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