Chicagos mayor still matters in Springfield but not like it used to

Chicagos mayor still matters in Springfield    but not like it used to
SPRINGFIELD — The winds of change gusted through the Windy City on Tuesday night with Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson’s election as the next mayor of Chicago. Johnson, a progressive firebrand who ran with the strong backing of public sector unions, defeated former Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas, a right-leaning centrist supported by the business community and trade unions. The victory is perhaps the largest sea change for the nation’s third-largest city since the election of Harold Washington as the city’s first Black mayor in 1983. But how Johnson’s victory will impact the larger ecosystem that is Illinois government…

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