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Mary Richardson-Lowry, a teacher’s daughter, served as Chicago building commissioner, then school board president under former Mayor Richard M. Daley. Now, she is Mayor Brandon Johnson’s choice for one of the most trusted and sensitive positions in city government.

Michael Drost, accused of stabbing a man during a confrontation over a lost dog, was convicted of murder, manslaughter and criminal trespass Tuesday.

Under conditions of an escalating social crisis, the longtime Democratic Party official, backed by the union apparatus and the Democratic Socialists of America, is being brought forward in an effort to contain and suppress the class struggle in the country’s third-largest city.

The former union organizer makes the leap from protest to politics.

Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson had just 41 days to put together his administration and lay the foundation to start delivering on his ambitious agenda — the shortest mayoral transition in Chicago history.

The reality is that you can’t get the big vision things done unless you nail the execution of the small operational details.

“Being a progressive is not just about saying things. It’s about doing things. That’s always been essential to [Johnson’s] understanding of how you govern,” said senior adviser Jason Lee.

Chicago Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson named John Roberson as his pick for chief operating officer of the city of Chicago.

Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson announced Chicago's new Chief Operating Officer (COO) Monday.

Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson continues to round out his administration with Roberson, whose work with the city dates back to the Richard M. Daley administration.