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As Mayor Brandon Johnson continues to get rid of Lightfoot administration appointees at City Hall, he’s selected as interim head of the Chicago’s Department of Buildings a city official who was found negligent for her role in the botched 2020 implosion of a massive smokestack in Little Village that caused dust and debris to cover much of the neighborhood. Johnson promoted Marlene Hopkins, who ...

Marlene Hopkins oversaw the 2020 Crawford plant demolition that coated the community in dust. She's now acting commissioner of the city's buildings department.

Cultural Affairs and Special Events Commissioner Erin Harkey was appointed by former Mayor Lori Lightfoot in 2021 when the pandemic had shut down theater, live-music and Chicago’s myriad festivals and special events. She slowly brought those events back to life with the annual Blues Fest returning last summer. Matthew Beaudet was the city's building commissioner since 2020.

The immediate fate of the long-abandoned Damen grain silos will remain up in the air as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reviews plans to demolish the century-old concrete structures in Chicago’s Lower West Side neighborhood. Mayor Brandon Johnson’s office on Tuesday said the city will defer its decision on pending applications to demolish the silos until federal review is complete. Local ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s bold plan for Chicago to pour roughly $100 million more a year into programs for homeless services relies on an often-overlooked tax that only buyers of real estate have to pay and has generated inconsistent proceeds for decades. As members of Chicago’s City Council soon begin examining the nuts and bolts of the Bring Chicago Home proposal with an eye toward deciding ...