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Revisiting Springfield, Ohio, Where Trump’s Claims About Migrants Eating Pets Are Still Felt
WSJ sat down with residents to discuss what the city stands to gain, or lose, if Haitians in the community are deported.
In Springfield, Johnson says ‘modest’ funding boost to city would help entire state
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s meeting with key powerbrokers at the statehouse comes as the city faces a projected budget shortfall ...
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Mayor Brandon Johnson will head to Springfield again, to demand Chicago ‘receives its just due’
Mayor Brandon Johnson will return to Springfield next week to ratchet up the pressure on his funding requests for Chicago, but under a local and national political landscape that has shifted ...
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Chicago mayor pitches ‘modest’ Springfield wish list
The mayor has since recruited new hires, but they are not without controversy: former Chicago Ald. John Arena, who lost reelection in 2019, and a Springfield alderwoman who was faulted for ...
4 children killed when car slams into after-school program in Chatham, Illinois, near Springfield
Four children died Monday and others were injured when a vehicle plowed into a building housing an after-school program in ...