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Cook County to invest in violence prevention programs in Austin, Chicago’s West Side

By Francia Garcia Hernandez | September 6, 2022

Through violence prevention and reduction grants, West Side nonprofits will receive millions of dollars over the next three years. Grant recipients include BUILD Chicago, New Moms and Manufacturing Renaissance.

housing

Cook County Board passes ‘just housing’ amendment

By AustinTalks | April 30, 2019

The measure, which will take effect in November, will ensure that housing providers don’t consider certain aspects of someone’s criminal record — such as arrests, juvenile records, and sealed and expunged records — when making housing determinations. Commissioner Brandon Johnson, an Austin resident who was elected to the board last year, was the chief sponsor of the amendment.

Cook County Board of Commissioners

Commissioner Brandon Johnson sworn in Monday

By AustinTalks | December 3, 2018

The newly elected commissioner and the rest of the Cook County Board is being sworn in Dec. 3 for four-year terms.

Opinion

Commissioner Boykin bids farewell

By AustinTalks | November 26, 2018

Brandon Johnson will begin representing the 1st District on the Cook County Board of Commissioners Dec. 3.

Election 2018

Race to be next Cook County commissioner still in flux

By Analisa Trofimuk | March 23, 2018

With votes from all but a few precincts counted, challenger Brandon Johnson is declaring victory over first-term incumbent Richard Boykin. But Boykin is not conceding defeat.

Brandon Johnson

Voting Tuesday? Here’s what you need to know about Cook County’s 1st District race

By Matthew Hendickson | March 20, 2018

The board candidates – incumbent Richard Boykin and challenger Brandon Johnson – and their supporters have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on the primary contest.

News

1st District candidates spar over jobs, gun violence at Austin debate

By Matthew Hendickson | February 6, 2018

Cook County Commissioner Richard Boykin and challenger Brandon Johnson squared off at a raucous candidates forum Saturday. Both men appear on the Democrat primary ballot; early voting begins later this month for the March 20 election.

2018 Election

Cook County’s 1st District race pits CTU organizer against businesses-minded incumbent

By Matthew Hendickson | February 2, 2018

Voters will have a choice in the March 20 primary between first-term Commissioner Richard Boykin and CTU organizer Brandon Johnson. The two are expected to appear at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 3 at Chicago West Side NAACP’s candidates forum, to be held at Sankofa, 5828 W. Chicago. Ave.

election

CTU organizer running for Cook County Board in 2018 primary

By Xueer Zhang | November 28, 2017

Austin resident Brandon Johnson filed his nomination petition Monday to run against first-term Cook County Commissioner Richard Bokyin for the 1st District seat. Boykin also filed his petition on the first day candidates for the March 20 primary were able to do so.

Commissioner Richard Boykin

Cook County commissioners approve measure seeking federal money to curb violence

By Terry Dean | February 10, 2017

The proposal targeting Chicago’s West and South sides was changed to cover all of the city’s communities, which Commissioner Richard Boykin and others said was a mistake.

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