Chicago mayor accused of conflict of interest after refusing to resign from education role

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has been accused of a conflict of interest for refusing to resign from a role that gives him a personal interest in the Chicago Teachers Union, reported the Chicago Tribune.

Ben Felton, the hiring chief for Chicago Public Schools, "wrote a memo less than two months after the mayor’s May 2023 inauguration documenting conversations Felton had with Johnson’s deputy mayor for education, Jen Johnson, about their leaves from the Chicago Teachers Union. Union members...