Chicago City Hall
Coverage of Chicago City Hall in the Nexus archive.
- The mystery behind Chicago City Hall's missing painting
A painting that hung in an aide’s office during the Lori Lightfoot administration disappeared in 2023. Chicago Sun-Times reporter Robert Herguth discusses the mystery on Good Day Chicago.
- Mayor Johnson's campaign fund to return donation from IT consultant hammered by City Hall's inspector general
Mayor Brandon Johnson's campaign is returning a $250 donation from Robert Blackwell Jr., whose IT consulting company EKI-Digital has been criticized in an inspector general's report for potential overbilling and incomplete government work. The report also highlights that Blackwell hired Paul Goodrich’s son for an internship while Goodrich was Chicago’s chief operating officer.
- Two top Mayor Brandon Johnson aides had ties to tech consultant at center of hiring, contracting scandal
Two top aides to Mayor Brandon Johnson had ties to EKI-Digital, a tech consulting firm central to a hiring and contracting scandal. John Roberson, Johnson’s former chief operating officer, managed EKI’s public sector operations, while current City Hall comptroller Michael Belsky worked for EKI during the firm’s controversial dealings with former Lightfoot administration official Paul W. Goodrich.