Chicago's New Left-Wing Mayor Faces Criticism and Calls for Change on Day One.

Chicago's largest newspaper, the Chicago Tribune, criticized the city's newly sworn-in left-wing mayor, Brandon Johnson, for signing "radical" executive orders that prioritize unions over the fiscal stability of the city. The Tribune specifically called out Johnson's executive order creating a new deputy mayor for labor relations, which they deemed a "disaster" for taxpayers. The newspaper urged Johnson to prioritize the needs of Chicagoans over his union supporters and to rewrite the job description for the new deputy mayor to reflect the dual responsibilities of the job. Johnson has also created new deputy mayor positions for community safety and for immigrant, migrant, and refugee rights.