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    Mayor Brandon Johnson holds a news conference after unveiling six new Board of Education appointments at Sweet Holy Spirit Church on Oct. 7, 2024. [Livestream]

    Mayor Brandon Johnson made an impassioned defense of his executive authority at a combative news conference Monday morning after he unveiled six new school board nominees just three days after the entire seven-member Chicago Board of Education announced it would resign.

    Despite a statement on Friday that said seven new board appointments would be announced on Monday, the mayor traveled to Sweet Holy Spirit Church on the South Side and announced he had nominated six people to the board.

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