Mayor Brandon Johnson fires health Commissioner Allison Arwady day after health board asks him to keep her in her post – Chicago Tribune*

Prior to his election, Johnson was a Chicago Teachers Union organizer, and the CTU had serious clashes with Lightfoot and Arwady over the reopening of schools during the pandemic. The union forced several delays in the resumption of in-person classes and twice refused the city’s directives to return to classrooms. Now, large pieces of Johnson’s progressive agenda — like reopening the mental health clinics — will run through the public health department.