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Brandon Johnson: “In this budget, one of the things that, you know, I said…”

Featuring: Brandon Johnson, Democratic | Mayor of Chicago | Illinois

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Mayor Johnson talks about the immigration crackdown, city budget, public safety, and more

Published | Video Starts at 34:54

Those states and cities. And I'm wondering if you are interested in that and if that's on your agenda. Well, thank you for that question. In this budget, one of the things that, you know, I said when I was running and what we were actually able to deliver in this budget is that we have to take better care of those who are taking care of our children. And so we there's an additional $7 million to essentially provide raises for childcare workers. One of the reasons why I believe our child care system has been unstable is because we just haven't taken care of the workforce. (34:54–35:05)

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Asserts that the budget includes measures to better support childcare providers.

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