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>>> PARIS, CHICAGO'S MAYOR ELECT ONLY HAS SIX MONTHS BETWEEN BEING SWORN INTO OFFICE IN THE END OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE SESSION.

SO HE IS GETTING AN EARLY START.

WE TRACKED BRANDON JOHNSON'S VISIT TO THE ILLINOIS CAPITAL TODAY.

>> Reporter: BRANDIS, HE MET PRIVATELY WITH THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE AND PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE.

HE WILL NEED THEM ON BOARD TO ADVANCE HIS AGENDA.

BUT HE WILL ALSO NEED MAJORITY OF LAWMAKERS TO BACK PRESENT BILLS.

HE MADE AN INTRODUCTORY APPEAL BEFORE A JOINT SESSION OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE TODAY.

IN HIS SPEECH, JOHNSON URGED COLLABORATION AND WENT OUT OF HIS WAY TO EXTEND A BRANCH TO LAWMAKERS FROM OUTSIDE THE CITY, SAYING THAT THE NARRATIVE OF STATE BUDGET AND STATE POLITICS ARE A ZERO-SUM GAME.

>> IF WE ARE TAKING SOMETHING AWAY FROM CHICAGO, WELL, WE ARE TAKING SOMETHING AWAY FROM PEORIA.

THEY TELL US THE CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO AND FAMILIES LIKE MINE ON THE WEST SIDE OF CHICAGO ARE DISTINCT CHALLENGES FARED BY FAMILIES FROM ROCKFORD AND EAST ST. LOUIS AND CHAMPAIGN.

>> WELL A LOT OF HIS REMARKS SOUNDED LIKE THEY CAME FROM A CAMPAIGN STUMP SPEECH, HE ALSO LAID OUT SPECIFIC ASKS FROM THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, LIKE DECIDING HOW MUCH EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT GETS IN A MATTER THAT WILL GIVE MORE TO CPS.

>> A REVISED SCHOOL FUNDING FORMULA WILL NOT ONLY HELP EVERY COMMUNITY ACROSS THE STATE, BUT WILL ALSO HELP TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS A NURSE AND A SOCIAL WORKER IN EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL IN CHICAGO!

>> Reporter: HE ALSO SAYS THAT ILLINOIS SHOULD SEND ALL MUNICIPALITIES A GREATER SHARE OF THE STATE INCOME TAX.

>> BY INCREASING FUNDING, THIS BODY CAN HELP TO PROVIDE CHICAGO AND CITIES AND TOWNS ACROSS THE STATE WITH THE RESOURCES THAT ARE NEEDED TO BUILD FROM THE GROUND UP.

WHEN WE BUILD A BETTER, STRONGER, SAFER CHICAGO, WE ARE BUILDING A BETTER, STRONGER, SAFER ILLINOIS!

>> AMANDA, WHAT ARE THE CHANCES OF THAT HAPPENING?

>> Reporter: IT IS HARD TO SAY, BUT THE GOVERNOR PROPOSAL DID NOT CALL FOR AN INCREASE IN MONEY GOING TO MUNICIPALITIES.

THE EDUCATION FUNDING FORMULA THAT ILLINOIS USES IS STILL FAIRLY FRESH AND TOOK YEARS TO DEVISE.

SO A TOTAL OVERHAUL OF THIS IS UNLIKELY.

THOUGH CHICAGO AND OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS WILL LIKELY GET MORE MONEY NEXT YEAR.

DEMOCRATS, THEY HAD LIKED WHAT THEY HEARD .

BUT LESS SO REPUBLICANS.

>> IT WAS PURE POLITICAL THEATER.

IT IS A COMPLETE DISASSOCIATION FROM THE REALITY THAT WE LIVE IN HERE IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS AND THEY LIVE IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

>> Reporter: AND HIS REMARKS JOHNSON PRIORITIZED PUBLIC SAFETY, BUT GOP LAWMAKERS SAY THAT LAST WEEK'S DOWNTOWN LAWLESSNESS WAS AN EMBARRASSMENT AND ACCUSED JOHNSON OF MOLLY CODDLING CRIMINALS.

>> REFUSING TO CONDEMN IN THE STRONGEST TERMS POSSIBLE WHAT HAPPENED?

TERRORIZING TOURISTS IS NOT AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY FOR THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

>> Reporter: JOHNSON PREVIOUSLY SAID THAT IT IS NOT CONSTRUCTIVE TO DEMONIZE YOUTH.

HE SAID YOUNG PEOPLE MAKE BAD CHOICES, WHICH IS PART OF BEING YOUNG.

BUT HE ALSO SAYS THAT HE CONDEMNS WHAT HAPPENED.

IT IS BY THE WAY, NOTABLE, BRANDIS, THAT GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY BEFORE STATE LAWMAKERS, HE DID NOT MAKE APPEALS FOR OTHER MEASURES THAT ARE GOING TO REQUIRE COLLABORATION FROM