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Kanye West performs at the United Center in Chicago on Oct. 7, 2016.

Kanye West listening party at Chicago’s Soldier Field will have no vaccine or COVID-19 test requirement but lower capacity

August 24, 2021 at 6:13 p.m.

Kanye West's listening party Thursday at Chicago's Soldier Field for his upcoming album will admit up to 38,000 fans, with no requirement that they test negative for COVID-19 or prove...

Ald. Carrie Austin, 34th, at a City Council meeting at Chicago City Hall in July.

Indicted Chicago Ald. Carrie Austin steps down as committee chair, she says at Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s request

August 25, 2021 at 1:28 p.m.

Indicted Ald. Carrie Austin has resigned from chairing a City Council committee, a day after Mayor Lori Lightfoot said it's impossible for her to perform her duties to her ward...

Jesse Sharkey, president of the Chicago Teachers Union, provides an update on school reopening negotiations outside Benito Juarez Community Academy in Pilsen last week.

CPS schools are safe to reopen next week, mayor insists, despite lack of teachers union deal: ‘We have a mountain of evidence of that fact’

August 23, 2021 at 5:17 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union have hammered out about 25% of a COVID-19 safety agreement with just a week to go until students return to classrooms for...

Englewood resident Fannie Peeples gets a Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine from Friend Health nurse Syreetta Stinson at the Peace House of I Grow Chicago, March 26, 2021. I Grow Chicago teamed with Friend Health to provide 150 vaccines, coffee and doughnuts at the event.

COVID-19 vaccines to be required for Chicago city workers, Mayor Lightfoot says; will follow mandates for Cook County and some state employees

August 23, 2021 at 5:18 p.m.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot will soon announce a vaccine mandate for city employees, she said Monday, though her administration is still trying to hammer out the details with unions that represent...

A speed camera can be seen on East Morgan Drive in Washington Park on Aug. 2. This camera caught the most speeders in the first two months after Mayor Lori Lightfoot started ticketing motorists driving as little as 6 mph over the speed limit.

Another new speed camera is set to start ticketing drivers in Chicago this weekend after citation minimum lowered to 6 mph over the limit

August 20, 2021 at 4:46 p.m.

A new speed camera will start citing drivers going as little as 6 mph over the limit this weekend near a South Side park, the latest addition to the city's...

A lifeguard tower sits empty during a windy day at Leone Beach Park in Chicago on Aug. 1.

Chicago Park District watchdog says his suspension is attempt to thwart probe of lifeguard sex abuse

August 19, 2021 at 5:11 p.m.

A Chicago Park District watchdog said he's been suspended while investigating allegations of sexual abuse by district lifeguards and thinks he's being punished for trying to expose officials' attempts to...

The speed camera at 4831 W. Lawrence Ave. caught the second most speeders in the first two months after Mayor Lori Lightfoot started ticketing motorists driving as little as 6 mph over the speed limit.

Chicago speed cameras now ticket drivers going 6 mph over. The new rules resulted in about 300,000 citations and $11 million in fines in the first 2 months.

August 13, 2021 at 11:30 a.m.

Across the street from a car wash, next to a fenced-off former lumber yard stands one of Chicago's most prolific park safety speed cameras. And two blocks west on Lawrence...

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot after her news conference at UCAN on Fillmore Street and Central Park Avenue in Chicago on Aug. 5, 2021.

Lightfoot announces new neighborhood violence response strategy modeled after coronavirus efforts

August 5, 2021 at 5:49 p.m.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Thursday announced a plan to use collaborative approaches learned during the COVID-19 pandemic to tackle Chicago's violence problem at the neighborhood level. Lightfoot appeared in the...

Festivalgoers pack a Red Line subway train at the Harrison station after the second day of Lollapalooza on July 30, 2021.

As Lollapalooza begins, Cook County added to indoor masking advisory for ‘substantial’ COVID-19 spread; Illinois mandates masks in all state buildings

July 30, 2021 at 9:25 a.m.

Hours after Lollapalooza got underway Thursday, Cook County was added to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's list of areas experiencing "substantial" COVID-19 transmission. Citing that development, Illinois Gov....

Lightfoot, fire commissioner slam decision to allow Chicago firefighter charged with sexual assault to return to work duties

July 28, 2021 at 6:55 p.m.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Wednesday blasted the Chicago Fire Department for its handling of a firefighter who was recently charged with sexual assault and allowed to return to work. A...

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