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Mayor Lori Lightfoot delivers her budget address on Oct. 21, 2020, in Council Chambers at City Hall.

Lightfoot administration defends proposed Chicago property tax hike plan for 2021

October 26, 2020 at 2:41 p.m.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot's budget team began its City Council defense of her tax-heavy 2021 spending plan on Monday, telling skeptical aldermen a $94 million property tax hike is an appropriate...

Mayor Lori Lightfoot delivers her budget address Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020, in Council Chambers at City Hall.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot wants to start issuing speed camera tickets for cars going 6 mph over the limit

October 23, 2020 at 6:46 p.m.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot, who campaigned on a pledge to end Chicago's "addiction" to fines and fees, is counting on a big increase in city collections from speeding tickets and other...

Justin Reyes administers a COVID-19 test to Maria Suarez outside Heartland Health Centers in Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood on July 10, 2020.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot imposes 10 p.m. curfew on city bars, restaurants and nonessential businesses as coronavirus cases spike: ‘It’s like we’re back in the spring’

October 22, 2020 at 10:33 p.m.

Days after threatening to roll back restrictions on Chicago businesses if COVID-19 cases continue to spike, Mayor Lori Lightfoot followed through Thursday by imposing a 10 p.m. curfew on all...

Mayor Lori Lightfoot speaks before delivering her budget address Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020, in council chambers at City Hall.

Lightfoot finance officials defend proposed taxes and refinancing in Chicago mayor’s budget plan

October 22, 2020 at 5:06 p.m.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot's budget team on Thursday defended her decision to turn to "last resort" moves such as a property tax hike and scoop-and-toss refinancing to balance the 2021 budget,...

La comisionada del Departamento de Salud Pública de Chicago, la Dra.Allison Arwady, y la alcaldesa Lori Lightfoot, el lunes 19 de octubre de 2020.

Chicago impone toque de queda a comercios no esenciales ante récord de casos diarios de COVID-19

October 22, 2020 at 2:57 p.m.

Días después de amenazar con revertir las restricciones a los negocios de Chicago si los casos de COVID-19 seguían aumentando, la alcaldesa de Chicago, Lori Lightfoot, prosiguió el jueves a...

The Chicago City Hall building on Monday, Sept. 21, 2020.

City Hall lobbyist resigns from elected position in south suburban Flossmoor, following controversy over Chicago’s stricter lobbying rules and emails with Mayor Lori Lightfoot

October 22, 2020 at 12:28 p.m.

A Chicago lobbyist resigned his elected position in a south suburb this week, citing rules that took effect months ago prohibiting elected officials from lobbying Mayor Lori Lightfoot and other...

Mayor Lori Lightfoot's budget address is streamed live on Oct. 21, 2020, from Council Chambers at City Hall.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s budget includes recurring property tax increase, 3-cent gas tax hike and layoffs for city workers, as she seeks to close $1.2B deficit

October 21, 2020 at 7:25 p.m.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot laid out her case Wednesday for a $12.8 billion spending plan, casting the tax-hike-laden proposal as a road map into a post-pandemic future that gives Chicagoans from...

Mayor Lori Lightfoot provides an update on Chicago's response to COVID-19 at City Hall on Oct. 19, 2020.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot exchanged emails with lobbyist about O’Hare client as city ethics board declined to enforce lobbying ban, records show

October 21, 2020 at 10:04 a.m.

Months after a new law took effect banning elected public officials from lobbying Chicago City Hall, Mayor Lori Lightfoot exchanged emails with a lobbyist who would have been barred under...

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot threatens stricter coronavirus restrictions if city’s cases continue to rise: ‘Make no mistake: We are in the second surge’

October 19, 2020 at 7:19 p.m.

Citing a dramatic increase in the number of coronavirus cases since the start of October, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Monday threatened to reimpose stricter guidelines on businesses. The mayor...

Amid ‘second surge’ of pandemic, state and city officials warn of further restrictions in public places, urge residents to take precautions in private settings

October 19, 2020 at 9:06 p.m.

With coronavirus cases rapidly rising across Illinois and Chicago suffering what Mayor Lori Lightfoot called a "second surge" of the pandemic, officials on Monday cracked down on businesses in southern...

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