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Lori Lightfoot, then a member of the Police Accountability Task Force, listens to Chicago Inspector General Joseph Ferguson in 2016.

Chicago inspector general interviewed Mayor Lori Lightfoot in former police Superintendent Eddie Johnson investigation, her office confirms

September 8, 2020 at 1:00 a.m.

Chicago Inspector General Joseph Ferguson's office interviewed Mayor Lori Lightfoot as part of his investigation into the incident where then-police Superintendent Eddie Johnson was found asleep at the wheel, but...

A man walks past the empty square at the Louvre Pyramid in Paris on March 17, 2020, while a strict lockdown comes into in effect in France to stop the spread of COVID-19.

Facing $2 billion budget shortfall, Lightfoot says she has to work better with others. ‘Hallelujah,’ says one alderman.

September 4, 2020 at 4:24 p.m.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot embroidered her doom-and-gloom forecast for Chicago's COVID-era finances last week with a promise to turn over a new leaf as the city's leader, acknowledging she needs "to...

In this file photo, Frankie Paulino of Chicago uses his vaping device at Dearborn and Jackson in Chicago on Sept. 16, 2019.

Chicago aldermen advance ban on sale of flavored vaping products in city; plan moves to full City Council

September 4, 2020 at 1:10 p.m.

Aldermen advanced a watered-down plan to restrict flavored nicotine products in Chicago that would outlaw selling flavored vaping products favored by teens but not curtail the sale of flavored tobacco...

Chicago police investigate the scene of the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Paul O'Neal by an officer in 2016 in the South Shore neighborhood.

City Council panel approves $2.25 million to family of Black teen fatally shot by Chicago police

September 3, 2020 at 6:38 p.m.

The City Council Finance Committee on Thursday approved a $2.25 million payment to the mother of Paul O'Neal Jr., an unarmed Black teen who was fatally shot in the back...

Planes take off at Chicago O'Hare International Airport on July 6, 2020, in Chicago.

Chicago aldermen stall O’Hare cargo expansion project over lack of diversity

September 3, 2020 at 5:56 p.m.

Aldermen complaining Thursday about low minority participation numbers in an O'Hare International Airport cargo expansion project stalled for the time being a plan to issue $55.6 million in bonds to...

Mayor Lori Lightfoot gives her budget address at the Cultural Center in Chicago on Aug. 31, 2020.

Affordable housing loan program aims to boost Chicago’s South and West sides

September 3, 2020 at 1:00 a.m.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot is set to join an affordable housing lender on Thursday to announce a big loan program designed to improve the city's stock of inexpensive apartments. The Community...

Ald. Chris Taliaferro, 29th, speaks at a news conference at City Hall in Chicago on July 24, 2019.

Aldermen debate Chicago state of emergency, asking Pritzker for National Guard help

September 2, 2020 at 7:03 p.m.

Aldermen on Wednesday took up the politically charged idea of asking Gov. J.B. Pritzker to call in the National Guard to patrol violence-plagued Chicago streets. The Public Safety Committee did...

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot talks about a $1.2 billion budget shortfall for 2021 at the Chicago Cultural Center on Aug. 31, 2020.

Citing ‘catastrophic collapse’ of economy, Mayor Lori Lightfoot says Chicago faces $1.2 billion shortfall in 2021 ‘pandemic budget’

September 1, 2020 at 12:34 p.m.

Citing the "catastrophic collapse of our local and national economy" because of COVID-19 and damage to local businesses from civil unrest, Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Monday laid out a $1.2...

The former U.S. Steel South Works property is a possible site for a casino in Chicago.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot puts out request to gambling operators for possible Chicago casino

August 27, 2020 at 4:19 p.m.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Thursday took the next step in the push for a Chicago casino, putting out a request for gambling operators and real estate developers to submit plans...

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

Cook County medical examiner has ruled on 10,000 deaths already this year

August 26, 2020 at 3:05 p.m.

The Cook County medical examiner already has ruled on 10,000 deaths for the year, nearly 4,000 more than in all of 2019, with about half of this year's cases involving...

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