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A view looking northeast on Oct. 11, 2018, shows a collection of city-owned open lots along 63rd Street bordered by Ellis Avenue on the west and Woodlawn Avenue on the east. This area is near the future Obama Presidential Center and could be redeveloped.

City Council package aimed at preserving affordable housing near site of Obama Presidential Center advances

August 26, 2020 at 3:41 p.m.

A plan advanced Wednesday to try to help lower-income residents keep their homes in the Woodlawn neighborhood near the site of the proposed Obama Presidential Center by helping tenants to...

Mayor Lori Lightfoot talks to reporters at City Hall on Aug. 19, 2020.

Lightfoot proposal would ban single-night vacation rental bookings in Chicago

August 25, 2020 at 4:08 p.m.

Single-night rentals would be banned in Chicago through Airbnb and other online platforms in an effort backed by Mayor Lori Lightfoot to crack down on "party houses" as part of...

Bea Sullivan-Knoff, a transgender woman and performance artist, filed suit in federal court challenging Chicago's ordinance that prohibits only women, not men, from exposing their breasts in venues with liquor licenses.

City Council plan advances to allow women to bare more flesh in Chicago establishments

August 25, 2020 at 2:02 p.m.

Women would soon be allowed to bare more flesh in Chicago establishments that sell liquor, in a move aldermen advanced Tuesday to settle a federal lawsuit by a transgender woman....

Chicago Police Department recruits stand at attention as the police superintendent leaves after welcoming them to the CPD Education and Training Academy on July 6, 2020.

Proportion of Black cops in Chicago Police Department likely to go down, watchdog says

August 24, 2020 at 5:13 p.m.

The proportion of Black cops in the Chicago Police Department will likely go down as officers retire in coming years, the city's public safety watchdog told aldermen on Monday. During...

Mayor Lori Lighfoot takes off her face mask as she prepares to speak at a news conference at the University of Chicago's Harper Center on July 23, 2020.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot says city will educate Chicagoans about vaccines to prep them in case one to block COVID-19 is developed

August 13, 2020 at 4:45 p.m.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Thursday said she will launch an effort to educate Chicagoans about vaccines because she's worried residents will have reservations about getting one to prevent COVID-19 if...

Officers stand near crime scene tape after an argument erupted between police and residents at the scene of a police-involved shooting near the 5700 block of South Racine Avenue in the Englewood neighborhood on Aug. 9, 2020, in Chicago.

Englewood residents say downtown looting should not tarnish their neighborhood. ‘I don’t believe it’s fair.’

August 11, 2020 at 6:25 a.m.

Joyce Brown had just left the University of Chicago Medical Center, joyful her grandson would recover from being shot, when she heard about the looting downtown early Monday. "We saw...

Passersby look over damage at the Jonathan Adler store on Aug.10, 2020.

Police shooting of Englewood man reignites political debate and looting as Mag Mile trashed, 13 cops injured, 2 people shot

August 10, 2020 at 8:55 p.m.

Hundreds of people swept through the Magnificent Mile and other parts of downtown Chicago early Monday, smashing windows, looting stores and confronting police after officers shot a suspect in Englewood...

In this file photo, Mayor Lori Lightfoot speaks at a news conference on Aug. 5, 2020.

As Mayor Lori Lightfoot calls for unity, political fallout from latest round of Chicago unrest and continuing violence could linger

August 10, 2020 at 9:52 p.m.

Store owners were still sweeping up glass from sidewalks along the Magnificent Mile Monday morning after a night of looting that turned the nation's eyes to Chicago when Mayor Lori...

Kajal Dalal en la tienda de alimentos y licores de su familia, el lunes 10 de agosto de 2020, luego de que fuera destrozada en el centro de Chicago.

En Chicago no necesitamos tropas federales, punto: alcaldesa

August 10, 2020 at 2:56 p.m.

La alcaldesa Lori Lightfoot rechazó los pedidos para que la Guardia Nacional patrulle Chicago tras el saqueo nocturno en el centro al tiempo que se defendió el lunes, de las...

Mayor Lori Lightfoot leaves a news conference on Aug. 5, 2020, after announcing Chicago Public Schools will begin the school year with remote learning.

From hybrid model to remote learning: Inside Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s Chicago Public Schools’ fall pivot

August 7, 2020 at 4:32 p.m.

In the days and hours before she gave up on in-school learning at Chicago Public Schools this fall, Mayor Lori Lightfoot was getting squeezed from the outside and the inside....

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