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Mayor Lori Lightfoot answers questions at Chicago City Hall on June 15, 2020.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot says final decision for Chicago Public Schools opening might not come until late August

July 14, 2020 at 5:37 p.m.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Tuesday said it's too soon to decide whether to reopen Chicago public schools this fall in spite of the coronavirus, but promised the school district will...

Housing activists protest on East 53rd Street in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood on May 1, 2020, calling for a "rent strike" against large apartment rental companies.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s tenant notice measure advances

July 14, 2020 at 2:51 p.m.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot's proposal to require landlords in many cases to give tenants more notice before not renewing leases or raising rents moved forward Tuesday, though both renters' groups and...

Ian Happ toe taps to celebrate his three-run home run at summer camp on July 15, 2020.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot to get OK for Cubs weekend night home games at Wrigley Field

July 14, 2020 at 3:20 p.m.

The Cubs will play a handful of rare Friday and Saturday night home games this season, which isn't expected to cause the usual hand-wringing and political fights because the COVID-19...

In this file photo, Chicago Ald. Carrie Austin speaks during the City Council meeting at City Hall on Nov. 26, 2019.

Veteran Chicago alderman announces she has coronavirus

July 13, 2020 at 5:28 p.m.

Veteran Far South Side Ald. Carrie Austin has contracted the coronavirus, she announced Monday. In a letter on her 34th Ward website, Austin said she has been "stricken by COVID-19?...

Chicago police canvass the 1100 block of North Lawndale Avenue on Sunday, July 12, 2020, after an overnight shooting injured five people, killing one, in Humboldt Park.

President Donald Trump says he will bring down Chicago violence even if he has to ‘go in and take over’

July 13, 2020 at 6:01 p.m.

President Donald Trump on Monday pledged to bring down shooting numbers in Chicago and other American cities "even if we have to go in and take over." Trump was speaking...

Donald Trump, presidente de EEUU, habla durante una mesa redonda son gente beneficiada por las agencias del orden, el lunes 13 de julio de 2020 en Washington.

Trump: la violencia en Chicago es ‘peor que en Afganistán’

July 13, 2020 at 4:59 p.m.

El presidente Donald Trump dijo el lunes que la violencia de Chicago es "peor que Afganistán", mientras se comprometía a reducir los números de disparos en las ciudades estadounidenses "incluso...

The outdoor patio at Wise Owl Drinkery & Cookhouse on Monday, July 13, 2020 in the West Loop.

City closes West Loop bar for violating Chicago’s coronavirus crowding rules

July 13, 2020 at 6:57 p.m.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot's administration closed a West Loop bar and cited a handful of other venues over the weekend for flouting COVID-19 capacity or social distancing rules, part of her...

Ald. Michele Smith, 43rd, with community and political leaders at City Hall on Feb. 19, 2019, in Chicago.

Ald. Michele Smith keeps Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s proposed change to lobbying rules on indefinite hold

July 5, 2020 at 2:19 p.m.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot's move to roll back rules to prevent elected officials from outside Chicago from lobbying the city is going nowhere for the time being. Lincoln Park Ald. Michele...

The sun sets over a left field rooftop as the Chicago Cubs play the Seattle Mariners at Wrigley Field on July 31, 2016.

Rooftops around Wrigley Field will be allowed to open for Cubs games, but with reduced capacity

July 2, 2020 at 6:16 p.m.

The city of Chicago will allow rooftops around Wrigley Field to open at 25% capacity for Cubs games, according to the city and a rooftop manager. The rooftop buildings, which...

Mayor Lori Lightfoot speaks during a press conference at City Hall on June 11, 2020.

With Fourth of July approaching in violent summer, Mayor Lori Lightfoot defends police plan to get young people off drug corners

July 1, 2020 at 5:42 p.m.

Mayor Lightfoot on Wednesday defended police Superintendent David Brown's plan to clear people off of "drug corners" by making arrests in an effort to tamp down gun violence over the...

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