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Mayor Lori Lightfoot talks about her first year in office during an interview in her office May 15, 2020.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s first year in office was filled with big moments and tough decisions. Then the coronavirus ‘changed everything.’

May 19, 2020 at 9:59 a.m.

During her tumultuous first year in office, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot fired the police superintendent, presided over a 11-day teachers strike and fought to strip aldermen of powers in their...

Grubhub delivery person walks into a hotel as he completes a delivery on Dec. 4, 2018.

Chicago aldermen, restaurateurs call for crackdown on delivery apps

May 18, 2020 at 5:32 p.m.

Chicago restaurant owners and aldermen on Monday called for crackdowns on third-party restaurant delivery fees and practices that are facing increased scrutiny as their business booms while restaurants struggle to...

An airline worker walks through an empty Terminal 2 at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport on April 30, 2020.

Lightfoot plan to give O’Hare, Midway airport businesses rent breaks advances

May 15, 2020 at 6:02 p.m.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot's plan advanced Friday to give rent breaks to businesses at O'Hare International and Midway airports that have seen their revenue plummet because people are reluctant to fly...

Information regarding germs and the COVID-19 on the front door of Sulzer Regional Library in Chicago on March 19, 2020.

Contradicting library commissioner, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s office says libraries not looking to reopen by June 1

May 15, 2020 at 3:19 p.m.

Staff at Chicago libraries are being asked to return to work next Wednesday but the city has no plans to reopen June 1, a spokeswoman for Mayor Lori Lightfoot said....

$2.25 million settlement proposed in Chicago police shooting of unarmed teen with developmental disabilities

May 14, 2020 at 1:46 p.m.

Aldermen next week will consider paying $2.25 million to a black man with developmental disabilities who was shot by an off-duty Chicago police sergeant, an incident that prompted a disciplinary...

People crowd The 606 trail in the Wicker Park neighborhood on March 25, 2020.

Chicago’s lakefront will remain closed, but here are the industries that Mayor Lori Lightfoot says are on track to expand or reopen during next phase

May 14, 2020 at 7:06 a.m.

Chicago's lakefront will remain closed, but several industries are on track to expand their services or reopen when the city reaches the next phase of its reopening plan, Mayor Lori...

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Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s first year in office was filled with big moments and tough decisions. Then the coronavirus ‘changed everything.’

Chicago aldermen, restaurateurs call for crackdown on delivery apps

Lightfoot plan to give O’Hare, Midway airport businesses rent breaks advances

Contradicting library commissioner, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s office says libraries not looking to reopen by June 1

$2.25 million settlement proposed in Chicago police shooting of unarmed teen with developmental disabilities

Chicago’s lakefront will remain closed, but here are the industries that Mayor Lori Lightfoot says are on track to expand or reopen during next phase

Businessman Willie Wilson threatens lawsuit to force Illinois to pay for face coverings under Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s order

Lightfoot advances plan to delay part of worker scheduling protection rules due to virus outbreak

Lightfoot: Possible staggered start times, social distancing ushers in store for Chicago’s lakefront when it reopens

Mayor Lori Lightfoot lays out ‘five-star’ plan for reopening Chicago following coronavirus pandemic disruptions