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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot speaks during the Chicago City Council meeting on Wed. Nov. 13, 2019 in Chicago.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot keeps up attack on Uber, which still denies her allegations the company sought to pay black ministers to fight her plan

November 14, 2019 at 1:26 p.m.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot kept up her drumbeat against ride-share giant Uber on Thursday, saying the company offered a group of black ministers tens of millions of dollars in "potential quote-unquote...

A ride-share vehicle jumps ahead of a line of taxicabs in front of the Hilton Chicago on Michigan Avenue, Oct. 18, 2019.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot accuses Uber, without offering proof, of trying to pay black ministers $54 million to defeat her ride-share tax hike plan

November 13, 2019 at 7:24 p.m.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Wednesday threw down the gauntlet in her fight with Uber, accusing the ride-share giant of offering to pay black ministers in Chicago $54 million to help...

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot speaks during the Chicago City Council meeting on Nov. 13, 2019. The mayor unveiled a plan to raise Chicago's minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2021 and raise the subminimum wage for tipped workers to $8.40 next year

Mayor Lori Lightfoot proposes minimum wage hike that would boost tipped workers’ pay — but not to full $15 an hour

November 13, 2019 at 8:36 p.m.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot unveiled a plan Wednesday to raise Chicago's minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2021 and raise — but not eliminate — the subminimum wage earned by...

Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, left, walks with Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot to a House Democratic caucus meeting on Nov. 12, 2019, at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot meets with state lawmakers, heading home without a deal on casino, real estate transfer tax plans

November 12, 2019 at 8:27 p.m.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot headed to Springfield on Tuesday looking for help on legislation aimed at eventually shoring up Chicago's troubled finances — a sweetened casino tax structure and the power...

Chicago police Superintendent Eddie Johnson stands with Mayor Lori Lightfoot at the announcement of his retirement during a news conference at police headquarters Thursday, Nov. 7.

Here’s what Mayor Lori Lightfoot wants in Chicago’s next police superintendent

November 8, 2019 at 8:35 p.m.

When Chicago police Superintendent Eddie Johnson announced his pending retirement on Thursday, he said the job he'd held for fewer than four years had taken its toll on him, the...

Ald. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa, 35th, speaks during the City Council meeting on Sept. 18, 2019.

Aldermen call for Mayor Lightfoot to eliminate the lower minimum wage for Chicago’s tipped workers, such as waiters and bartenders

November 8, 2019 at 10:40 a.m.

Aldermen pressed Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Thursday to eliminate lower wages for tipped workers as part of a deal to increase Chicago's hourly minimum wage to $15. In her budget...

Aldermen looking to rework Chicago’s rules on Airbnb, other vacation rentals, to increase power to clamp down on problem operators

November 7, 2019 at 5:03 p.m.

Fed up with what they say is the ability of vacation rental companies to easily skirt city rules meant to track the proliferation of home rental units in Chicago neighborhoods,...

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