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Mayor Lori Lightfoot joins mental health advocates at a news conference at Friend Family Health Center in Chicago on Oct. 24.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s plan to fix shortcomings in Chicago’s mental health safety net is met with skepticism

October 24, 2019 at 6:30 p.m.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot thinks she has the plan to fix the shortcomings in Chicago's mental health safety net — and end the political fight that's been raging for years over...

Mayor Lori Lightfoot delivers her budget address during a Chicago City Council meeting at City Hall on Oct. 23, 2019.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot offers $11.65 billion budget plan she says will close $838 million deficit with help from Springfield

October 24, 2019 at 7:37 a.m.

Five months after inheriting a gargantuan 2020 budget hole, Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Wednesday outlined a plan she said would close Chicago's looming $838 million deficit without a steep property...

Mayor Lori Lightfoot, center, departs after speaking with the media on Oct. 21, 2019, after touring a Boys & Girls Club on Chicago's Near West Side. Lightfoot is set to deliver her first budget speech on Oct. 23, 2019.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s budget plan seeks to avoid property tax hike with help from Springfield to close $838 million deficit

October 23, 2019 at 7:07 a.m.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot will step to the microphone in City Council chambers to deliver her first budget speech Wednesday morning with plenty of questions hanging over a 2020 spending plan...

Chicago Teachers Union members and supporters sit on the road in the 300 block of North Damen Avenue during a civil disobedience training outside the CTU Center on Oct. 24, 2019, in Chicago.

Chicago Teachers Union gets call of support from Joe Biden, will continue walkout Wednesday because ‘we have not landed on just terms yet’

October 23, 2019 at 4:52 p.m.

The Chicago teachers strike will continue into a fifth school day Wednesday with little indication of progress Tuesday. The Chicago Teachers Union — which received a visit from Elizabeth Warren...

Chicago police Superintendent Eddie Johnson speaks to the media at police headquarters on Oct. 17, 2019.

Chicago police Superintendent Eddie Johnson says he’s not planning to step down amid investigation into him sleeping in car last week

October 22, 2019 at 7:23 a.m.

Chicago police Superintendent Eddie Johnson said Monday that he isn't thinking about resigning amid an investigation into an incident where he was discovered by police officers asleep in a car...

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Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s plan to fix shortcomings in Chicago’s mental health safety net is met with skepticism

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot offers $11.65 billion budget plan she says will close $838 million deficit with help from Springfield

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s budget plan seeks to avoid property tax hike with help from Springfield to close $838 million deficit

Chicago Teachers Union gets call of support from Joe Biden, will continue walkout Wednesday because ‘we have not landed on just terms yet’

Chicago police Superintendent Eddie Johnson says he’s not planning to step down amid investigation into him sleeping in car last week

Mayor Lori Lightfoot refinancing city debt to save $200 million as part of this year’s budget

Mayor Lori Lightfoot says ride-share tax hikes part of plan to address downtown traffic congestion ‘holistically’

Mayor Lori Lightfoot proposes tripling ride-share tax on solo rides in or out of downtown Chicago

Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s rules for recreational marijuana sales in Chicago pass City Council despite controversy

City Council panel holds off on Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s zoning proposal for cellphone towers in Chicago’s public parks