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Mayor Lori Lightfoot speaks to the media following an event at William H. Prescott Elementary School in Chicago on Oct. 10, 2019.

Area for recreational marijuana sales in downtown Chicago would broaden under Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s proposed zoning ordinance changes

October 15, 2019 at 1:28 p.m.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot's proposed ban on the sale of recreational marijuana throughout most of Chicago's downtown would be softened under a plan her to be introduced on Tuesday, her administration...

Mayor Lori Lightfoot considering breaks for ride-share pool passengers, taxes on online purchases for 2020 budget

October 10, 2019 at 4:56 p.m.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot is thinking about trying to levy a tax on online sales and about hitting solo passengers in ride-share vehicles with higher fees than those carpooling as part...

City releases files from watchdog’s probe of fatal Chicago police shooting of Laquan McDonald

October 9, 2019 at 9:17 p.m.

Chicago was still simmering over the fatal police shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald when the city's watchdog finished an in-depth review of the case and determined police officers lied about...

Chicago police officers investigate the scene of a two-vehicle fatal car crash that involved an off-duty police officer and a female driver at the intersection of South Kostner Avenue and West Roosevelt Road, June 27, 2017, in the North Lawndale neighborhood.

$4.9 million settlement considered for family of woman killed in 2017 crash with off-duty Chicago cop

October 8, 2019 at 6:13 p.m.

Aldermen are set to pay $4.9 million to the family of a woman whose car was hit by an off-duty Chicago police officer shortly after the officer fled from a...

Marijuana plants grow under lights at Cresco Labs medical marijuana cultivation facility in Joliet in 2018.

Want to know about legal weed in Chicago? City officials are holding informational meetings on proposed zoning rules this week.

October 7, 2019 at 8:28 a.m.

City officials will hold three meetings this week at City Colleges campuses to help people understand the proposed zoning rules to govern legal marijuana sales in Chicago starting Jan. 1....

Ald. Brendan Reilly, 42nd, shown speaking with the media in 2015, pushed for the creation of an office of financial analysis for years before getting former Mayor Rahm Emanuel to agree to pass a version in 2018.

Chicago City Council plan would make it easier for aldermen to find out how much proposed ordinances would cost taxpayers

October 4, 2019 at 5:31 p.m.

Aldermen are poised to make it easier for themselves to order investigations into the financial impact of proposals pending before the City Council. An ordinance that cleared the Budget Committee...

Mayor Lori Lightfoot discusses the upcoming census during a news conference at City Hall in Chicago on Oct. 1, 2019.

Mayor Lightfoot tells alderman who opposed her hiring his predecessor to a $123,996-a-year job to worry about ‘what matters to his ward’

October 2, 2019 at 8:31 a.m.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot had a message Tuesday for the new alderman who opposed her decision to hire the man he beat to a $123,996-per-year city job: Focus on your ward,...

Mayor Lori Lightfoot discusses the upcoming census during a news conference at City Hall in Chicago on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019.

CTU member turned Mayor Lori Lightfoot ally in ‘a weird position’ as union weighs strike

October 1, 2019 at 5:58 p.m.

When the Chicago Teachers Union hosted Vermont U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders at a rally to boost its strike vote last week, the union's leaders asked Ald. Susan Sadlowski Garza to...

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot speaks to people gathered at George Washington High School in Chicago for her town hall meeting on the city's budget on Sept. 19, 2019.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot says taking part in U.S. census is ‘ultimate form of protest’ against President Donald Trump, wants to spend $2.7 million to boost Chicagoans’ participation

March 11, 2024 at 2:07 p.m.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot wants to convince Chicagoans to take part in the upcoming U.S. census by casting it as an act of defiance against President Donald Trump's administration. The city...

Days after the Chicago Teachers Union voted to authorize a strike, both sides continue to accuse the other Monday of unnecessary delays.

With Chicago teachers strike looming, city boosts efforts to win public’s hearts and minds

September 30, 2019 at 6:41 p.m.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot stepped up the public relations battle in her standoff with the Chicago Teachers Union on Monday by launching a website that lays out the city's contract offer...

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