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Before she took over as Chicago mayor, Lori Lightfoot visited state lawmakers in Springfield on April 10, 2019.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot faces limited options to fill deep city budget hole

June 15, 2019 at 6:35 a.m.

Before she even took office last month, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot was telegraphing the need for help from Springfield to fix the city's daunting financial problems she inherited. But the...

Mayor Lori Lightfoot talks to reporters following a City Council meeting at City Hall on June 12, 2019.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot says city will hire outside firm to oversee workers’ comp program

June 13, 2019 at 4:45 p.m.

Chicago will transfer day-to-day control of its $100 million-per-year city workers' compensation program, which for decades was largely handled in secret under the auspices of now-indicted Ald. Edward Burke, to...

Mayor Lori Lightfoot presides over the City Council meeting at City Hall on June 12, 2019. Mark Flessner, corporation counsel, is seated next to her.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot says City Council must support her ethics plan: ‘It’s a new day’

June 13, 2019 at 6:58 a.m.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Wednesday predicted pushback from aldermen on her proposal to allow the city watchdog to investigate City Council committees but said it's a new day in Chicago,...

New Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez, 25th at a City Council meeting in Chicago on May 29, 2019.

Chicago alderman wants investigation of former Ald. Daniel Solis’ licensing, permitting decisions

June 12, 2019 at 3:24 p.m.

The alderman who succeeded Daniel Solis in representing Pilsen and other neighborhoods wants an investigation into all license and permit decisions his predecessor made for years before it came to...

Ald. Sophia King, 4th, says her measure would affect about 400,000 Chicago workers.

Aldermen introduce plan to hike Chicago’s minimum wage to $15 in 2021

June 12, 2019 at 2:48 p.m.

Chicago's minimum wage would increase to $15 in 2021, four years earlier than in the rest of the state, under a proposal aldermen introduced to the City Council on Wednesday....

El concejal Byron Sigcho-López (izquierda) y el ex concejal Daniel Solís.

Concejal Byron Sigcho-López pide investigar al ex regidor Daniel Solís

June 12, 2019 at 2:11 p.m.

CHICAGO — El concejal que sustituyó a Daniel Solís en la representación del barrio de Pilsen y otros vecindarios, quiere una investigación de todas las decisiones sobre licencias y permisos...

Paramedics transport one of four victims of a rollover car accident to an awaiting ambulance.

City Council Finance Committee rejects $3.7M settlement offer stemming from 2014 River North car crash

June 11, 2019 at 5:53 p.m.

The City Council's powerful Finance Committee rejected a multimillion-dollar legal settlement largely intended for a young woman left paralyzed after a dramatic 2014 car crash, in an unusual vote Tuesday...

Mayor Lori Lightfoot announces a new community policing initiative at the Grand Crossing police station June 10, 2019.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot responds to criticism for repeating rumor FOP told officers to lay back over Memorial Day

June 11, 2019 at 5:58 a.m.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Monday tried to downplay the significance of a rumor she repeated during a recent interview that she had heard the police union told officers not to...

Former Chicago mayoral candidate Willie Wilson, shown in February 2019, says his PAC will issue report cards on politicians and tackle issues according to the wishes of its donors.

Businessman Willie Wilson forms PAC, criticizes Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s graduated income tax proposal

June 7, 2019 at 3:24 p.m.

Chicago businessman and former mayoral candidate Willie Wilson has formed a political action committee, and he's taking aim at Gov. J.B. Pritzker's graduated income tax proposal. While he could end...

Mayor Lori Lightfoot, shown May 28, 2019, will return from a trip to Los Angeles on June 7.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot headed to Southern California for ‘business and politics’

June 5, 2019 at 5:14 p.m.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot is headed to California, where she's scheduled to speak at a fundraising event for retired Sen. Barbara Boxer and meet with supporters and Los Angeles officials in...

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