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Chicago Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot arrives at the White House to meet with President Donald Trump's daughter and adviser Ivanka Trump on May 7, 2019, in Washington.

Chicago Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot contends with ‘palace intrigue’ in the City Council

May 15, 2019 at 5:42 p.m.

Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot's trip to Washington last week brought to a head the whispered complaints from aldermen back home in Chicago: What's she doing out east when she hasn't yet...

Inspector General Joe Ferguson released a follow-up to his 2018 report on Chicago's public library system.

City watchdog says Chicago library system has not fixed its staffing flaws

May 7, 2019 at 5:08 p.m.

Chicago's government watchdog says Mayor Rahm Emanuel's library system hasn't yet implemented plans to fix flaws in the way staff is allocated throughout the city's 80 library locations. Following up...

In this file photo, Marianne Lalonde talks with supporters in her campaign office Sunday Dec. 2, 2018, in Chicago. Lalonde ran for City Council in the 46th ward, against Ald. James Cappleman.

Candidate in Chicago City Council’s 46th Ward race will drop election challenge against incumbent Ald. Cappleman

May 15, 2019 at 5:43 p.m.

Scientist Marianne Lalonde will drop her challenge to her close election loss to Ald. James Cappleman in the North Side 46th Ward, she said Tuesday, ending one of two unresolved...

Chicago Archbishop Blase Cupich celebrates a mass at De La Salle Institute's campus in Chicago in 2015. The school is among 12 Catholic high schools that were added to the city's Star Scholarship program.

Star Scholarship expanded to a dozen Chicago Catholic high schools

May 15, 2019 at 5:43 p.m.

Chicago's Star Scholarship that pays for city residents to attend City Colleges of Chicago will be expanded to include low-income students from a dozen Catholic high schools, Mayor Rahm Emanuel...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel arrives at O'Hare International Airport on April 22, 2019, in Chicago.

On farewell tour, Rahm Emanuel responds to ‘Mayor 1 percent’ criticism: ‘I’m proud that we have a thriving, successful central business district’

May 15, 2019 at 5:42 p.m.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel used a downtown speech on his farewell tour Thursday to hit back at critics and try to shore up his legacy on his way out the door....

Chicago Ald. Edward Burke sits in the audience before participating in a 14th Ward aldermanic candidate forum on Jan. 23, 2019. He won re-election in February.

Ald. Edward Burke fined $2K for taking part in debate on Presence Health Care tax subsidy after saying he wouldn’t

May 15, 2019 at 5:42 p.m.

Chicago's Ethics Board has fined embattled Ald. Edward Burke $2,000 stemming from his participation in a 2018 Finance Committee debate over a tax subsidy for one of his law firm's...

Chicago Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot speaks with reporters on the second floor of City Hall on April 30, 2019.

Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot wants teens to know they can ‘engage in productive activities in neighborhoods’

May 15, 2019 at 5:42 p.m.

Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot held her second high-level crime fighting meeting of the week Tuesday, bringing together several city department heads at City Hall to prepare for summer violence. "I want...

Chicago Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot talks to reporters April 29, 2019, about plans to combat summertime violence in the city after meeting with key public safety agencies at Chicago police headquarters.

Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot meets with public safety heads to talk Chicago crime fighting for summer and beyond

May 15, 2019 at 5:42 p.m.

Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot sat down Monday with the heads of key public safety agencies to strategize about dealing with Chicago violence "this summer and beyond," her spokeswoman said. The city's...

Ald. John Arena's yearslong effort to get a senior housing project approved in his 45th Ward was blocked at least temporarily by a fellow lame duck alderman.

10-story, 248-unit Northwest Side senior development stalls despite local alderman’s support

May 15, 2019 at 5:41 p.m.

A big senior housing project set for the Northwest Side may have been derailed Tuesday when an outgoing alderman stopped the project from coming to a vote. Ald. John Arena,...

Attorney General William Barr speaks about the release of a redacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller's report during a news conference, April 18, 2019, at the Department of Justice in Washington.

Rahm Emanuel: ‘No longer a question’ Russians tried to influence election after Mueller report

May 15, 2019 at 5:41 p.m.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Thursday said the Mueller report leaves no doubt the Russians tried to influence the 2016 presidential election, and ripped Attorney General William Barr's handling of the...

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