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Mayoral candidates Lori Lightfoot and Toni Preckwinkle take their seats before a televised debate at the NBC 5 studios with Carol Marin Thursday March 7, 2019, in Chicago.

Tensions flare as Toni Preckwinkle, Lori Lightfoot clash in first TV forum of Chicago’s mayoral runoff election

May 12, 2019 at 1:43 p.m.

Chicago mayoral candidates Lori Lightfoot and Toni Preckwinkle were quick to attack each other’s political and legal careers during a Thursday night forum, as the veteran litigator and seasoned politician...

Chicago mayoral candidate Toni Preckwinkle announces the endorsements of Ald. Walter Burnett, 27th, left, and Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White on March 6, 2019, at her campaign headquarters in Chicago.

Toni Preckwinkle gets nods from Jesse White, Walter Burnett in push for city’s black voters

May 23, 2019 at 1:49 a.m.

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle’s mayoral bid scored support from Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White and 27th Ward Ald. Walter Burnett on Wednesday, adding two influential African-American political...

Lori Lightfoot, left, and Toni Preckwinkle appear at a mayoral candidate forum organized by Crain's Chicago Business at the University of Illinois at Chicago on Dec. 11, 2018.

Chicago mayor’s race heats up with attack ads that blast a ‘wealthy lawyer’ and city ‘machine’ politics

May 12, 2019 at 1:42 p.m.

Mayoral candidates Lori Lightfoot and Toni Preckwinkle intensified days of sniping after Tuesday’s election with dueling campaign ads that will hit airwaves this weekend. Lightfoot’s spot recounts her campaign’s call...

Lori Lightfoot, left, and Toni Preckwinkle appear at a mayoral candidate forum organized by Crain's Chicago Business, at University of Illinois at Chicago on Dec. 11, 2018.

Chicago mayor’s race heats up with attack ads that blast a ‘wealthy lawyer’ and city ‘machine’ politics

May 12, 2019 at 1:42 p.m.

Chicago mayoral candidate Lori Lightfoot is hitting airwaves with a new ad that recounts her campaign’s call for change, as she moves toward her April 2 electoral showdown with Cook...

School officials last year empowered the office of CPS Inspector General Nicholas Schuler, shown at a Chicago Board of Education meeting Jan. 23, 2019, with authority to investigate cases where district employees allegedly abuse students.

Chicago Public Schools hires global firm to investigate roughly 1,000 old sexual abuse cases

June 14, 2024 at 6:42 p.m.

A branch of a global law firm will review roughly 1,000 Chicago Public Schools sex abuse investigations, as part of a quarter-million dollar contract that’s meant to reopen nearly two...

Election judge Tyrine Griffin yawns as traffic at the polling place in Delia's Beauty Salon is slow during the morning of Feb. 26, 2019, in Chicago. Three and a half hours into the day, only 28 people had voted at the Gage Park polling spot.

Low voter turnout attributed to disillusionment with leaders, drop in interest from midterms

May 15, 2019 at 5:34 p.m.

Chicago barely escaped setting a record for low voter turnout in the historic 14-way mayoral race, sparking speculation that voters wanted the field to clear some before choosing their favorite...

Toni Preckwinkle waves to a supporter at the Women for Toni rally at the Northeastern Illinois University student union auditorium Feb. 23, 2019.

In final days of wide-open race, Chicago mayoral candidates scramble to boost voter turnout

May 15, 2019 at 5:33 p.m.

In the most crowded, wide-open race for Chicago mayor in modern history, 14 candidates are scrambling in the final days to push their supporters to the polls amid concerns about...

Former Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis, shown in 2017, said Toni Preckwinkle "has a proven track record of supporting the issues that matter to the people in this city who have been shut out of opportunity and crippled by unjust policies."

Karen Lewis, former Chicago Teachers Union president, endorses Toni Preckwinkle on eve of Feb. 26 election

May 23, 2019 at 1:48 a.m.

Karen Lewis, the influential former president of the Chicago Teachers Union, endorsed Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle in the city’s crowded mayor’s race Friday. Lewis’ support isn’t a complete...

Chicago mayoral candidates Susana Mendoza, left, and Toni Preckwinkle participate in a forum organized by Crain's Chicago at Venue Six10 on Feb. 6, 2019.

Lori Lightfoot, Susana Mendoza go after Toni Preckwinkle on sexual harassment allegations: ‘She has not been fair to victims’

May 15, 2019 at 5:32 p.m.

A sexual misconduct controversy that ensnared one of Toni Preckwinkle’s top aides last year resurfaced in Chicago’s crowded mayoral race on Tuesday, just as the County Board president enlisted some...

Members of Chicago International Charter Schools teachers stage a civil disobedience protest inside the building that houses PricewaterhouseCoopers offices on Feb. 13, 2019.

Chicago Teachers Union suspends city’s second charter school strike after winning pay increases

May 23, 2019 at 1:47 a.m.

Regular classes at four Chicago International Charter School campuses were set to resume Tuesday, after negotiators reached a tentative deal to end the city’s second strike at the independently operated...

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