The first time I interviewed Lori Lightfoot, I thought she was a fringe candidate. It was last September, while I was writing a story for Politico about Garry McCarthy’s campaign. (At the time, ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago mayoral candidate Lori Lightfoot has become the target of flyers attacking her sexuality. Her opponent Toni Preckwinkle condemned the messages as Lightfoot picked up a ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- History could be made as Chicago is poised to elect its first black female mayor in the runoff election on April 2. Nearly four hours after the polls closed and with about 95 percent ...

Second Amendment absolutists love to point to Chicago as proof that regulating firearms is futile. The syllogism “Chicago has gun control laws, but Chicago has the most murders, therefore gun control ...

A top aide to Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot told her the botched raid on Anjanette Young’s home, in which Chicago police handcuffed the social worker naked, was “pretty bad” in November 2019, newly ...

Former Chicago mayor Lori E. Lightfoot reflected on the impact of INVEST South/West, her signature economic development initiative, at a Harvard Graduate School of Design lecture on Tuesday. Lightfoot ...

Lori Lightfoot officially became Chicago's first black female and openly gay mayor on Monday. She immediately laid out a four-point plan for safety, education, stability and integrity during her ...

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Politicians looking to win reelection have to ask themselves important questions. Do they have a base that wants to vote for them? Is it big enough to win? Can they succeed in the race by not being ...

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Growing occasionally emotional, former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Thursday testified during a bench trial that she was disturbed and traumatized by a profane and racist death threat sent to her ...