Chicago Public Schools budget vote to be postponed until union contract is settled
Tense negotiations have been going on for months over pension payments for Chicago Public Schools employees and raises for ...
‘This experience is very traumatizing’: Former Mayor Lori Lightfoot testifies about death threat she received in 2022
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 ...
Chicago police solve only 6% of non-fatal shootings, review finds, as mayor faces mounting criticism
Illinois' largest city is facing an even bigger crime problem than realized, according to a new report from the Chicago ...
Tense City Hall meeting on CTU contract, CPS budget vote ends with ‘handful of issues’ still unresolved
Mayor Brandon Johnson gathered CPS and CTU leaders ahead of a critical vote to amend the school district’s budget to pay for ...
Meet the ‘Super Mayor’: A look at Tiffany Henyard and her scandal-plagued tenure
Tiffany Henyard is no longer the self-proclaimed 'Super Mayor' of Dolton, Illinois after allegations of financial mishandling.
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'America's Worst Mayor' Loses Reelection Bid
Tiffany Henyard, dubbed "America's worst mayor," has decisively lost the Democratic Party primary to run again for the role in Dolton, Illinois. Henyard had been involved in a series of scandals, ...
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Former Chicago Mayors Rahm Emanuel and Lori Lightfoot are helping Brandon Johnson prepare for DC testimony
Some of Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s fiercest former ... Former Mayors Rahm Emanuel and Lori Lightfoot are among those advising Johnson on how to handle questioning from some of Congress ...
LA Mayor Karen Bass needs to go. But who’s the right person for the job?
As hard as it may be to believe, things can get worse in Los Angeles.  All you need to do is look to Chicago for living proof ...
Today in Chicago History: Pablo Picasso’s first solo American exhibition opens at Art Institute
1923: The first solo exhibition of Pablo Picasso’s drawings in the United States opened at the Art Institute of Chicago, ...
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Is This the Least Popular Politician in America?
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson at Robert Healy Elementary ... to the runoff in her bid for reelection in 2023. Former Mayor Lori Lightfoot, who was receiving a relatively robust 48 percent approval ...
The ‘Re-Reconstruction’: Mayor Brandon Johnson doubles down on outreach to Black Chicago
On New Year’s Day, Mayor Brandon Johnson welcomed 2025 by reminding Chicago leaders of the headwinds Black politicians like him face. The mayor sent a Crusader piece from last October titled, “Are ...
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‘This experience is very traumatizing’: Former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot testifies about death threat she received in 2022
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 ...