Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot
Recent News About Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot
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Lightfoot pleads with Biden administration for help with city's spiraling crime, a year after rejecting Trump's offer to assist
More than a year after shunning federal assistance from former President Donald Trump, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is begging for help from the Biden administration to combat the city’s skyrocketing crime rate.
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Lightfoot silent after Smollett conviction
Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D-Chicago) has yet to issue an updated or corrected statement pertaining to Jussie Smollett, even after the former "Empire" actor was found guilty on six charges of disorderly conduct for lying to police.
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Chicago auto dealer Perillo: ’We are building a network of thieves’
Gold Coast Exotic Motors’ Joe Perillo is blaming Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Kim Foxx for building a “network of thieves” through lax law enforcement policies.
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Lighfoot: ‘I am disappointed’ in Chicago retailers for lack of safety
Mayor Lori Lightfoot is calling out retailers for their "disappointing" response to Chicago crime.
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Lightfoot 'very excited' by 'robust' Chicago casino proposals
On Friday, city officials declared the five competing bids for Chicago's first casino as per Mayor Lori Lightfoot's plan, and she even declared that she plans to send the final list to the Illinois Gaming Board sometime around the first quarter of 2022, according to the Chicago Tribune.
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Maskless mayor spotted again at packed indoor plumbers union fundraiser event
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot was spotted maskless at a union fundraiser over the weekend.
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Lightfoot: Sky WNBA title "one of the most important moments in sports history" for Chicago
Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Tuesday that the Chicago Sky's WNBA championship will go down as one of the biggest in the city's sports history.
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Lightfoot backs off from vaccine mandate for police, targets FOP
Mayor Lori Lightfoot has decided to not enforce a vaccine mandate for Chicago Police Department officers and is blaming the Fraternal Order of Police.
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Jacobson: 'Can you imagine if a white mayor....said they're only granting interviews to white journalists?'
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is apparently standing by her vow to not allow white journalists to interview her at the midway point of her mayoral term.
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Chicago blogger questions "spin" on narrative following Toledo's shooting death
A Chicago writer and blogger has raised concerns over activists, city leaders, and even the Chicago media's "spin" on the deadly officer-involved shooting that killed 13-year-old Adam Toledo.
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Chicago police leader vows to 'remain impartial' once the foot-pursuit video is released
The City of Chicago plans to disclose a video of the events surrounding the fatal, police-involved shooting of 13-year-old Adam Toledo that occurred on March 29, according to Chicago City Hall and Chicago media, according to a press report.
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Chicago Contrarian critical of mayor's response over Toledo shooting as she was 'fumbling with her sheets'
Responding to the deadly officer-involved shooting that killed 13-year-old Adam Toledo, Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D-Chicago) has asked the public not to cast judgment about Toledo's fate.
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Lori, not Debbie, got her hair done under stay-at-home order
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot gets backlash after admitting to getting a haircut despite launching a “Stay Home Save Lives” campaign featuring herself to promote the stay-at-home executive order.
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Lightfoot imposes curfew, new Chicago business restrictions starting Friday
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has imposed new restrictions and curfews on local businesses beginning Friday.
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Lightfoot’s memory does not register comment regarding $5,000 payment to ‘Census Cowboy’
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is not doing herself any favors as questions about a contract between the “Census Cowboy” and the city’s economic arm continue to deepen.
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Lighfoot caught in lie: Census Cowboy 'not a paid position'
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is in a bind after a statement regarding whether a man was paid to dress as a “Census Cowboy” and sent to parts of Chicago to advocate for city residents to take the 2020 Census.
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Read Chicago's $1K-per-day contract with the 'Census Cowboy'
The contract was signed on July 10, 2020, between World Business Chicago, the city's "economic development agency," and Adam Hollingsworth.
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Lightfoot pushes for undocumented immigrants to receive federal COVID-19 assistance
Mayor Lori Lightfoot will provide undocumented immigrants wth their own form of federal COVID-19 relief.
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FOP Lodge 7 president appeals to Trump amid Chicago protests, violence
The head of the Chicago Police Union has reached out to President Trump claiming that the city is in “chaos.”
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Sunday Conference calls between Lopez and Lightfoot became emotional, profane
Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Alderman Ray Lopez engaged in an argument that turned profane and emotional during a set of conference calls on May 31.