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News from February 2023

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Lightfoot first mayor since 1983 to lose re-election: 'Serving as your mayor has been the honor of a lifetime'

By Chicago City Wire Report | Feb 28, 2023

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is out after what many have deemed a disastrous four years as the city’s chief executive.

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Former IL Senate President Cullerton daughter is "so, deeply ashamed" of Chicago for rejecting Lightfoot re-election bid; "You are now just as racist and hateful and bigoted as Donald Trump."

By LGIS News Service | Feb 28, 2023

The daughter of former Illinois State Senate President John Cullerton (D-Chicago) says she is "deeply ashamed" of her fellow Chicagoans for rejecting Mayor Lori Lightfoot's re-election bid.

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‘The schlong that sunk Chicago;’ Pundit notes end of Lightfoot era

By Chicago City Wire Report | Feb 28, 2023

Chicago’s Morning Answer host Dan Proft is celebrating the end of the Lori Lightfoot’s run as Chicago mayor.

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Podgorski: ‘Happy to report that M3 Strategies looks to have been accurate in its final poll on the Chicago mayoral race’

By Chicago City Wire Report | Feb 28, 2023

M3 Strategies’ Chief Pollster Matthew Podgorski noted his team accurately predicted incumbent Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s loss in her re-election bid.

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Citizens' Environmental Commission

By LGIS | Feb 28, 2023

Citizens' Environmental Commission on March 2, 2023

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Reporters willing participants in contrived media campaign that freed convicted killer: city attorneys

By W.J. Kennedy | Feb 28, 2023

City attorneys representing former Chicago police detectives in a wrongful conviction case blasted the reporters from the New Yorker magazine, NBC Chicago and other news outlets for pushing a narrative that one of the convicted killers of a college basketball star in 1993 was innocent of the crime

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Blues Community Dance Class with Ballroom College

By LGIS | Feb 28, 2023

Blues Community Dance Class with Ballroom College on March 2, 2023

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Chicago Small Business Expo

By LGIS | Feb 28, 2023

Attend the #ChiSmallBizExpo on Saturday, March 11

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DRRA Consulting’s Employer Training Program

By LGIS | Feb 28, 2023

The Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce and DRRA Consulting LLC are working together to upskill the Illinois workforce.

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Cougars Men’s Basketball Surges Past Hartford 75-53

By LGIS | Feb 28, 2023

The Chicago State men's basketball team completed an undefeated home schedule with a 75-53 victory over Hartford Sunday afternoon at the Jones Convocation Center in Chicago.

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Book and Movie Recommendation

By LGIS | Feb 28, 2023

With the end of Black History Month nearing, here's how you can spend your time exploring Black creative voices.

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UChicago Medicine updates plan for the city’s first freestanding cancer facility, following 10 months of community input

By LGIS | Feb 28, 2023

After 10 months of planning and community engagement, the University of Chicago Medicine has updated its original proposal to build the city’s first freestanding cancer hospital with an enhanced design that incorporates feedback from patients and residents of the South Side.

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CCIL catalyzes transdisciplinary cancer research at Illinois through the newly formed JumpStart Program

By LGIS | Feb 28, 2023

In an effort to catalyze more cancer research projects among Illinois faculty and build bridges among diverse disciplines, the Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) inaugurated the JumpStart Program in 2022, providing up to $25,000 in research support funds to researchers.

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DePaul Closes Out Regular Season at Marquette

By LGIS | Feb 28, 2023

Blue Demons visit longtime rival for nationally-televised matchup

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Katie Fraumann appointed senior vice president for Advancement and External Relations

By LGIS | Feb 28, 2023

DePaul University President Robert L. Manuel has appointed Katie Fraumann as senior vice president for the Division of Advancement and External Relations, effective April 3.

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City Of Chicago, 548 Enterprise, And Related Midwest Break Ground On Industrial Site And Innovation Center In North Lawndale

By LGIS | Feb 28, 2023

The $68 Million Project Will Leverage the Location’s Strengths in Freight and Logistics, Provide Community Innovation Space, and Bring Permanent Job Opportunities to the Community

Village of Brighton Village Board met Jan. 9

By Angelica Saylo Pilo | Feb 28, 2023

Village of Brighton Village Board met Monday, Jan. 9

City of Wheaton Fine & Cultural Arts Commission met Feb. 21

By Angelica Saylo Pilo | Feb 28, 2023

City of Wheaton Fine & Cultural Arts Commission met Tuesday, Feb. 21

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City of Wheaton Bicyclist & Pedestrian Commission met February 15

By Corazon L. Gonzales | Feb 28, 2023

City of Wheaton Bicyclist & Pedestrian Commission met 7 p.m. Wednesday, February 15.

Editorial: Top prosecutor Foxx has to answer for letting the bad guys get away with it

By LGIS | Feb 27, 2023

Special prosecutor Dan Webb's attacks on Cook County State’s Attorney Kimberly Foxx for her handling of the Jussie Smollett case could equally apply to scores of additional cases in which adherence by her office to even rudimentary standards of criminal justice comes second to a political agenda. Foxx is playing politics, not prosecuting bad guys, and the cost in dollars and public safety is far too high.