Judge overrules city denial of Southeast Side metal-shredder’s permit to operate
The owner of a Southeast Side car-shredding operation should have received a city permit to operate last year, an administrative judge ruled Thursday.
Lori Lightfoot announces first new role since leaving Chicago mayor's office
Former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has announced her next venture after leaving office last month.
Former Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s security detail dramatically reduced
Mayor Brandon Johnson has dramatically reduced the formidable bodyguard detail assigned to former Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s Logan Square home, in an apparent attempt to get more Chicago police officers on the street.
'It's been fun': Lori Lightfoot bids farewell to City Hall as her term as Chicago Mayor comes to a close
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot bid farewell to City Hall on Friday, leaving her 5th floor office for the last time as the city’s 56th mayor.
Chicago bracing for another surge of migrants as Title 42 expiration looms
The United States is just one day away from the expected expiration of Title 42 as the crisis at the southern border intensifies and more migrants make their way to the Chicago area.
Chicago mayor declares state of emergency after arrival of migrants from southern border
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Tuesday declared a state of emergency in response to an influx of migrants who have arrived from the southern border in recent months.
Chicago prosecutor quits with blistering letter on crime: 'I will not raise my son here'
A 20-year veteran Chicago prosecutor quit his job and wrote a blistering letter to his colleagues on his way out Friday, blasting the city's "stupid" leaders and declaring they set the city "on a course to disaster."
Lightfoot reflects on tenure, takes aim at critics in emotional farewell speech
The mayor also mocked the many critics of her personal style, including a number of former allies who broke with her after enduring what they called “foul-mouthed abuse." She called it a ridiculous obsession.