Back of the Yards projects aims to revitalize area
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A groundbreaking Tuesday morning in the Back of the Yards neighborhood aims to revitalize the area.

With Lightfoot a lame duck, City Council looks to declare independence

Mayor Lori Lightfoot punished her enemies and rewarded her friends in a City Council reorganization that was the first test of her political clout.

Lightfoot signs executive order enacting pay equity audit

Chicago Mayor Lightfoot moved to do something about the pay gap between men and women in a way that is unlikely to be undone by her male successor.

Alderman Walter Burnett endorses Paul Vallas for Chicago Mayor
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Chicago Ald. Walter Burnett (27th) endorsed Paul Vallas for Chicago mayor on Saturday. Burnett said that Vallas has stood for safety for decades, and talked about the brutal 1997 attack on a 9-year-old girl at the Cabrini Green housing project. The girl survived – though with serious disabilities due to brain damage – and became known as "Girl X."

Why Lightfoot lost: Factors that contributed to the mayor's failure to be re-elected
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Lori Lightfoot is the first elected Chicago mayor to lose a reelection bid since 1983. FOX 32 Political Editor Mike Flannery breaks down factors that led to her coming up short.

Analysis: How Lightfoot went from political rock star to rock bottom

Four years ago, she was a darling among national Democrats. The first openly gay Black woman to serve as mayor of Chicago and only the second woman to do so in the city’s history.

Chicago voters give Lori Lightfoot the boot after years of surging crime

Democratic Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has lost her bid for re-election as the race heads to runoff without her after no candidate reached the required 50% vote threshold to be elected.

'I'll see you at the finish line': Paul Vallas makes Chicago mayoral runoff election
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Paul Vallas and Brandon Johnson will meet in a runoff to be the next mayor of Chicago after voters on Tuesday denied incumbent Lori Lightfoot a second term, issuing a rebuke to a leader who made history as head of the nation's third-largest city.