Lightfoot denies 'mayhem' days after crowd wreaks havoc in Loop

Chicago leaders are vowing to do more to protect the community from wild incidents like what took place near Millennium Park this weekend.

Chicago leaders vow to do more to prevent downtown chaos
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Chicago leaders are vowing to do more to protect the community from wild incidents like what took place near Millennium Park this weekend.

Future uncertain for Arwady under incoming Johnson administration

Dr. Allison Arwady, an infectious disease expert and pediatrician who guided Chicago through the COVID-19 pandemic, wants to keep her job as the city’s public health boss.

After teenagers cause chaos downtown, Mayor Lightfoot says 'instilling respect must begin at home'

"Most importantly, parents and guardians must know where their children are and be responsible for their actions. Instilling the important values of respect for people and property must begin at home," Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said.

Despite secret FBI recordings, ex-ComEd CEO tells jurors she didn’t view Madigan as an ally of utility

Federal jurors have spent five weeks listening to the voice of former ComEd CEO Anne Pramaggiore, caught in a cache of secret FBI recordings in which prosecutors say she conspired with her colleagues to bribe then-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan.

Nonprofit works to protect children from sexual abuse in schools

April is Child Abuse Prevention Month and a nonprofit organization says one of Chicago Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson's first priorities should be to protect children in the school system from sexual abuse.

Nonprofit hopes Mayor-elect Johnson will prioritize protecting children from abuse at schools
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When Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson takes office next month, he will have a number of priorities, and one organization says one of those priorities should be protecting children in the school system from sexual abuse.

DNC expected to boost Chicago economy
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Mayor Lori Lightfoot, Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson and Governor JB Pritzker spoke on Wednesday with excitement about the convention's return to Chicago after nearly three decades.

Democratic National Convention expected to boost Chicago economy

Mayor Lori Lightfoot, Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson and Governor JB Pritzker spoke on Wednesday with excitement about the convention's return to Chicago after nearly three decades.

Lightfoot, city leaders blast Walmart for closing South Side stores
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Walmart is moving out, closing half of its stores in Chicago saying they haven't been profitable in 17 years and lose millions of dollars annually.

ComEd bribery trial: Prosecution rests as defense says former CEO will testify
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Federal prosecutors rested their case in the ComEd bribery trial Wednesday, winding up after 17 days by playing more secretly recorded phone calls allegedly showing former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan securing consulting jobs at the utility for associates in exchange for help moving legislation.

Pritzker, Lightfoot, Johnson celebrate Chicago as host city for DNC 2024
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Mayor Lori Lightfoot, Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson and Governor JB Pritzker spoke with excitement on Wednesday about the convention's return to Chicago after nearly three decades.

ComEd bribery trial: Prosecution rests as defense says former CEO Anne Pramaggiore will testify

Federal prosecutors rested their case in the ComEd bribery trial Wednesday, winding up after 17 days by playing more secretly recorded phone calls allegedly showing former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan securing consulting jobs at the utility for associates in exchange for help moving legislation.

Longtime precinct captain says he was paid by ComEd to do political work for Madigan

One of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s former top precinct captains testified Tuesday that he believed hundreds of thousands of dollars funneled to him from ComEd were meant to keep him knocking on doors for the powerful Southwest Side Democrat.