Mayor Lori Lightfoot delivers the city’s 2022 budget proposal on Monday during a Chicago City Council meeting at City Hall. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times The mayor’s spending plan recognizes Chicago’s tough
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WATCH: Lightfoot delivers 2022 budget address to City Council
Mayor Lori Lightfoot presiding at Monday’s special session of the Chicago City Council. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times Her proposed budget will allow us “to seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to transform our
San Francisco mayor spotted defying her own mask guidelines
CNN’s Brianna Keilar rolls the tape on San Francisco Mayor London Breed after she was spotted violating her own mask guidelines at a concert. #CNN #News
Discover’s Chatham call center notching company’s highest customer ratings
Discover CEO and President Roger Hochschild, joined by Mayor Lori Lightfoot (seated, left) and other local officials, speaks at the announcement in March that the company was opening a call
San Francisco mayor defiant after caught maskless in nightclub despite mandate: Don’t need ‘fun police’
San Francisco Mayor London Breed remained steadfastly defiant about her behavior Friday after she was photographed at a city jazz club dancing and singing without a mask on earlier this
Del Rio Mayor Addresses Growing Migrant Camp
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Influential aldermen get sneak peak on mayor’s plan for stimulus, capital spending
Mayor Lori Lightfoot plans $1.2 billion in new investments, nearly half of it paid for with federal COVID-19 relief money. | Rich Hein/Sun-Times file The grand total of new investments
Lightfoot plans to increase Chicago’s property tax levy by $76.5M in 2022, aldermen told
Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s 2022 budget is expected to increase the city tax levy by $76.5 million. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times The levy increase covers $22.9 million for the automatic escalator tied
Black Caucus Chairman Jason Ervin delivers early endorsement of Lightfoot reelection
Ald. Jason Ervin (28th) | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times Mayor Lori Lightfoot has said it’s “not a gimme” that she will seek a second term. If Lightfoot does run again, she’ll have
Vaccination Is Required at U.N. Meeting, N.Y.C. Mayor Says
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‘No family left behind’ — Pilsen’s latest affordable housing project takes stand against gentrification
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot speaks Thursday during the groundbreaking ceremony for Casa Durango, an affordable housing development by the Resurrection Project in the Pilsen neighborhood. | Pat Nabong/Sun-Times On Thursday,
Who is Pedro Martinez, CPS’ new CEO?
Mayor Lori Lightfoot and San Antonio schools Superintendent Pedro Martinez approach the podium to announce Martinez as the new chief executive of the Chicago Public Schools during a news conference
September 16 proclaimed as ‘Candace Parker Day’ in Chicago
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot declared Sept. 16 “Candace Parker Day.” | Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images Along with Parker earning her own day in Chicago, Adidas announced three new colorways for Parker’s
Lightfoot’s anti-gang ordinance put on slower track
Mayor Lori Lightfoot presiding at Tuesday’s meeting of the Chicago City Council. | Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times The ordinance was assigned to the Rules Committee. That’s usually where legislation opposed by the
De Blasio attends Met Gala red carpet — years after ridiculing event
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio made an appearance at the Met Gala Monday night – despite previously shunning and ridiculing the high-society event. De Blasio was captured stepping
Calling New York ‘Dysfunctional,’ Adams Vows to ‘Welcome Business’
After nearly eight years of a strained and periodically hostile relationship between the mayor of New York City and its business community, the city’s likely next mayor on Monday delivered
Rudy Giuliani’s 9/11 Anniversary Speech Was Every Bit as Batshit as You’d Expect
America’s disgraced mayor, Rudy Giuliani, continued his descent into obscurity at his annual dinner commemorating the 20th anniversary of the attacks on September 11th, 2001. In a rambling, nearly incoherent
Lightfoot says city will sue gang members to ‘take their assets’
Mayor Lori Lightfoot, under pressure to show she’s tackling violence, is proposing to file lawsuits against gang members. | Pat Nabong / Sun-Times Similar strategies have been used in suburban
Lightfoot asks departing inspector general to investigate Gardiner’s profane, abusive and threatening text messages
Mayor Lori Lightfoot has requested an investigation into Ald. Jim Gardiner’s texts and allegations he threatened to withhold city services from constituents who disagreed with him. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times file
DC Mayor Bowser sparks backlash by posting indoor maskless photo
Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser sparked backlash after posting a photo of herself without a mask indoors while her indoor mask mandate remains in effect. The mayor attended a Jack
Pullman National Monument a ‘testament to the power of our national parks’
Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Gov. J.B. Pritzker cut the ribbon at the visitor center for the Pullman National Monument. | Screenshot Officials and politicians formally opened the monument to the
Ted Cruz calls for Judiciary Committee to invite McAllen mayor to testify on border crisis
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is calling for Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee to invite the mayor of the border city of McAllen, Texas to testify — as part of
Hurricane Ida evacuees urged to return to New Orleans
With power due back for almost all of New Orleans by next week, Mayor LaToya Cantrell strongly encouraged residents who evacuated because of Hurricane Ida to begin returning home. But
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio doesn’t rule out running for governor
Widely panned outgoing New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio did not rule out a run for the Empire State governorship following former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s disgraced departure. During a
Ida’s record rain floods New York-area homes, subways; at least 44 dead
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Ida’s record rain floods New York-area homes, subways; at least 26 dead
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‘Historic’ New York-area flooding in Ida’s wake leaves at least 14 dead
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‘Historic’ New York-area flooding in Ida’s wake leaves at least 9 dead
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At least 9 reported dead in ‘historic’ flooding in New York, New Jersey
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New York, New Jersey declare emergencies, at least 9 reported dead in record rains
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