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Mayoral candidate Lori Lightfoot speaks to supporters at her election night party on April 2, 2019, at the Hilton Chicago Grand Ballroom in Chicago.

Lightfoot’s election night speech was one to savor — but what’s really possible?

May 31, 2019 at 4:21 p.m.

Lori Lightfoot showed a side of herself on election night that we hadn’t seen before. When she dropped the hard shell of campaign rhetoric, as if stepping out of a...

Harold Washington greets supporters while campaigning in the Loop on Feb. 27, 1983, days after winning the Democratic nomination for mayor.

Tradition of dirty politics slithers into mayoral runoff contest, but we’ve come a long way since 1983

May 31, 2019 at 4:27 p.m.

Election flyers that appeared on the South Side last weekend, featuring bigoted broadsides against mayoral finalist Lori Lightfoot’s sexuality in an apparent attempt at making political gain, reflect a long...

Lori Lightfoot, left, and Toni Preckwinkle appear at a mayoral candidate forum organized by Crain's Chicago Business on Dec. 11, 2018.

Lightfoot defends her resume, says she’s been ‘tough,’ ‘steady’

May 31, 2019 at 4:22 p.m.

Toni Preckwinkle is a wily, seasoned politician, and she showed Lori Lightfoot a few savvy moves on election night by setting terms for the contest ahead of the April 2...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker delivers his first budget address to a joint session of the Illinois House and Senate at the State Capitol in Springfield on Feb. 20, 2019.

Gov. Pritzker, don’t dismiss the Republicans too quickly

May 31, 2019 at 4:20 p.m.

Bipartisanship is a laudable goal and a noble sentiment. It also is a rare phenomenon in modern politics, so the onus will be on the administration of Gov. J.B. Pritzker...

Chicago Police Department's graduation and promotion ceremony at Navy Pier's Grand Ballroom on April 8, 2016.

In Chicago, even going to church while black can be dangerous

May 31, 2019 at 4:19 p.m.

When Bernard Johnson goes to church on Sundays, he typically wears a sport coat and pressed slacks, saddle shoes, a wide-brimmed felt hat and sometimes a necktie. He rides either...

Mayoral candidate Bill Daley greets attendees at a City Club of Chicago meeting in 2018 at Maggiano's Little Italy in Chicago.

Could Daley’s plan to shrink City Council reduce corruption in Chicago?

May 31, 2019 at 4:17 p.m.

Candidates for Chicago mayor — all 14 of them — have scrambled to be reformer-in-chief ever since the feds brought a corruption charge against Ald. Ed Burke, 14th, earlier this...

Ald. Edward Burke speaks to reporters outside his home after turning himself in at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse on Jan. 3, 2019, in Chicago.

Take off the blinders, Chicago. Burke’s (and Madigan’s) conflicts are easy to see

May 31, 2019 at 4:26 p.m.

In the aftermath of a federal attempted extortion charge against Ald. Edward Burke — allegedly for trying to shake down owners of a Burger King restaurant who were seeking city...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel talks with media at a news conference on Dec. 12, 2018.

Mayor Emanuel, commit your post-City Hall life to pension reform

May 31, 2019 at 4:20 p.m.

With one foot out the door, Mayor Rahm Emanuel is showing boldness and ambition at a level not seen when he still had elections to worry about. But just because...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel, shown Sept. 20, 2018, is pushing to offer tax incentives and other help so Chicago-based developer Sterling Bay will move forward on a planned $6 billion project called Lincoln Yards.

Emanuel’s handling of Lincoln Yards project will shape his legacy

May 31, 2019 at 4:27 p.m.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel, as he prepares to leave office next year, keeps proffering fabulous parting gifts to billionaires, futurists and developers. And the fanciful forays keep filling his legacy with...

Chicago voters have plenty to sort out before heading back to the polls Feb. 26 for a primary loaded — at least for now — with candidates for mayor.

Mayor’s race a numbers game for candidates and voters

May 31, 2019 at 4:24 p.m.

Perhaps never before have Chicago’s mayoral race activities been as convoluted and confusing as those taking place ahead of the 2019 primary. There were the dozen or so candidates who...

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