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Mayor Lori Lightfoot speaks alongside Chicago Fire Department personnel at a press conference on April 5, 2023.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s administration fought release of records involving allegations against top fire official

May 12, 2023 at 6:41 p.m.

As Mayor Lori Lightfoot approached her final month in office, her administration released hundreds of pages of mostly unredacted records involving accusations of workplace misconduct in city government after fighting...

Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx arrives to talk about the R. Kelly allegations, Jan. 8, 2019.

Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx says she will not run for reelection

April 25, 2023 at 5:09 p.m.

After more than six years marked by historic criminal justice reforms, controversy over her prosecutorial policies and the Jussie Smollett scandal, Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx said she won't...

Rich Guidice sits during an interview with the baiduhai on April 21, 2023. Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson has selected City Hall veteran Guidice to be his chief of staff.

Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson’s top staff members bring different perspectives to City Hall but say they strike ‘a good balance’

April 21, 2023 at 6:16 p.m.

The two top staff members of Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson's administration are a pragmatic City Hall veteran and a progressive-minded state legislator, a dynamic they say will be a strength in...

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Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s administration fought release of records involving allegations against top fire official

Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx says she will not run for reelection

Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson’s top staff members bring different perspectives to City Hall but say they strike ‘a good balance’

Paul Vallas seeks $700,000 from campaign consultant ‘for services they did not perform’

Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson picks longtime City Hall staffer as chief of staff

After 4 often-turbulent years, aldermen praise silent Mayor Lightfoot as she begins exit

Paul Vallas outspent Brandon Johnson nearly 2-to-1 in losing mayoral bid

Lori Lightfoot and Kim Foxx clashed in texts over Chicago wrongful convictions: ‘Lori, you were wrong’

Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson names union leader to head transition team

Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson calls Chicago ‘a tale of two cities.’ Can he make it whole?