Lightfoot is a CBS News Chicago political analyst, and you’ll see her with us next week. New presidential election polls ...

Former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, a Democrat, and former Illinois Comptroller Leslie Munger, a Republican, gave their takes on where the 2024 race stands with hours to go before Election Day ...

Sunday the Let's Talk Womxn series at Vermilion featured speeches on democracy by local leaders including Sen. Tammy ...

Lori Lightfoot swept into the office of Chicago Mayor in a surprisingly decisive victory in 2019, the first African American gay mayor made history. In her four years as Mayor, she faced a global ...

Tammy Duckworth and former Mayor Lori Lightfoot. Official results in the election will cap an unpredictable and headline-grabbing cycle, which just this year included two assassination attempts on ...

Angela Hurlock, who chairs the agency's board, will serve as interim chief executive as a search is conducted.

The music festival generated $440.9 million this year for Chicago’s economy, up from $422 million estimated last year, according to a report commissioned by Lollapalooza promoter C3 Presents and ...

Tiffany Henyard, the mayor of Dolton Village, Illinois, threatened to arrest her opponents amid a potential FBI probe and ...

Lansing Mayor Andy Schor and former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot will join a canvass launch Sunday in East Lansing as they ...

And on pensions, Johnson will continue to make the advance payments that began under his predecessor Lori Lightfoot.

Democrats and Republicans are making a last-minute push to get voters to the polls. A number of Chicagoans headed to ...

Johnson will introduce his 2025 spending plan Wednesday. Mayoral spokeswoman Erin Connelly declined comment about the ...