Lori Lightfoot: Five Things You Need To Know
Five fast facts about Lori Lightfoot.
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Five fast facts about Lori Lightfoot.
Food stamp recipients who are elderly, disabled, or homeless would be allowed to use their benefits at participating restaurants.
Lori Lightfoot won't be sworn in as mayor until Monday, but after receiving a report from her transition advisory team on Friday, she pledged to make one drastic change: eliminating water shutoffs for struggling homeowners.
The Republican-led Missouri House is expected to pass legislation to ban abortion at eight weeks of pregnancy, when most women don't even know yet if they're pregnant.
Ald. Proco 'Joe' Moreno has been charged with insurance fraud and obstruction of justice, both felonies, police said Wednesday.
Chicago mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot will be inaugurated on May 20. What you need to know.
Food stamps could be redeemed at restaurants if a measure proposed by the Illinois House becomes law.
Amid a disturbing spike in the number of drivers ignoring the law requiring them to slow down and move over for emergency vehicles, Gov. JB Pritzker and Illinois state lawmakers plan to unveil new legislation to strengthen the state's move over law, also known as Scott's Law.
House Republicans are asking why Pritzker and his fellow Democrats who control the House and Senate can't forgo their plans to increase taxes.
When she was elected Gary's mayor in 2011, Karen Freeman-Wilson seemed to embody new hope. But among voters, that hope turned to frustration.
Lake County Assessor Jerome Prince appears to have defeated Gary Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson in Tuesday's Democratic primary elections.
The report covers the years 2015 through 2017 and points to an agency understaffed and overwhelmed.
The official ceremony is to begin at 10 a.m. and include several musical performances including the Chicago Sinfonietta, Puerto Rican Arts Alliance and Latin Music Program and the Chicago Gay Men's Chorus. The inauguration is open to the public and tickets are free.
The smoke is finally clearing around Gov. JB Prtizker's plan to legalize recreational marijuana in Illinois, but is the motivation morality or money? And who stands to gain the most if pot becomes legal?
The legislation would also encourage carriers to use technology to stop what's called spoofing. That's where the scammers put a bogus number on the caller ID.
