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Illinois and 20 other states are filing lawsuits seeking to block the Trump administration's new rule to make it more difficult for women to get abortions.
A new, independent poll for a children's advocacy group shows Lightfoot at 58 percent, Toni Preckwinkle at 30 percent with just 12 percent undecided.
Last summer, the U.S. Conference of Mayors sued in Illinois on behalf of its member cities focusing on the issue. In September, a federal court temporarily blocked the Justice Department from withholding the funds for the jurisdictions represented by the conference.
The long-awaited consent decree governing sweeping changes at the Chicago Police Department goes into effect on Friday, as a federal judge is appointed a former federal prosecutor to oversee the reforms.
"We're shortly going to be having conversations with leadership about rate structure, for the graduated income tax, to make sure we have a fair tax system. That's the very first thing we're going to go after over the next week or two, we'll be having those conversations."
Mayoral candidate Lori Lightfoot is making history in two ways: she's one of the two first ever African-American women in the runoff and the first LGBTQ candidate for mayor.
"I'm going to encourage the people who are church-based to to look at the social economic issue. People got to eat. People going to die losing their homes. Let's look at those issues."
Toni Preckwinkle is one election away from the biggest job of her political career, mayor of Chicago.
Once Mueller turns in his findings, at a date still undetermined, Attorney General William Barr will decide what to make public.
Lori Lightfoot and Toni Preckwinkle, two African American women on the ballot for Chicago mayor, is a match-up never seen before. One will become the city's first black female mayor. A win could come down to a former candidate instead of an issue.
"People feel like the city's going in the wrong direction and they want someone who's a credible leader who's going to stand for integrity and government and lead us in a completely different way."
"Everything had to go through Mr. Trump and it had to be approved by Mr. Trump."
An historic mayoral election has led to an unprecedented runoff contest, with two black women vying to be the next mayor of Chicago.
President Donald Trump's former personal attorney and "fixer," Michael Cohen, is testifying before Congress on Wednesday, and in his opening remarks called the president a racist who claimed "black people would never vote for him because they were too stupid."
An outgoing Chicago alderman said the city's system for fixing roads, sidewalks, and other infrastructure needs to be improved.
