“Lightfoot was smart, quick and always spoiling for fight, defending the city against its detractors – from former President Donald Trump to Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas – and anyone else who unfairly caricatured her city as an urban dystopia…But Lightfoot’s fall is a more complicated story that goes to a clenched-fist, go-it-alone style of leadership that made consensus hard to build and drove many who should have been her allies away.

“After the first round of the Chicago mayoral election, the Windy City faces the starkest ideological choice in at least 40 years.”

“Much media attention had been paid to the vast amounts of money that the CTU had injected into the mayoral campaign, but the ground game probably proved to be the more significant mover of the numbers and perhaps a harbinger of what is to come in the April runoff.”

Since November 2017, Lausch has overseen numerous high-profile investigations in Chicago, among them, the indictments of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan on racketeering and bribery charges and longtime Chicago Ald. Ed. Burke. He’s also been appointed to investigate documents with classified markings discovered as Biden’s personal attorneys were clearing out the offices of the Penn Biden Center.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot has requested the city officially post Brown’s position and start the search for the new police superintendent immediately. That way, by the time a new mayor is voted in, either Paul Vallas or Brandon Johnson will already have a good list to pick from (statements from the candidates included here).

Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s impending exit from City Hall raises big questions about the future of economic development and real estate-focused initiatives she championed over the past four years.

Gov. JB Pritzker said the primary didn’t allow the candidates to express their views on a number of issues so he is not ready to endorse a candidate. “What is their primary message and it’s going to be focused on what are they going to do about education, what are they going to do about healthcare, what are they going to do about public safety, what are they going to do about creating jobs.”

Elected officials across Cook County agree that the antiquated, red tape-laden system that punishes vulnerable homeowners who fall behind on their taxes needs to be fixed. That’s where the agreement ends.

The 41 year-old Albany Park resident also threatened to publicly accost Vallas supporters: “I SEE YOU. And now, I know exactly who you are. And I will make sure to remind you of that fact. Loudly. In public. Every time,” she wrote.

According to newly released data from the federal education department, the three congressional districts with the highest response rates in the nation were in Illinois. More than 70% of eligible borrowers in the 5th, 6th, and 8th congressional districts, all located in the Chicago area, applied for or automatically qualified for debt relief.

Election Day saw 507,852 ballots cast for a turnout of 32.1 percent for the city, according to the election board. But an explosion in vote-by-mail ballots this election cycle means there are still 99,000 mailed ballots to be accounted for.

Austin had been the second-longest serving member of the City Council, earning more than $142,000 annually. In July 2021, Austin was charged with accepting bribes from a developer, including bathroom tile and a sump pump, and lying to FBI agents. Four months ago she told the judge presiding over her federal corruption trial that she was too ill to face a jury.

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The Loop’s population is a fraction of Chicago’s almost 2.7 million people, but its residents tend to earn higher incomes. That means they contribute more to the economy, spending an estimated $481 million in the district’s businesses in 2022. But the cost of housing in the Loop is still too high for many. Households earning less than $75,000 per year find it difficult to pay the district’s rates.

At least 10 races for alderperson appear headed for runoffs in April — but uncounted mail-in ballots remain a wild card in many of the contests.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s single term will go down as one of the most memorable and disappointing in recent Chicago history.

“As a state representative and former chair of the House Black Caucus, I know a thing or two about how legislative bodies like Chicago’s City Council are supposed to work. And let me tell you: This ain’t it…Chicago needs a city charter, which is essentially a governing document like the Constitution. Every other major American city has one, while Chicago is ruled by arcane traditions and no guiding principles set forth in law.”

The initiative — which will launch in Chicago, Detroit and Jackson, Mississippi — will aim to “develop, connect and elevate change-makers across the country who are already working to strengthen communities,” Obama said in a video announcing the initiative.