Aldermen Buck Lightfoot’s Push to Reduce Their Power, Approve Midnight Liquor Sales Cutoff – WTTW (Chicago)

That sealed Lightfoot’s defeat Friday on what was her central campaign promise during the 2019 campaign, saying it was necessary to reduce the power of aldermen to root out corruption; It signals that the mayor’s long-promised but never realized plan to end aldermanic prerogative is dead before its arrival.