CHICAGO (WLS) -- During an election year, Mayor Lori Lightfoot designed her budget, without a property tax increase, to be an easy one to pass. Yet, 18 aldermen voted against it. "What this budget ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Mayor Lori Lightfoot talked about a public safety strategy Friday afternoon with New York City Mayor Eric Adams. Adams visited Chicago for a series of stops, including a fundraiser.

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DOLTON, Ill. (CBS) — The new report outlines alleged widespread financial mismanagement in the troubled south suburbs. Lightfoot was hired by the Dolton Board of Trustees to investigate Henyard's ...

A Michigan man has been convicted of threatening to kill former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot if she didn't reduce crime in the city in 2022. William Kohles, 44, of Grand Rapids, was found guilty of ...

*Two Black women, former federal prosecutor Lori Lightfoot and Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, beat 12 other candidates in a primary election Tuesday night, now both will face off in an ...