Pope Leo XIV’s hometown is poised to acquire his childhood home. Board members in suburban Dolton outside Chicago voted unanimously Tuesday to purchase the property in hopes it will breathe new ...

When it comes to NASCAR’s return to downtown Chicago, Julie Giese has a long list of responsibilities. The track president is ...

USA TODAY, April 2, 2019, Chicago elects Lori Lightfoot as first gay and first black female mayor in city’s history ...

With the swearing in of nine openly LGBTQ council members on Monday, Chicago’s new city council is the most LGBTQ-representative in the city’s — and the nation’s — history. Lesbian, gay ...

Lightfoot's office said since the first group of migrants were bused to Chicago from Texas last August, the city has coordinated with local and state agencies to care for over 8,000 migrants.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot bid a tearful farewell to Chicago on Monday, saying she is “more optimistic about our city’s future than ever” because of the “work our administration has done” to ...

Outgoing Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson met at City Hall on Thursday, marking the beginning of the transition between the two administrations, NBC 5’s Mary Ann Ahern reports.

CNN — Lori Lightfoot rode into the Chicago mayor's office in 2019 as a reform candidate, offering a break from the city's clubby political scene while making history as the first Black woman and ...

Chicago voters fire Mayor Lori Lightfoot, but their next leader will depend on an April runoff. Might Chicago become another example of a blue city that is fed up with crime and dysfunction? Plus ...

Lori Lightfoot joins an undistinguished club.But that comparison understates just how unusual the results in Chicago are. Incumbent mayors who run for reelection rarely lose, and they especially ...