Democratic Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot blamed racism and her gender for losing her re-election bid, as Chicagoans wary of the rising crime of her watch celebrated her landslide defeat.

CHICAGO – Lori Lightfoot lost her bid for a second term as Chicago mayor Tuesday in the nation's third-largest city after facing widespread criticism over her divisive leadership and the city's ...

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot was slammed Monday ahead of this week's election for claiming that critics of her four-year tenure just don't want to see "a black woman" in leadership.

Ann Lightfoot, the mother of former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, died overnight Monday after a long illness. She was 95. “Our entire family and my mother’s many friends and colleagues are ...

Democratic Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has lost her bid for re-election as the race heads to runoff without her after no candidate reached the required 50% vote threshold to be elected.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is facing a tough re-election battle on Feb. 28, with credible threats from at least three opponents in the nine-person race.

Lori Lightfoot unveils final results of investigation into Dolton mayor's spending 03:31 DOLTON, Ill. (CBS) — The new report outlines alleged widespread financial mismanagement in the troubled ...

Developer Sterling Bay and former Mayor Lori Lightfoot are trading fresh barbs over the collapse of the $6 billion Chicago ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (CBS) -- Former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot will be heading to the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor as a visiting professor this fall. Lightfoot—a 1984 graduate of U-M ...