Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Monday said a much-circulated email in which she berated an aide was “born out of frustration” and she’s now in “a better place” with her team.

After participating in a year-long guaranteed basic income program run by the West Side-based nonprofit Equity and Transformation (E.A.T.), Austin resident and E.A.T. member Deon Hodrick said the ...

Former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Monday accepted a new position in which she’ll be tasked with investigating allegations against embattled Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard. Lightfoot was ...

Lori Lightfoot speaks at the Challenges of Leading in Crisis event Monday. Grace Beal/Daily. Buy this photo. About 80 people gathered in Weill Hall in the Ford School of Public Policy to hear former ...

CHICAGO — Former mayor Lori Lightfoot is headed to Boston in the fall to teach at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, she announced Thursday. "I've always loved teaching, and the ...

Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere and Anthony Vazquez Politics Lori Lightfoot did not OK an anti-Brandon Johnson mailer with her photo, campaign says By Mariah Woelfel Updated Mar 28, 2023, 2:00pm PDT COPY LINK ...

A months-old picture of Chicago's incumbent Mayor Lori Lightfoot buying beer has been shared online as if taken in February 2023, after she lost her re-election bid. Posts making these claims were ...

David Axelrod writes that Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot lost her reelection bid because of her clenched-fist, go-it-alone style of leadership that made consensus hard to build and drove many who ...

Chicago’s Democrat Mayor Lori Lightfoot sensationally lost her re-election bid on Tuesday — becoming the first Windy City incumbent to lose in 40 years.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, a Democrat, lost her re-election bid Tuesday night, and critics are celebrating the end of her term. Under Lightfoot, Chicago has seen soaring crime rates, which ...

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot speaks to reporters on February 1, 2023. Lightfoot, a Democrat who faced scrutiny over crime and policing in her city, conceded defeat in the mayoral race Tuesday night.

Forty years ago, Chicago rejected its first woman mayor for a second term, and voters did the same Tuesday night with Lori Lightfoot — the first Black woman and openly gay mayor of the city ...