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 ...

Lame-duck Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot got a tongue-lashing at a raucous city council meeting Wednesday, with a longtime critic telling the controversial pol to “get the hell out of my city.” ...

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 ...

— Adam Bianchi has been tapped as general superintendent of the Cook County Forest Preserve District. He’s the district ...