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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on The Daily Show *Yes, the COVID-19 pandemic has most of us in the country mandated to stay home as much as possible to avoid either catching or unknowingly spreading the virus. But not everyone is “safer at home.” Domestic violence victims that once had a break when their abusers went […]

[…] we use this opportunity to come together, and I’ve offered him my full support on his transition,” Vallas said. Vallas and Johnson were competing to replace Mayor Lori Lightfoot, whose bid for a second term ended when she finished third in the nine-candidate February 28 first round — failing to advance to the top-two runoff. […]

[…] issuing a Stay-at-Home Advisory asking all Chicagoans to only leave their homes for essential needs, including work and school. More info ➡️ https://t.co/zDpEmEUk6c. #ProtectChicago pic.twitter.com/DAjuqfuRPP — Mayor Lori Lightfoot (@chicagosmayor) November 12, 2020 “If changes are not made by Chicago residents, businesses, and visitors to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, the city is on track […]

*Mayor Lori Lightfoot has tapped former Dallas Police Chief David Brown as the new permanent superintendent of the Chicago Police Department. “In this time, for this moment, David Brown is the absolute best,” she said Thursday afternoon, CBS Chicago reports.  “While we may hail from different backgrounds and walks of life, as police officers, we […]

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS – APRIL 16: Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot speaks during a press outside of Wrigley Field on April 16, 2020 in Chicago Illinois. Wrigley Field has been converted to a temporary satellite food packing and distribution center in cooperation with the Lakeville Food Pantry to support ongoing relief efforts underway in the city as […]

* Lori Lightfoot is the mayor of Chicago no mo’. Well, she is until her current term is over. The bottom line is on Tuesday night (02-28-23) she lost her re-election because she didn’t win enough votes to make a runoff election in April. Four years ago Lightfoot came into office after a huge election […]

Eric Adams (NYC Mayor’s Office) *(CNN) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Sunday brushed aside the suggestion that Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot‘s reelection loss was merely a warning sign for Democratic mayors, instead calling it a “warning sign for the country” at large. “I showed up at crime scenes. I knew what New […]

*Chicago‘s mayor, Lori Lightfoot may not be doing all the right things she should be doing to end police brutality and gang violence, but she appears to at least be trying. Following the high-profile shootings of Adam Toledo (13) and Anthony Alvarez (22) last March, the mayor vowed to ensure a new policy was in […]

[…] third-largest school district and work remotely until Jan. 18, or until the current surge in COVID-19 cases dips below a particular threshold. The move has angered Mayor Lori Lightfoot, who accuses the teachers of hindering the district’s 330,000 students unnecessarily. In a press conference late Tuesday night, she said individual school communities were experiencing the […]

[…] Images) *The Chicago Police Department (CPD) has begun curbing officers with no pay for not reporting their COVID vaccination status.  In a news conference on Monday, Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) said a “very small number” of officers have been put on no-pay status for failing to comply with the vaccine mandate, The Hill reports.  “Roughly […]

*New details are emerging about what prompted Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot to fire former Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson less than a month before he was due to retire We previously reported… Lightfoot took the dramatic step of canning Johnson on Monday (Dec. 2) for allegedly lying about falling asleep in his car after ‘a […]

*Anjanette Young was naked and handcuffed when Chicago Police officers burst into her home on Feb. 21, 2019 during a wrong raid incident that Mayor Lori Lightfoot tried to cover up.  CBS 2 first interviewed the social worker last November. Young filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for the video last year, but […]

[…] things up with the city of Chicago and get to steppin’ the hell outta there … if he still he can. We say that because Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot had some not too encouraging words for Smollett if he had any thoughts of catching a break from the city. “He needs to face the charges. […]

[…] airing it. The judge denied their request and that’s the only reason the video aired last week, almost two years after it happened. Now let’s talk about Lori Lightfoot, the mayor of Chicago. A few days ago when Lightfoot was asked if she was going to fire Flessner, since he was the person in charge […]

[…] appears to toss a gun before turning to face the cop moments before the shooting. Speaking at a news conference ahead of the video’s release, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot described the footage as “excruciating.”  Toledo was shot in the chest and killed by police on March 29 following a foot pursuit by officers who were […]