Lightfoot will be tasked with investigating those claims, and also a village employee'sclaims that she was sexually assaulted by a Dolton village trustee on a trip to Las Vegas– and then retaliated against. The employee claimed after she told the mayor about the lawsuit, she was eventually fi...
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—will join the faculty of the Ford School of Public Policy as the Harry A. and Margaret D. Towsl...
CHICAGO (CBS) — Former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot can be counted among those who have definitely made up their minds about the presidential race. Lightfoot said she is looking forward to supporting Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential run, and also said she is relieved to have the ...
CHICAGO (CBS) --Mayor Lori Lightfoot has named former City Clerk Miguel del Valle to head up the Chicago Board of Education, and also has appointed six other new members of the school board. All seven previous members of the school board stepped down last month, just two days after Lightfo...
CHICAGO (CBS) --Mayor Lori Lightfoot is appointing former Dallas Police Chief David Brown as the new permanent superintendent of the Chicago Police Department, replacing Eddie Johnson, who was fired last December. Lightfoot's announcement comes one day after the Chicago Police...
CHICAGO (CBS) --Ald. Roderick Sawyer (6th) became the latest candidate to announce plans to challenge Mayor Lori Lightfoot in the 2023 election on Thursday. Sawyer confirmed in a phone call with CBS 2 that he plans to run for mayor, but did not immediately provid...
Nevertheless, in response to the Bears' announcement, Mayor Lightfoot's office issued a statement that she still wants to the Bears to stay in Chicago. The statement said the Bears had legal restrictions in the pre-purchase phase, and now that the deal has closed, the city can begin direct...