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Thursday, April 18, 2024
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Lori E. Lightfoot

Former Mayor of Chicago
Mayor Lori Lightfoot, center, her daughter Vivian Lightfoot, and her wife Amy Eshleman walk to their seats before the mayor’s farewell address at BUILD Chicago in West Garfield Park on May 8.
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‘I’m optimistic about Chicago’s future’
Mayor Lightfoot reflects on her time at City Hall and says Chicagoans are why she’s optimistic about our city moving forward.
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Chicago can be a true ‘second chance’ city for returning residents
Providing job opportunities and resources for those returning home from prison or jail is deeply personal for me, Mayor Lori Lightfoot writes. Chicago now has a roadmap for this work.
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There’s still time to fix a badly flawed bill for an elected Chicago school board
On an issue this significant for the third-largest public school district in the country, we must all work to find common ground and pass a workable plan, rather than jamming through a bill that has left too many key stakeholders without a voice.
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Why I am asking you to support one of the most painful budgets in Chicago’s history
If there were a responsible way to close our budget gap that didn’t involve raising taxes or requiring furloughs for employees, we already would have taken it.
By Lori E. Lightfoot
 
An immigration rally in Chicago.
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Help law-abiding immigrants become citizens — don’t arrest them
The fact that children right here in Chicago are afraid of coming home from school and finding their parents missing is an indictment of where we are as a country today.
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Next year’s budget prioritizes structural changes and investments our communities need
It’s a budget developed through a transparent and inclusive process that incorporated input from communities and stakeholders across all of Chicago.
By Lori E. Lightfoot
 
Mayor Lori Lightfoot and her wife Amy Eshleman pass out breakfast to Chicago Public Schools students at a teachers’ strike contingency site, the Gads Hill Center, on Friday, Oct. 18.
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As mayor of Chicago, I will always be on the side of educational equity
My vision of equity comes from a very real place. I know what it means to go to a school that lacks the basics.
By Lori E. Lightfoot
 
Marijuana being bottled at Revolution Cannabis facility in Delavan, IL. | Brian Rich/Sun-Times
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How to make marijuana legalization work for all of Chicago’s communities
Ordinances like the one we will be introducing soon will establish zoning regulations for the sale of adult-use cannabis, along with licensing for consumption sites.
By Lori E. Lightfoot
 
Ann Lightfoot, mother of Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot
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Fair and predictable work schedules will lift up Chicago families
I fully support a new law that aims to help low-wage, hourly workers juggle unpredictable work schedules, changing shifts, childcare and other responsibilities
By Lori E. Lightfoot