Lori Lightfoot

Lightfoot promises tight security during the Lollapalooza festival

Nearly half a million people are expected to come and celebrate the four-day Lollapalooza festival this weekend in Chicago. The…

5 years ago

Lightfoot receives calls to fire Chicago’s Water Commissioner

The discrimination cases have been reported in the Chicago Water Department. The allegations of discriminations are prompting calls to the…

5 years ago

Lightfoot proposes three major changes in fine and fee system of Chicago

Chicago’s fine and fee system may be changed as Lori Lightfoot, the mayor of Chicago, called the current system ‘broken’.…

5 years ago

ICE Raids in the United States

The immigrant families knew that they were going to be in trouble sooner or later when the acting director of…

5 years ago

Lori Lightfoot calls out ex-mayoral candidate

It seems like Chicago’s mayoral campaign once again as Mayor Lori Lightfoot continues sparring with Cook County Board President Toni…

5 years ago

Chicago’s mayor selects five possible casino locations

Chicago’s Mayor Lori Lightfoot has floats five sites as possible locations for a casino in Chicago. The mayor office said…

5 years ago

Mayor of Chicago sends an open letter to Trump about ICE raids

Lori Lightfoot, mayor of Chicago, has sent an open letter to Donald Trump, president of the United States of America,…

5 years ago

Lori Lightfoot delivers a message to Trump in terms of ICE raids

Lori Lightfoot, mayor of Chicago, has delivered an important message to Trump related to the upcoming ICE raids. ICE will…

5 years ago

Congestion pricing can improve Chicago’s infrastructure

Just think for a second that Chicago has less crumbling infrastructure, fewer congested roads and more extensive transit and bicycling…

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Police Presence will increase in Chicago on July 4 holiday

Chicago police looks to work on a plan of increasing the presence of police in the streets of Chicago for…

5 years ago

Chicago’s new Chicago School Board take steps for transparency

Chicago’s mayor Lori Lightfoot had replaced the entire Chicago Board of Education earlier this month. She had named Miguel del…

5 years ago

Lori Lightfoot brands spitting on Eric Trump as ‘Repugnant’

Chicago’s mayor Lori Lightfoot has branded the spitting on Eric Trump by a waitress as ‘Repugnant’. She shared these words…

5 years ago

Lori Lightfoot suggests the opening of libraries on Sundays

Lori Lightfoot, mayor of Chicago, has proposed the opening of public libraries in Chicago on Sundays as well by the…

5 years ago

Mick Jagger praises Lightfoot in the Rolling Stones show

The Rolling Stones show started its US tour at Soldier Field. Mick Jagger performed in the show at Chicago’s Soldier…

5 years ago

Ward Office of Ald. Carrie Austin raided by federal agents

Federal agents have raided the Chicago’s Ald., Carrie Austin, ward office in the 34th ward of the city. The sources…

5 years ago

Parents want actions against the bullying of school children from the mayor of Chicago

The parents of Chicago’s school students want the actions against the bullying of their children at school. The parents are…

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Lori Lightfoot will attend Stephen Colbert show during her New York trip

It is the first time when Lori Lightfoot will attend a late-night show among the gay Democratic community. Lightfoot will…

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To overhaul the Workers Comp Program, Chicago partners with Third-Party Firm

Chicago’s mayor Lori Lightfoot has announced that an outside firm will take over day-to-day operations of the city of Chicago's…

5 years ago

Lori Lightfoot and her wife had a dinner at Oprah Winfrey’s house

Lori Lightfoot, Mayor of Chicago, met with police officials and political fundraisers in California during her visit last week. She…

5 years ago

Chicago’s new mayor pledges to tackle gun violence as shooting events rise

It has not been a month since Chicago’s new mayor Lori Lightfoot have taken oath, the city is experiencing severe…

5 years ago

Chicago Sky beat the Seattle Storm

The Chicago Sky have beaten the Seattle Storm in the WNBA. Chicago Sky had the home court advantage as it…

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Newly elected Mayor to preside over 1st City Council Meeting

Chicago’s newly elected Mayor Lori Lightfoot will be presiding over her first City Council meeting. She will preside over the…

5 years ago

Housing in Chicago: Discrimination against the poor?

The newly-elected mayor of Chicago Lori Lightfoot had run a campaign promising to change the lives of every Chicagoan. Lori…

5 years ago

Lori Lightfoot keeping hold of Rahm Emanuel appointees

Chicago’s new Mayor Lori Lightfoot has said that she will be retaining several appointees of previous mayor, Rahm Emanuel. The…

5 years ago

Lori Lightfoot’s first full day in Office

Tuesday was the first full day for the new mayor of Chicago Lori Lightfoot. She arrived at the LaSalle Street…

6 years ago

Lori Lightfoot takes Historic Oath

Lori Lightfoot has taken the oath as the Mayor of Chicago. She has made history by taking the oath as…

6 years ago

Transition team presents report to Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot

Friday will be the last business day for the departing mayor of Chicago Rahm Emanuel. History will be made on…

6 years ago

Chicago is the largest city of Illinois. Often, the political situation here dictates trends throughout the state. And one of the main newsmakers in the city is the Mayor of Chicago Lori Lightfoot. In the spring of 2018, she announced her intention to run for mayor of Chicago, and on May 20, 2019, she took up her new position and became the 56th mayor of Chicago. In this position, she replaced Rahm Emanuel who headed the city from 2011 to 2019.

During the second round of elections, Lori Lightfoot won with 73% of the votes. Mayor of Chicago represents the Democratic Party and is an open representative of the LGBT community. Her spouse Amy Eshleman strongly supported Lightfoot during the election campaign and continues to support her husband’s initiative as mayor.

Lori Lightfoot graduated from the University of Michigan and the University of Chicago. In the period from 1996-2002 held the position of Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois. From 2002 to 2004, she was working as chief administrator of the Chicago Police Department Office of Professional Standards.

Then followed work in various departments of the Chicago administration and several years of private practice. In 2015, Rahm Emanuel appointed Lori Lightfoot as President of the Chicago Police Board.

The mayoral campaign of 2018-2019 was the first in the life of Lori Lightfoot. Moreover, she became the first open lesbian in the history of the election of the mayor of Chicago. In the election, she managed to get around candidates such as Gery Chico, Bill Daily, Susana Mendoza and Toni Preckwinkle.

In her position, Lori Lightfoot regularly starts discussing such essential for the community topics as tax, teacher contract fairness, public safety, and the expansion of the gambling business in Chicago. Mayor of Chicago also tries to resolve the issue of affordable housing in the city. To do this, she created a task force that will look for opportunities to solve this problem.

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