Chicago made history Tuesday night in multiple ways by electing its first openly gay African-American woman as mayor and at least five socialists to City Council. Former President of the […]
Chicago voters made history Tuesday evening, electing two African American women as their top choices for mayor. Former federal prosecutor Lori Lightfoot and Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle were […]
Hundreds packed the New Mount Pilgrim M.B. Church in West Garfield Park to hear ideas from five Chicago mayoral hopefuls – La Shawn Ford, Amara Enyia, Toni Preckwinkle, Willie Wilson, […]
CTU Poll Puts Preckwinkle in the Lead, Many Still Undecided A new poll released by the Chicago Teachers Union shows that while Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle holds the […]
Ja’Mal Green Drops Out of Race for Chicago Mayor Activist Ja’Mal Green announced Monday he would no longer continue his bid for mayor of Chicago. Green, 23, was one of […]
Comptroller Mendoza Formally Announces Mayoral Bid Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza finally formally declared her candidacy for mayor of Chicago Wednesday morning, releasing the full version of her first campaign video […]
Comptroller Mendoza Mulls a Run for Mayor Fresh off her re-election win for State Comptroller, Susana Mendoza is eyeing jumping into another election—the Chicago mayor’s race. Mendoza, who served as […]
Judge Hears Testimony on Chicago Police Consent Decree A judge will hear testimony for a second day from people wishing to comment on the proposed consent decree that would govern […]
Kanye West Donates more than $70,000 to Amara Enyia Less than a week after Chance the Rapper threw his support behind her campaign for Chicago mayor, Amara Enyia received support […]
Chance the Rapper stepped into Chicago’s crowded mayoral race Tuesday morning by throwing his support behind candidate Amara Enyia. “I would like to say very narcissistically if I back you, […]
More Chicago Hotel Workers Ratify New Contracts More striking Chicago hotel employees headed back to work over the weekend as workers at four more hotels ratified a new contract on […]
Rep. Luis Gutiérrez Drafts Chuy Garcia to Run for Mayor Outgoing Congressman Luis Gutiérrez (D-4th) will not run for mayor of Chicago, but says he’s attempting to draft Cook County […]