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Mar 1, 2023 · Lori Lightfoot, the first Black woman and the first openly gay person ever to serve as mayor of Chicago, on Tuesday became a one-term mayor. With nearly 99% of the precincts reporting, the mayor ...
May 8, 2023 · CHICAGO — Mayor Lori Lightfoot gave a farewell speech to the city Monday afternoon as Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson prepares to officially take office on Monday, May 15. Lightfoot delivered her ...
Jun 1, 2023 · Lori Lightfoot heads to Harvard for a fellowship at the public health school. Her course will be, in part, a study of how she steered Chicago through the COVID-19 pandemic.
Jan 22, 2023 · Lori Lightfoot made history four years ago as the first Black woman and first openly gay person to serve as Chicago mayor. But her bid for a second term is in question amid concerns about continuing high crime in the nation’s third-largest city and accusations that she can be overly hostile and sometimes flat-out mean.
May 8, 2023 · At the start of her final week as mayor of Chicago, Lori Lightfoot will deliver a farewell speech to the city she served for the last four years. Her address will take place at BUILD on West ...
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Jun 1, 2023 · CHICAGO - Former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has announced her next venture after leaving office last month. Lightfoot was appointed a senior leadership fellow at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of ...
Apr 1, 2024 · Five years ago, former Mayor Lori Lightfoot became the first Black, gay woman to be elected mayor of Chicago. But, it wasn’t long before a host of challenges emerged during her time in office such as the COVID-19 pandemic, rising crime and the racial justice protests following the murder of George Floyd.
