The Latest Breaking News from Lori Lightfoot

CHICAGO — A coalition of news organizations convened by the Chicago Tribune is seeking to block the Chicago Park District’s efforts to seal a pending lawsuit alleging Mayor Lori Lightfoot yelled obscenities at and defamed a Park District attorney during a call about a controversial Christopher Columbus statue.

CHICAGO — Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s controversial free gas and public transit card giveaway narrowly passed the City Council Wednesday after aldermen debated whether the measure will truly help struggling residents or simply be a political “gimmick.”

The president of the Chicago Federation of Labor said none of the proposed casino operators has agreed to negotiate union contracts.

“I’ve beaten every a—h—- who’s come after me with that,” Duckworth told Biden, recounted in “This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden and the Battle for America’s Future.”

In January, just days after Chicago closed the books on its deadliest year in a quarter-century, Mayor Lori Lightfoot declared 2022 a “make-or-break year” for tamping down surging violent crime. This weekend, however, proved to be the year’s first major stumbling block.

“We talk about equity, then deliver equity,” the 25th Ward alderman said Sunday. “Deliver equity for our families, for staffing, for communities.”

Instead of providing safety improvements, the speed camera ticketing policy has become a huge cash machine for a city constantly on the financial edge.

Seven months after former parks boss Mike Kelly’s ouster, Mayor Lori Lightfoot and the Chicago Park District board have yet to name a permanent superintendent — and won’t say why they haven't. This makes no sense.

Free fuel never seems to gets old. Thousands of Chicagoans woke up early once again to get their $50 worth of free gas in Willie Wilson’s third giveaway in two months.