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The Chicago mayor’s race would end in a three-way tie if the election happened today, an independent poll commissioned by Telemundo Chicago, NBC 5, the Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ shows, with no clear path for Mayor Lori Lightfoot to win in a runoff election.

Chicago Ald. Tom Tunney, retiring from his post in the 44th ward at the conclusion of his term, has endorsed former Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas in the 2023 mayoral election. Mary Ann Ahern reports.

In a blow to Mayor Lori Lightfoot, Chicago’s City Council declined to push through a new ComEd agreement before the upcoming election, NBC 5’s Mary Ann Ahern reports.

In the race for Chicago mayor Monday, Lori Lightfoot focused her attention on U.S. Rep. Chuy Garcia, who according to the Chicago Tribune, is the unnamed congressman in federal court filings involving disgraced former House Speaker Mike Madigan. NBC 5's Mary Ann Ahern reports.

The Chicago Teachers Union is claiming Mayor Lori Lightfoot has backed away from a promise to guarantee CTU workers parental leave in the latest clash between the union and the mayor, NBC 5’s Mary Ann Ahern reports.

Most Cook County property owners will see a larger tax bill this year, but owners in gentrifying Latino neighborhoods in Chicago will see some of the biggest hikes.

Former mayoral challenger Ald. Ray Lopez (15th) on Wednesday asked Chicago’s Board of Ethics and inspector general to investigate Mayor Lori Lightfoot for accepting a $25,000 contribution from the owner of the Chicago Fire two months after she muscled through a zoning change allowing the soccer club to build an $80 million training center on Chicago Housing Authority land.

Just as the 2022 midterm elections come to a close, voters in Chicago are already gearing up for the mayoral and aldermanic elections in February 2023.

Lawyers for indicted Chicago Ald. Carrie Austin (34th) told a judge Friday she is “not medically fit to stand trial” and that they will seek to have her prosecution put on hold.

Ignoring an emotional plea from social worker Anjanette Young, a City Council committee on Thursday shot down sweeping search warrant reforms aimed at preventing a repeat of the botched raid on the wrong home that forced Young to stand naked before an all-male team of police officers.

Moreno, 50, is trying to reclaim the job he lost to Ald. Daniel LaSpata after a self-destructive string of scandals that derailed his once-bright future.

The stickers attached to the tents read that “storing personal property on the public way” was prohibited; and if the personal property was not removed, it would be “discarded by the city.” Removal would occur on Thursday at 9:30 a.m. “or any later day or time,” according to the stickers.

A federal judge Wednesday sentenced former Teamsters boss John T. Coli Sr. to 19 months in prison for illegally pocketing $325,000 in secret cash payments from Cinespace Chicago Film Studios.

Chicago’s pool of mayoral candidates currently stand at nine, but more names may be added to the ballot ahead of the 2023 election. NBC 5’s Mary Ann Ahern reports.

A Chicago police officer won’t be fired for fraternizing with members of the far right Proud Boys and failing to tell police officials he had come under FBI scrutiny, the city’s watchdog announced Friday.

The “Bodily Autonomy Ordinance,” introduced by Ald. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa, Ald. Rossana Rodriguez-Sanchez and Ald. Matt Martin, codifies prohibitions originally introduced by Mayor Lori Lightfoot in a July 2022 executive order.

The feds say Jones agreed that, in exchange for benefits from an individual with an interest in SafeSpeed, he would work to limit such studies to systems used in Chicago, “thereby excluding from study and recommendations automated traffic enforcement systems utilized in numerous other municipalities” served by SafeSpeed.

Political tensions are high as Texas’ governor sent buses with migrants to Chicago, the latest city to receive asylum seekers as they denounce immigration policies. Mayor Lori Lightfoot said her critics say this was all political theater. NBC 5 political reporter Mary Ann Ahern reports.

A Chicago businessman, who keeps a very low profile, has made the largest reported donation ever given to a political nonprofit, with the total amount far-exceeding $1 billion.   

Both the state Fraternal Order of Police and local lodge announced their support for Sen. Darren Bailey’s run for governor. NBC 5’s Mary Ann Ahern reports.