Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Friday outlined several ways to take poverty including addressing the affordable housing crisis. NBC 5’s Mary Ann Ahern reports.

Ten million dollars in new business development grants is now available in Chicago, but it’s up to business owners in low-income communities to apply for the cash. The first of two application rounds for Neighborhood Opportunity Fund grants this year started Tuesday, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s office announced. “As the City launches the first round of applications in 2020...

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot addressed civic, business and religious leaders at the PUSH Excel MLK Scholarship Breakfast on Monday, calling on them to help her end the cycle of poverty to honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Chicago officials said $11.5 million in city vehicle sticker debt has been forgiven in three months from a program started by Mayor Lori Lightfoot. Nearly 11,500 motorists applied for the program which began in October and followed an amnesty program for late penalties on sticker purchases. Lightfoot has touted the debt relief one of several initiatives in her first year…

New HIV diagnoses in Chicago continue to go down and have declined for four consecutive years, according to figures released by Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Chicago’s health department. The 734 new diagnoses reported in 2018 among Chicago residents are the lowest number since 1988, health officials said Monday. “A world where we end the HIV epidemic is within our reach,…

Calling the incident a “terrible act of cowardice,” Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot spoke to victims of Sunday’s shooting at a memorial celebration in the Englewood neighborhood. In all, 13 people were shot when police say two individuals opened fire during the house party in the 5700 block of South May just after 12:30 a.m. One of those shot is being…

Chicago police detail what happened when 13 people were shot at a house party in the city’s Englewood neighborhood.

The Chicago City Council’s Committee on Contracting Equity and Oversight has passed an ordinance that would delay the legal sale of marijuana in the city until July 1 due to a lack of black and Latino-owned dispensaries.

The Chicago City Council’s Committee on Contracting Equity and Oversight has passed an ordinance that would delay the legal sale of marijuana in the city until July 1 due to a lack of black and Latino-owned dispensaries. NBC 5’s Charlie Wojciechowski.

Mark Flessner collected tax exemptions on two properties, while state law stipulates homeowners are only entitled to take exemptions on one property

Chicago’s City Attorney admits he made a mistake and says he will pay back money to the state of Illinois after collecting property tax exemptions on two properties, while state law only allows homeowners to collect one such exemption. NBC 5’s Mary Ann Ahern reports.

Longtime Chicago City Hall spokesman Bill McCaffrey was fired by Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Friday after he raised ethical concerns, the Sun-Times reported. ”Bill McCaffrey is no longer with the Office of the Corporation Counsel,” Lightfoot’s office said in a statement Saturday. “As this is a personnel matter, we will not be commenting further.” McCaffrey declined to comment on...

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot was one of approximately a dozen mayors from across the country who visited Iowa on Friday to question Democratic presidential candiates as part of a forum.  The 2020 Local America Presidential Forum, which was hosted by the United States Conference of Mayors, took place in Waterloo.  Candidates who were slated to attend the event included...

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot visited Iowa Friday to hear from several presidential candidates running in the Democratic primary. NBC 5’s Mary Ann Ahern reports.

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Former Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson is officially off of the city’s payroll, days after he was fired from his position as the head of the second-largest police department in the United States.

Several technology companies announced plans on Monday to add a total of more than 2,000 new jobs in Chicago through 2020, including one business that plans to reshape the city’s South Side.

Lori Lightfoot recently sat down for lunch with a very special guest, a 4-year-old boy who garnered attention on social media for dressing up as the Chicago mayor for Halloween.

The families of two men who died one year ago when their vehicle plunged into the Calumet River gathered on Monday to demand local leaders improve safety on the road where the men died.