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Lightfoot Goes Down, and a Moderate Liberal Faces a Leftist in Chicago

March 6, 2023
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News Analysis The verdict was in: Lori Lightfoot was out. The Feb. 28 election marked a decisive failure for Chicago’s controversial incumbent and the first loss for a one-term mayor in the city in four decades. She finished third in a crowded field, earning just over 17 percent of the vote. Lightfoot edged out Jesus…

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‘In God We Trust’: NYC Mayor Talks Faith in Governance, Public Safety

March 5, 2023
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Sunday doubled down on remarks he made earlier in the week dismissing the idea of the separation of church and state. Dana Bash, host of CNN’s “State of the Union,” said Adams’s earlier comments about the role of faith in governance “alarmed some people, even religious leaders who were in…

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Chicago Mayor and Police Unions Wage Legal Fight Over Vaccine Mandate

October 15, 2021
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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot resorted to the courts Oct. 14 to force her vaccine mandate upon rank-and-file Chicago police officers. Lightfoot’s move came after she ended month-long negotiations with police unions. In response, four Chicago law enforcement unions sued Lightfoot to force her to come back to the negotiation table. According to the city’s vaccine mandate,…

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Judge Orders Chicago Mayor’s Attorneys to Clarify Policy on Denying Interviews to White Reporters

June 7, 2021
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Attorneys for Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on June 7 told a judge that they will file a sworn declaration clarifying the mayor’s police on allowing interviews only to “people of color,” according to The Daily Caller. Lightfoot’s office denied interview requests from at least two white reporters explaining that the mayor would only grant requests…

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Chicago Mayor Seeks to Retain Key Policing Powers In Civilian Oversight Plan

May 25, 2021
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CHICAGO—Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Monday unveiled her version of a civilian police oversight plan that allows her to retain the key powers of picking the police chief, negotiating contracts with police unions, and deciding on police policy disputes. For about four years, mayors in Chicago have been pressured by activist groups to give key…

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