IT’S A NEW DAY
FOR CHICAGO.
Since assuming office following her historic election in 2019, Mayor Lightfoot has undertaken an ambitious agenda of expanding opportunity and inclusive economic growth across Chicago. She led the city through the unprecedented challenges of a global pandemic with tough, fair leadership — all while keeping or overdelivering on campaign promises.
The Chicago Crusader Endorses Lori Lightfoot For A Second Term
The last three-and-a-half years of Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s term have been largely defined by how she and her team dealt with the COVID 19 pandemic. While the unprecedented disruption to the city and much of the country can be described as crippling to...
$500 a Month, No Strings: Chicago Experiments With a Guaranteed Income
Chicago and the surrounding suburbs of Cook County are conducting the largest experiment of its kind in the nation, an effort to supply thousands of residents with a basic level of subsistence, not in the form of food, housing or child care — just cash. Ms....
$28 million in grants awarded to improve Chicago neighborhoods
$28 million in Community Development Grants have been awarded to 12 Chicago businesses and nonprofit organizations. According to a press release from Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s office, the grants range from $54,000 to $5 million and support projects that fill a community...
Mayor Lightfoot’s INVEST South/West is delivering for Chicago’s Black and Brown developers
While those folks claim the sky is falling, Black and Brown developers and contractors like us, who for generations have been marginalized, are seeing a whole new day. That’s largely because of the opportunities afforded by Mayor Lightfoot’s INVEST South/West...
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