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She made history as Chicago mayor. Reelection may be harder
Associated Press via Yahoo! Philippines News· 1 year agoLori Lightfoot made history as the first Black woman and first openly gay person to serve as Chicago...
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, who made history as 1st Black woman and 1st gay person to lead city,...
Associated Press via Yahoo! Philippines News· 1 year agoCHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, who made history as 1st Black woman and 1st gay person to lead city, loses reelection bid.
Cook County Jail in Chicago under fire for inmate deaths since COVID pandemic
Yahoo News· 2 years agoAt least 60 incarcerated people have died in Cook County Jail, the largest single-site jail in the...
'Extremely frustrated' NYC Mayor Eric Adams pleads with White House for more help on migrant crisis
Yahoo News· 1 year agoOn Sunday, buses arrived at the Watson Hotel on the West Side of Manhattan to transport migrants who...
Brandon Johnson could be a national progressive star. He just has to win Chicago’s mayoral race...
Yahoo News· 1 year agoEverything changed last month with Brandon Johnson’s second-place finish in the first round of...
News you may have missed during Trump's arraignment on Tuesday
Yahoo News· 1 year agoTuesday’s news cycle was jam-packed with coverage of Donald Trump’s arraignment, but the former...
Voting rights effort targets those held in jails across US
Associated Press via Yahoo! Philippines News· 1 year agoThe voting precinct could have been any one of hundreds throughout Chicago, except that these voters...
Bail reform is a mistake, Miami Mayor Francis Suarez tells Biden at White House summit
Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe contentious issue of cash bail — the practice of having criminal suspects pay a fee to avoid...
Paul Vallas says he can save Chicago: 'Our house is on fire'
Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn Chicago’s closely watched mayoral race, frontrunner Paul Vallas bills himself as a moderate,...
How a criminal justice reform effort collapsed in D.C. — with Biden's help
Yahoo News· 1 year agoA measure approved by D.C. officials to revise its criminal code, which it ultimately can’t do...