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Chicago’s most violent Memorial Day weekend in 7 years ‘intolerable,’ Mayor Brandon Johnson says

Reducing crime wave will take time, says City Hall source.

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Former mayoral challenger Ja’Mal Green endorses Vallas in runoff; Kwame Raoul first statewide official to back Johnson

Green, a 27-year-old community activist, secured a series of promises he believes will improve the lives of African Americans. Raoul praised Johnson as “the right candidate to move Chicago forward.”

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Prayers up with election countdown: Chicago mayoral candidates canvass churches in final push — and warn of ‘false prophets’

Nine candidates for mayor made some of their final pitches, trying to get souls to the polls across the city with two days to go before the balloting ends.

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The scramble to help newly arrived migrants, R. Kelly’s sentence and more in your Chicago news roundup

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5 mayoral hopefuls discuss community-based answers to gun violence at forum on youth

Good Kids Mad City leaders press candidates on the Peace Book Ordinance, which would divert 2% of police funding for youth-led anti-violence programs in neighborhoods.

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Lightfoot: ‘I misspoke’ when telling South Side voters who don’t vote for her not to vote at all

Mayor Lori Lightfoot told South Side voters that a vote against her was a vote for Paul Vallas or Jesus ‘Chuy’ Garcia. Her comments echoed those made against her four years ago by Rep. Bobby Rush, a Preckwinkle supporter.

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Mayoral challenger Ja’Mal Green proposes 1% sales tax on luxury vehicles to replace revenue lost if boot gets banned

Calling booting “inhumane,” Green says the practice is driving people into poverty, and he pledges to make it illegal.

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The latest in the failed Bridgeport bank trial, City Council elections and more in your Chicago news roundup

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Mayoral candidates take aim at Brandon Johnson at NBC 5 forum on Black community

Mayor Lori Lightfoot questions Brandon Johnson’s commitment to funding Chicago police. Activist Ja’Mal Green accuses Johnson of ‘being a fraud.’

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Mayoral candidates analyze Black exodus from Chicago: ‘We didn’t leave. We got kicked out’

Seven of the nine mayoral hopefuls were also asked about their plans to address lead pipes and the concentration of red light cameras in Black and Brown neighborhoods.

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Picture Chicago: Must-see photos from the last couple weeks in the city

Chicago mayoral candidates campaign, kids try out for the Jesse White Tumblers and more in our best photos of the last few weeks.

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Four-candidate mayoral forum turns into two-way conversation after no-shows

Scheduling conflicts kept Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson and businessman Willie Wilson away from the forum, so community activist Ja’Mal Green and retiring Ald. Roderick Sawyer had the stage to themselves.

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Voters worry about crime, police chief lays groundwork for exit and more in your Chicago news roundup

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New poll forecasts trouble for Lightfoot’s reelection bid, how to help Turkey and Syria and more in your Chicago news roundup

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POLL: Bleak numbers spell trouble for Mayor Lightfoot’s reelection bid

With the election less than three weeks away, three out of five voters disapprove of the job the mayor has done in her first term and 71% think the city is on the wrong track, according to a Sun-Times/WBEZ/Telemundo Chicago/NBC5 poll of Chicago voters.

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Meet Chicago’s 2023 mayoral candidates

Nine mayoral candidates are vying to be your pick on Feb. 28. Read our profiles of each contender here.

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Nine mayoral hopefuls offer plans to handle shrinking CPS enrollment, elected school board, union friction

Voters face a long list of candidates for Chicago mayor, some with vastly different views on public schools, and longstanding history, for better or worse, with the district.

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Ja’Mal Green business steered COVID-19 relief loan applicants to lenders faulted by Congress for ignoring fraud

In hindsight, government oversight of lenders was lax, mayoral hopeful says, but many small businesses denied by traditional banks got the help they needed.

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Mayoral challengers call for swifter action on reparations

A City Council subcommittee that was formed almost three years ago to explore how to make amends to the descendants of enslaved people has only met twice. “It’s smoke and mirrors,” state Rep. Kam Buckner said at a candidate forum on the issue.

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Chicago family sues after separation at border, meeting the mayoral candidates and more in your Chicago news roundup

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Ja’Mal Green says city needs a leader who can offer residents hope

To repopulate South and West Side communities, Green suggests the city issue $1 billion in annual revenue bonds to create up to 10,000 new homeowners through assistance with down payments and closing costs.

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Lightfoot, Green blast Wilson for ‘rabbits’ remark at forum — but Wilson stands by his take on suspects

In a testy debate between nine mayoral candidates, businessman Willie Wilson was targeted for his repeated calls for police to be allowed to ‘hunt people down like rabbits.’ Wilson made no apologies, saying anyone who kills someone, ‘well, they put themselves down there.’

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Protesters disrupt Chicago mayoral forum as candidates exchange personal attacks

CHICAGO — Chicago’s mayoral hopefuls exchanged personal attacks during a contentious candidate forum Tuesday evening that was repeatedly interrupted by loud protesters.

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Chicago’s economy socked with one-two punch of COVID, crime: Here’s how mayoral candidates plan to keep it off the ropes

Mayor Lori Lightfoot describes herself as a “pro-Chicago business” mayor. But on her watch, Boeing and Citadel have left town. On the plus side, Chicago remains a hub for tech start-ups. As Lightfoot seeks reelection, she and her rivals disagree how to revive the economy and restore downtown.

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