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Today’s update is about an eight-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

DNC Chairman Jaime Harrison will be joined by Gov. J.B. Pritzker, Sen. Tammy Duckworth, a co-chair of the DNC, Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson.

For a coalition of young voters and those from communities of color, Johnson represented the prospect of a refreshing change

A preliminary designation hopefully would force the Century and Consumers buildings to be redeveloped rather than demolished.

The victory of community organizer Ronnie Mosley, 31, was secured on Monday with the concession of retired firefighter Cornell Dantzler, who concluded the ballots that could still arrive in the mail would not be enough to erase Mosley’s lead.

Today’s update is about an eight-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Sizable runoff wins in majority-Black precincts allowed Brandon Johnson to erase a 60,000-plus vote deficit from the February general election.

CHICAGO — Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and interim police Superintendent Eric Carter announced an internal investigation Friday into the unauthorized “like” by the Chicago Police Department’s Twitter account of an anti-transgender tweet.

After their hour-long meeting, Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson said it was “great to have a real partner” in his plans for the city. And Gov. J.B. Pritzker said the mayor-elect “brings a real excitement to the job.” But both admitted they did not discuss tax issues they see differently.