The Latest Breaking News from Sophia King 4th

Storied Standard Club latest to house asylum-seekers

The shuttered club near the Dirksen Federal Building is being used to house 761 migrants now and up to 1,200 in the coming months.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 5, 2023

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.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 27, 2023

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.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 23, 2023

Lightfoot campaign promises to stop soliciting CPS student volunteers after criticism

The race for City Hall is shifting into high gear with seven weeks left until Election Day, and Lightfoot is looking for all the help she can get. That includes a strategy a former inspector general called “deeply, deeply problematic.”

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 12, 2023

Mayoral challenger Ja’Mal Green unveils $5 billion public safety plan

His plan takes aim at causes of crime in an effort to stop the exodus of businesses and residents from the city and Chicago police officers from the department.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 3, 2023

City Council approves Lightfoot’s $16.4 billion budget by 32-18 vote

The vote was closer than many expected and tighter than last year’s 35-15 cakewalk, which included a $76.5 million increase in the city’s property tax levy.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 7, 2022

Brandon Johnson joining crowded race for mayor

The Cook County commissioner said he is running because incumbent Mayor Lori Lightfoot has failed progressives. “The hopes and desires of working families have been ignored,” Johnson told the Sun-Times.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 27, 2022

Mayoral election fight spills into City Council meeting

Alderpersons rejected the mayor’s nomination of retiring Ald. James Cappleman to chair the Education Committee on a 29-18 vote. Lightfoot’s choice would have passed up mayoral challenger Sophia King (4th), who has been serving as acting chair.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 26, 2022

New mixed-income apartments open in Bronzeville: ‘I am blessed to be part of something so grand’

508 Pershing, a 53-unit development, has a community lounge and terrace, a game room, fitness center and dog spa.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 27, 2022

Willie Wilson donates another $1M to his mayoral campaign

On the first day Mayor Lori Lightfoot and her challengers could circulate nominating petitions, Wilson told the Sun-Times he is prepared to devote another $3 million to the race — for a grand total of $9 million.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 30, 2022