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Mayor Lori Lightfoot will put Chicago Police officers and other city workers who dont get their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine by Sunday on non-disciplinary no-pay status, her administration said late Friday. [126] On September 22, the Chicago Board of Education unanimously voted to approve his appointment as CEO, scheduling him to take office on September 29. The Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger will reportedly have heart surgery. Most notably, she served as president of the Chicago Police Board and chair of the Chicago Police Accountability Task Force. [85], Lightfoot took office on May 20, 2019. [7], In the runoff, both the Sun-Times and the Chicago Tribune endorsed Lightfoot. Every single buzzword you can think of is crammed into the crisis declaration. Because no candidate reached the necessary 50% of the vote needed to win the election outright, she and Preckwinkle advanced to a runoff election. But as long as the people of Chicago think that Lightfoot is doing something about the problem of racism, theyll be happy. 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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot tested positive for COVID-19 and is working from home, she announced in a statement. The mayor said she is feeling fine aside from cold-like symptoms, which she attributed to being vaccinated and boosted. [82], Lightfoot won the runoff election on April 2, 2019, becoming mayor-elect of Chicago. [11], She is a graduate of Washington High School in Massillon, where she was a trumpet player in the school band, sang alto in choir, point guard on the basketball team, volleyball player, softball player, yearbook editor, and Pep Club member. [217][218], In October 2020, Lightfoot was chosen by the National Minority Quality Forum (NMQF) to receive the NMQF Honorable John Lewis Lifetime Achievement Award. The move-in was initially scheduled for as early as Friday but Taylor's office confirmed the opening of the location has been postponed indefinitely. Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has declared racism a public health crisis and is using nearly $10 million in federal COVID-19 relief cash to solve it. [107] Lightfoot has continued to push, however, for the state to authorize a casino jointly owned by the city and state and with a lesser effective tax rate than the passed legislation specified. How to address the problem? For the first time in history, Chicago has elected an African American woman to be the city's next mayor. On October 14, 2019, Lightfoot announced the creation of an affordable housing task force set to consist of 20 members and study solutions to housing affordability over a 4- to 6-month period. Ms. Lightfoot has shown herself to be a blunt orator and unflinching negotiator. Below is a table of polls on Lightfoot's approval rating amongst Chicagoans, descending from most to least recent: On March 6, 2020, shortly before the 2020 Illinois Democratic presidential primary, Lightfoot endorsed Joe Biden's candidacy for president. Residents in a Chicago neighborhood are protesting the city's plans to establish a migrant shelter inside a closed-down elementary school, sharing that they feel "blindsided" by Mayor Lori Lightfoot's decision. While I would love to help immigrants and everybody else, Id like to help my own first," said Jeane Clark. Ald. [153], On March 27, Lightfoot placed a ban on contact sport and closed the city's parks, beaches, and trails due to instances over the previous days of people violating the state's stay-at-home order and gathering in public places. Chronic illness is the leading cause of death for Black Chicagoans. In June 2018 Lori Lightfoot and her wife walked hand in hand at the 49th annual Pride Parade in Chicago. [48][49][50][51] She surged in polls later in the race, consistently polling at or near double-digits in surveys released in the weeks leading up to the election. Joey, who survived but still suffers some of the effects, was one of 228 confirmed victims in the U.S. last year of acute flaccid myelitis, or AFM, a rare, mysterious and sometimes deadly paralyzing illness that seems to ebb and flow on an every-other-year cycle and is beginning to alarm public health officials because it is striking more and more children. [219], Chicago Police Department Office of Professional Standards (200204), Other roles in Chicago city government (200405), Chicago Police Board and Task Force (201518), 2020 Black Lives Matter police violence protests, Other staffing decisions and appointments. [11][15] While in high school, Lightfoot helped organize a boycott of her school's lunch program over the quality of its pizza. [11], As an attorney at Mayer Brown, Lightfoot represented Republicans in two cases protesting Democratic gerrymandering. At least 145 cities and towns across the country have made similar pronouncements. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, [13], Lightfoot received her Bachelor of Arts in political science from the University of Michigan in 1984, graduating with honors. [142], In May 2021, Lightfoot nominated Annette Nance-Holt to be the city fire commissioner. [164] Due to this, Lightfoot was subsequently awarded the tongue-in-cheek "Pharaoh Prize for Deadline Extensions" by digital-rights group the Electronic Frontier Foundation. [10][11] There, she and her boss, Mary Dempsey, investigated Chicago corruption, drawing Mayor Daley's ire in the process. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. [47][61][62] She placed above a crowded field of fourteen candidates. Its an important distinction because there are plenty of white and non-black people who are poor. You can reach her on Twitter at @rumpfsarahc. 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