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In a move we suspect should be overturned on appeal or otherwise disposed of as what we consider an improper prior restraint on speech, a Cook County Judge ordered John Catanzara, president of Chicago's largest police union, to stop speaking about or otherwise encouraging union members to defy Mayor Lightfoot's vaccine mandate.

Mayor Lightfoot Announces An Additional $200 Million In Planned Investments for Invest South/West Commercial Corridors (Chicago, IL) - Today, Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot and City leaders announced the selection of four mixed-use INVEST South/West projects planned for areas in South Chicago, North Lawndale, Bronzeville, and New City and additional collaborations with three minority-led developers.  

Mayor Lightfoot Announces Cisco Selects Chicago as New Midwest Regional Hub (Chicago, IL) - Cisco, a worldwide leader in technology, has announced Chicago as the company’s Midwest regional hub — complete with new offices in Chicago’s famed Old Main Post Office.

City of Chicago Projects $733 Million Gap in 2022 Fiscal Year Budget (Chicago, IL) - Today, Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot, City’s Budget Director Susie Park, Chief Financial Officer Jennie Huang Bennett, and Comptroller Reshma Soni released the 2022 Budget Forecast, which projects a $733 million budget gap for fiscal year 2022.

City of Chicago Continues Fighting to Protect Chicago’s Workers (Chicago, IL) - Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot and the City of Chicago Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection (BACP) released an update on the Office of Labor Standards (OLS) and its ongoing fight to protect Chicago’s workers

Mayor Lightfoot 'thrilled to welcome the Kimberly-Clark team' (Chicago, IL) - Mayor Lori Lightfoot, Gov. J.B. Pritzker, the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) and World Business Chicago recently announced plans for Kimberly-Clark's new commercial center arriving in Chicago in 2022

Reporter Kelly to Lightfoot: 'You've lost control of the city!' (Chicago, IL) - Mayor Lori Lightfoot recently lashed out at Newsmax reporter William Kelly after he pressed her on the city’s rising violent crime rate.