Mayor Lori Lightfoot has devised a proposal to ease Chicago’s zoning rules to open marijuana dispensaries downtown. Alderman advanced the mayor’s proposal on Wednesday, Sept. 8, 20201. Lightfoot believes this will make it easier for minority applicants are able to get into the lucrative cannabis industry — which is currently locally dominated by White-owned companies. […]
There has been much controversy over Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s (D) proclamation on May 19, 2021, as she approaches her second anniversary as mayor to grant exclusive interviews to Black or Brown journalists. The mayor stood her ground on her decision Friday, June 11, 2021, during an interview with CNN, raising questions of racial representation […]
Winner of the mayoral race of 2019, Lori Lightfoot, and her former opponent, Tori Preckwinkle, held a press conference on Wednesday, April 3. The conference was held in the Operation PUSH National Headquarters on the South side of Chicago beginning at 10:15 a.m., and ending in prayer at 11:40 a.m. The two women were also […]
