Lori Lightfoot

Mayor Lori Lightfoot has said the city already doesn't have enough space for the migrants who are here — and the answer to problems at the border isn't bussing people to Chicago.

The city is working to support the migrants, but officials said it's been difficult to plan when there is no communication from the states sending people here.

At a groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday, city officials praised the deal while residents protested the use of public housing land for the training center.

Alderpeople spent more than two hours honoring their retiring colleagues. "I love you all," Ald. Anthony Napolitano said. "It got heated down here at times, but in the end, we were all friends."

Millennium Park bans people younger than 18 from being in the park without an adult after 6 p.m. Thursday-Sunday. Bag checks at beaches are also planned.

Officials promised to feature Chicago small businesses and use local workers for the 2024 convention, which is expected to be a $150 million economic boon for the city.

A prominent neighborhood group wants developers to pause work and host a community meeting. The housing, originally pitched for an Invest South/West site, was revived as a separate proposal in May.

Johnson said he was "deeply humbled" by Lightfoot's reception and called it a historic moment for Chicago. He and all 50 alderpeople will be sworn into office May 15.

The mayor previously said Emporium was her favorite bar thanks to its beer selection. She spent Tuesday watching the results come in with friends.

The change increases the number of City Council committees to rein in mayoral power, supporters say. But others said it was a "corrupt process" that should have happened after the election.

The sprawling 48-acre megadevelopment will offer mixed-income housing, retail, a welcoming center and a life sciences center. It's expected to be completed by 2035.

The winning proposals are slated to get $188 million in TIF dollars and will bring 1,059 apartment to the financial district, 317 of them affordable.

Block Club sought to find out who made key decisions about Taste, but nearly all of the 121 pages of emails were fully redacted.

The program aims to help divested neighborhoods get better access to fresh produce by supporting long-term efforts to grow food, city officials said.

The funds will be used to care for more than 5,000 migrants who have been mostly bused to Chicago from Texas.

The city said its lease with the Chicago Fire will bring back funds to improve housing, while residents called the deal the product of broken promises.

The Department of Planning and Development will choose up to three proposals to receive city funding to convert vacant office space into apartments.

The fallout from Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s defeat began quickly Wednesday as her hand-picked police superintendent said he would resign his post March 16.

Lightfoot’s historic loss marks the first time since Jane Byrne’s loss to Harold Washington in 1983 that the city has not elected a sitting mayor who ran for reelection. 

Lee, who was appointed to the seat last year and received backing from the powerful Daley family, faced a crowded field to win her first full term.