Lori Lightfoot

The race for mayor of Chicago this week has featured what seem like some near-misses as some of the candidates take rhetorical swings at each other.

Lightfoot’s proposals for ethics reforms begin with mayoral term limits and another idea that appears aimed at powerful Ald. and lawyer Ed Burke, among others.

Some of Mayor Emanuel’s election opponents say the spate of violence this weekend developed partly because of a lack of leadership from his office.

The mayoral candidate said the proposed consent decree on police accountability is a good, if expensive, blueprint for reform.

There were plenty of politicians marching in Sunday's Pride Parade in Chicago.

Five of the candidates seeking to unseat Mayor Rahm Emanuel took their messages to voters at a church in the Park Manor neighborhood Saturday.

Mayoral contender Lori Lightfoot said the buck stops with incumbent Mayor Rahm Emanuel.

The former federal prosecutor and Chicago Police Board head is running for Chicago mayor. She addressed Gov. Bruce Rauner's suggestion to revive capital punishment in Illinois for cop killers and mass murderers.

Mayoral candidate Lori Lightfoot is criticizing the Emanuel Administration for being too secretive about what is being offered to entice Amazon to locate its second headquarters here.

Former Federal Prosecutor Lori Lightfoot officially entered Thursday morning the crowded field of candidates challenging Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s bid for re-election.