Mayor's Press Releases
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Oct 9, 2019Mayor Lightfoot Announces Proposal to Merge Departments of Innovation and Technology And Fleet and Facility Management in 2020Consolidation of City’s technology arm will align with existing shared services model, strengthen data operations, and generate new efficiencies in 2020 and beyond
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Oct 8, 2019Mayor Lightfoot, The Chicago Park District and Chicago Fire Soccer Club Announce the Team’s Return to Soldier FieldThe Fire to Return to Soldier Field starting in March 2020
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Oct 7, 2019Mayor Lightfoot and City Budget Team Announce Results of 2020 Budget Survey and Town Hall MeetingsExtensive community engagement welcomed 2,600 participants across five community town hall meetings, with more than 7,300 responses via online public survey
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Oct 7, 2019Mayor Lightfoot And Choose Chicago Announce For The Third Consecutive Year Condé Nast Traveler Names Chicago As Best Big City To VisitTop Accolade for Chicago Received as Part of the Travel Publication’s Annual Readers’ Choice Awards
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Oct 2, 2019Mayor Lightfoot, CTA Break Ground on Historic Red and Purple Line Modernization (RPM) ProjectCTA begins Phase One of RPM with construction of new Red-Purple Bypass north of Belmont station to replace 119-year-old rail structure; Historic modernization project will create more than 100 construction-related jobs annually
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Oct 1, 2019Mayor Lightfoot Announces $2.7 Million Investment To Prepare For Full, Accurate Count Of Chicagoans In The 2020 U.S. CensusCity invests funding for all-hands-on-deck outreach strategy; commitment includes $2 per hard-to-count resident to ensure every resident is counted
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Sep 30, 2019Mayor Lightfoot and Chicago Public Library Announce Elimination of Late Fees, Outstanding Debt to Increase Access to Libraries CitywideBeginning October 1, Chicago Public Library will eliminate late fees that have blocked hundreds of thousands of Chicagoans from library access
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Sep 27, 2019City of Chicago Announces Historic City Sticker Debt Relief ProgramNew pathways to compliance begin October 1 as part of a two-step process to come into compliance with the Wheel Tax and relieve City Sticker ticket debt