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Chicago mayoral candidate profile: Sophia King
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSophia King has represented the 4th Ward that stretches along the lakefront from the South Loop to Bronzeville since 2016, when she was appointed to replace Ald. Will Burns. After retaining ...
State Rep. Lamont Robinson set to become next alderman of the 4th Ward on the South Side
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn the race to replace Ald. Sophia King, state Rep. Lamont Robinson appeared to be cruising to victory Tuesday over Prentice Butler, King’s chief of staff, in the 4th Ward, representing the ...
Chicago mayoral hopeful calls for a ‘reserve’ of 1,000 retired police officers and use of drones to...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCHICAGO Chicago mayoral candidate and Ald. Sophia King on Thursday unveiled a plan to reinvigorate the city’s police department by enticing retired officers to return, expanding surveillance ...
Chicago mayor’s race: Search campaign contributions to Sophia King
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSouth Side Ald. Sophia King, 4th, launched her mayoral campaign on Aug. 10. Since the start of 2022, King has raised just over $800,000 in contributions to her committee, Friends of Sophia King ...
Candidates Ja’Mal Green and Sophia King take aim at Mayor Lightfoot’s leadership style
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTwo of the candidates trying to unseat Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot decried her combative style and said they would lift the city out of crisis by being collaborative, listening to those they ...
Mayoral candidate Sophia King launches TV ad: ‘Reject false choices’
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoChicago Ald. Sophia King will launch her first TV ad of the 2023 mayoral election on Wednesday as she attempts to unseat Mayor Lori Lightfoot. King, who represents parts of downtown and Hyde ...
Change ahead for South Side lakefront as candidates vie for 3 open City Council seats
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe retirement of three South Side aldermen has lakefront neighborhoods from the Near South Side to Hegewisch bracing for potentially sweeping changes as dozens of candidates hope to be the ...
‘Bad things happen, but there are always good people.’ Survivors recall deadliest train crash in...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSurvivors and family members of those who perished in a train crash 50 years ago that killed 45...
Mayor Lori Lightfoot pounces on challenger Paul Vallas during punchy women’s forum
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoChicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot mixed it up with her challengers Saturday over abortion rights, anti-violence funding and economic development at a punchy candidate forum. The mayor used a question ...
Lightfoot, García make first appearances at mayoral candidate forum
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMarking the start of a new phase in Chicago’s 2023 election, Mayor Lori Lightfoot defended her administration’s policies on people with disabilities and mental health issues at a Saturday forum ...