Mayor's Press Releases
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May 18, 2020Mayor Lori Lightfoot Joins Core Co-Founders to Provide Update on City’s Covid-19 Testing CentersCity announces an additional testing facility bringing total to seven City-run sites
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May 14, 2020Mayor Lightfoot and BACP Announce $5,000 Grants Awarded to Nearly 1,000 Microbusinesses Impacted by Covid-19 OutbreakCity’s Microbusiness Recovery Grant Program distributed grants to 959 microbusinesses in targeted community areas; Grants allocated one week after close of application
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May 13, 2020Mayor Lightfoot and the City of Chicago Announce Covid-19 Latinx TownhallVirtual town hall meeting in Spanish-language to inform Chicago’s Latinx residents about COVID-19
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May 12, 2020Mayor Lightfoot and BACP Announce New Rules to Increase Transparency of Third-Party Food Delivery Companies for ConsumersFirst-in-the-nation measure will provide cost breakdown for consumers and clarity to businesses impacted by COVID-19 while maintaining competition and innovation in the marketplace
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May 12, 2020Mayor Lightfoot, Fire Commissioner Ford Graduate 88 Firefighter EMTsToday’s graduation builds on the citywide effort to maximize medical emergency resources in fight against COVID-19
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May 11, 2020Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Chicago Department of Public Health Announce Citywide Covid-19 Testing ExpansionStrategic partnerships with CORE and Curative will bring six new sites online by end of May, marks critical step toward goal of 10,000 tests per day
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May 9, 2020Mayor Lightfoot Announces Local Businesses Selected to Provide One Million Reusable Cloth Masks for Chicago ResidentsFour Chicagoland businesses to produce, source and provide reusable cloth masks that will be distributed to Aldermanic offices and through City’s Racial Equity Rapid Response Team