Mayor's Press Releases
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Feb 21, 2020Mayor Lightfoot, CPS, and CPD Join Students from Across Chicago in a Citywide Call-to-Action to End Youth Involvement in Gun ViolenceAs part of City’s commitment to end gun violence, Mayor Lightfoot announces multi-year investment in students at the highest risk of gun violence involvement
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Feb 20, 2020Mayor Lightfoot Announces Bold, Ambitious Community-Centered Policy Agenda to Lift Chicagoans Out of Poverty and Economic Hardship at the STEP (Solutions Toward Ending Poverty) SummitPolicy Agenda to be Shaped by Chicago Residents, Releasing Fall of 2020
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Feb 13, 2020
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Feb 12, 2020Mayor Lightfoot Joins Governor Pritzker, University of Illinois and Related Midwest to Announce New Discovery Partners Institute Headquarters in ChicagoPlanned innovation hub at “The 78” will unlock new educational and economic opportunities for Chicagoans while bolstering city’s tech economy
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Feb 7, 2020Mayor Lightfoot Joins Federal, State and City Officials to Call for Federal Declaration of Emergency for Chicago's LakefrontChicago issues local emergency proclamation and calls for State and calls for State and Federal action to address damages in excess of $25 million from January storm and ongoing challenges facing Chicago’s lakefront
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Feb 5, 2020Mayor Lightfoot Announces 15 Percent Reduction in Total Carbon EmissionsCity makes additional progress toward achieving its 2025 environmental commitments with purchase nearly 100,000 Renewable Energy Credits
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Feb 5, 2020Mayor Lightfoot Announces Major Reforms to The City’s Approach to Allocating Tax Increment Financing (TIF) FundsReforms to elevate transparency, accountability, and equity in how TIF spending decisions are made and will ensure TIF delivers intended benefits as economic development tool for areas of need