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Lightfoot Staff's Emails Give Glimpse at 26 Hours Leading Up to Johnson Firing
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s surprise announcement on Dec. 2 that Police Supt. Eddie Johnson had been fired capped 26 hours of back-and-forth on how best to present the public argument and break the news to members of the Chicago Police Department, among others.
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Ex-Madigan Alderman Moves From City Council to ComEd
Frank Olivo, the former 13th Ward Chicago alderman, is a registered lobbyist for Commonwealth Edison, city records show. Eight months after leaving office in 2011, Olivo signed on to lobby the mayor’s office and his former city council colleagues for the public utility, which has come under intense scrutiny in recent months following a series of federal raids in Chicago…
