Mayor Johnson hasn't acted on Lightfoot order aimed at aldermanic ward power

On her last weekday in office, former Mayor Lori Lightfoot delivered a parting shot to Chicago’s City Council: a barrage of 11 executive orders, one of which took aim at the longtime City Council tradition of aldermen having nearly complete control over development in their wards, which she saw as a root of corruption. Lightfoot demanded recommendations on zoning changes made to the powerful ...

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