• APR 04, 2019
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    Lightfoot begins 47-day sprint toward inauguration

    Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot said the 50-minute meeting was cordial and productive — and free of acrimony. [Heather Cherone/The Daily Line]
    Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot traveled all over the city on Wednesday, starting the 47-day sprint to Inauguration Day — May 20. In 2011, when Mayor Rahm Emanuel took over from former Mayor Richard M. Daley, Emanuel had 83 days to prepare to take over the fifth floor of City Hall, since he defeated five candidates without a runoff.

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