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Chicago mayor keeping on Emanuel appointees in key posts

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FILE - In this April 2, 2019, Lori Lightfoot waves to supporters as she speaks at her election night party in Chicago. Lightfoot is coming into the Chicago mayor’s office pledging to overhaul the city’s police force. She isn’t the first incoming mayor to make such a promise, but she may be the one with the best chance of actually getting it done. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh,File)

The Latest: New Chicago mayor delivers on reform pledge

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FILE - In this April 2, 2019, Lori Lightfoot waves to supporters as she speaks at her election night party in Chicago. Lightfoot is coming into the Chicago mayor’s office pledging to overhaul the city’s police force. She isn’t the first incoming mayor to make such a promise, but she may be the one with the best chance of actually getting it done. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh,File)

1st black woman sworn in as Chicago mayor; vows big reforms

By MICHAEL TARM - Associated Press

Lightfoot plans May 20 inauguration, City Hall open house

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Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot addresses the Illinois Senate

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Chicago Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot smiles during a press conference at the Rainbow PUSH organization, Wednesday, April 3, 2019, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Nuccio DiNuzzo)

Chicago Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot to address Illinois House

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Chicago Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot smiles during a press conference at the Rainbow PUSH organization, Wednesday, April 3, 2019, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Nuccio DiNuzzo)

Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot to addresses Illinois House

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In this March 24, 2019 photo, Chicago mayoral candidate Lori Lightfoot, right, participates in a candidate forum sponsored by One Chicago For All Alliance at Daley College in Chicago. Lightfoot and Toni Preckwinkle, left, are competing to make history by becoming the city's first black, female mayor. On issues their positions are similar. But their resumes are not, and that may make all the difference when voters pick a new mayor on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford)

The Latest: Lightfoot says she’ll ‘hit the ground running’

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Lori Lightfoot celebrates at her election night rally at the Hilton Chicago after defeating Toni Preckwinkle in the Chicago mayoral election, Tuesday, April 2, 2019. (Ashlee Rezin/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Lori Lightfoot, elected Chicago’s first black woman mayor, says victory means ‘a city reborn’

By Sara Burnett and Herbert G. McCann - Associated Press

In this March 24, 2019, photo, Chicago mayoral candidate Lori Lightfoot, right, participates in a candidate forum in Chicago. Lightfoot and Toni Preckwinkle, left, are competing to make history by becoming the city's first black, female mayor. On issues their positions are similar. But their resumes are not, and that may make all the difference when voters pick a new mayor on Tuesday, April 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford)

2 black women vying in runoff to become Chicago’s next mayor

By Herbert G. McCann - Associated Press

In this March 24, 2019 photo, Chicago mayoral candidate Lori Lightfoot, right, participates in a candidate forum sponsored by One Chicago For All Alliance at Daley College in Chicago. Lightfoot and Toni Preckwinkle, left, are competing to make history by becoming the city's first black, female mayor. On issues their positions are similar. But their resumes are not, and that may make all the difference when voters pick a new mayor on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford)

New face and longtime politician vying for Chicago mayor

By SARA BURNETT - Associated Press

Chicago Mayoral candidate Lori Lightfoot addresses the crowd at her election night party as she leads in the polls, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019, in Chicago. Lightfoot, a federal prosecutor running as an outsider, advanced Tuesday to a runoff for Chicago mayor, a transitional election for a lakefront metropolis still struggling to shed its reputation for corruption, police brutality and street violence. (Tyler LaRiviere/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Lori Lightfoot advances to Chicago mayoral race runoff

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Alderman Ed Burke, 75, walks out of the Dirksen Federal Courthouse following his release after turning himself in, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019, in Chicago. Burke, one of the most powerful City Council members in Chicago, is charged with one count of attempted extortion in trying to shake down a fast-food restaurant seeking city remodeling permits, according to a federal complaint unsealed Thursday. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune via AP)

Corruption case injects uncertainty into Chicago mayor race

By TAMMY WEBBER - Associated Press

Chicago mayor re-appoints outspoken head of police board

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