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CHICAGO TRIBUNE: ALDERMEN INTRODUCE PLAN TO HIKE CHICAGO’S MINIMUM WAGE TO $15 IN 2021
Chicago’s minimum wage would increase to $15 in 2021, four years earlier than in the rest of the state, under a proposal aldermen introduced to the City Council on Wednesday. South Side Ald. Sophia King, 4th, said the higher cost of living in the city than downstate makes the quicker bump necessary. “That is why […]
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Sophia King Joins Steve Dale’s Other World: “I think we can have safety and justice”
Steve Dale is joined by Mayoral Candidate, 4th Ward Ald. Sophia King, to discuss her candidacy and what is driving her to run. She shared what changes she’d want to implement including changing leadership, offering more support to CPD and implementing safety plans, and more. Listen to the full interview here. Sophia King Joins Steve Dale’s […]
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LAURA WASHINGTON: IS SOPHIA KING THE BLUE LOBSTER OF THE 2023 CHICAGO MAYORAL RACE?
Ald. Sophia King, 4th, marches in the Bud Billiken Parade on Aug. 13, 2022. (John J. Kim / Chicago Tribune) It’s on. Tuesday, candidates in February’s citywide elections will begin gathering signatures. A herd of mayoral hopefuls will scramble to collect valid signatures from 12,500 registered voters to qualify for the ballot. Mayor Lori Lightfoot is […]
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HYDE PARK HERALD: ALD. SOPHIA KING RUNNING FOR MAYOR, TALKS CITY COUNCIL TENURE AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Ald. Sophia King (4th) Ald. Sophia King (4th) says she would bring a different approach to leading Chicago than Mayor Lori Lightfoot has led, rebuking the city’s executive for her relationship with alderpersons and council that she said is holding the city back. As chair of the City Council Progressive Reform Caucus, King said she […]
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: SOPHIA KING ‘WON’T BE BULLIED’ OUT OF MAYORAL RACE BY THREATS OF DIVIDED BLACK VOTE
Thursday, August 11, 2022 Ald. Jason Ervin said with so many Black candidates, the community risks “losing it all.” But the newest mayoral challenger, Ald. Sophia King, called it “shortsighted” to think “Black candidates will only get Black votes.” Ald. Sophia King (4th) is shown last year, celebrating the renaming of Lake Shore Drive to […]
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: NEWEST MAYORAL CHALLENGER VOWS TO TACKLE ISSUE OF ALLOCATING POLICE TO NEIGHBORHOODS MOST IN NEED
A University of Chicago Crime Lab model offered a way to assign officers, but Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Police Supt. David Brown chose a more timid approach. Ald. Sophia King said if elected mayor, she’ll act more boldly. New Chicago Police Department officers take an oath during their graduation at Navy Pier in March. Pat […]
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BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO: ALD. SOPHIA KING ANNOUNCES RUN FOR MAYOR IN 2023
Ald. Sophia King (4th) speaks with the press after a successful vote to rename Lake Shore Drive to Jean Baptiste Point DuSable Lake Shore Drive on June 25, 2021.Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago CITY HALL — Ald. Sophia King (4th) announced Wednesday she is running for mayor in 2023, becoming the third sitting alderman to announce a challenge […]
