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CHICAGO DEFENDER: ALDERWOMAN SOPHIA KING ANNOUNCES MAYORAL RUN
Today, former teacher, community organizer and current 4th Ward Alderman Sophia King released a campaign video announcing that she is running for Mayor of Chicago, vowing to “put an end to false choices” and bring people together to improve public safety, create opportunity in every part of the city, and make sure all of our children get […]
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CBS CHICAGO: ALD. SOPHIA KING JOINS CHICAGO MAYORAL RACE, AS FIRST WOMAN TO CHALLENGE MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT
Ald. Sophia King (4th) announced she’s joining the growing list of candidates planning to run against Mayor Lori Lightfoot in 2023. King, who chairs the City Council Progressive Caucus, is the first woman to announce plans to challenge Lightfoot. She represents the 4th Ward, which includes parts of the South Loop, Bronzeville, Hyde Park, and […]
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NEW YORK TIMES: BLACK DEVELOPERS ELEVATE COMMUNITY NEEDS IN MAJOR PROJECTS
From left, Morgan Malone, a project executive; Sophia King, an alderman; and Kimshasa Baldwin, an architect, contributed to a new development in the Bronzeville neighborhood of Chicago.Credit…Akilah Townsend for The New York Times For decades, multibillion-dollar projects across the United States sought to create new downtown neighborhoods, often by reimagining underused assets, like defunct factories […]
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HYDE PARK HERALD: KING’S UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME PILOT GOING INTO EFFECT THROUGH MAYOR’S BUDGET
Last year, Alds. Sophia King (4th), Gilbert Villegas (36th) and Maria Hadden (49th) proposed a universal basic income (UBI) pilot in Chicago, in which 5,000 families would get $500 dollars a month for a year. A committee considered the proposal, and the City Council passed a resolution supporting it. In the end, the pilot was […]
