CHICAGO | Jane Byrne became part of Chicago history when she was elected its first female mayor. She became part of city lore because of how she won: beating an incumbent who voters thought had ...

After a bloody clash over the Christopher Columbus statue in Chicago’s Grant Park, then-Mayor Lori Lightfoot tasked a special commission with reviewing the city’s public monuments in what she said was ...

The 1979 blizzard was an opportunity for Jane Byrne. As Mayor Michael Bilandic struggled to address the 1979 blizzard, mayoral primary candidate Jane Byrne was presented with a political opportunity.

Known for its visually dramatic contemporary literary adaptations, Lookingglass turned "Her Honor Jane Byrne" — about Chicago's first female mayor, was elected in 1979 in the first election after ...