Coverage dated January 11, 2023

Chicago mayoral candidates react after Lightfoot's campaign emails teachers for student volunteers

Headline from Fox32 Chicago

"Mayor Lightfoot has failed our schools and our teachers at every turn in the last four years, and now wants to make public employees and our children her personal campaign resource. This is completely unethical, a hypocritical contradiction to her campaign promises of better government, and a disgr…

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Reports & sources

8 articles, oldest first.

  1. The Daily Caller

    Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s Team Asked Teachers To Reward Students Who Volunteer For Reelection Campaign: REPORT (opens The Daily Caller)

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    The Daily Caller's feed description

    Democratic Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot's reelection campaign urged teachers to offer extra credit to students who volunteered, according to WTTW News.

  2. BizPac Review

    Lori Lightfoot under fire for urging teachers to offer students extra credit in exchange for campaign volunteer hours: report (opens BizPac Review)

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    Democratic Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s reelection campaign urged Chicago Public Schools (CPS) teachers to offer extra credit to students who volunteered, according to WTTW News. Megan Crane, […]

  3. NBC Chicago

    Lightfoot Blasted After Asking CPS Teachers to Encourage Students to Help Her Mayoral Campaign (opens NBC Chicago)

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    NBC Chicago's feed description

    Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is under heavy scrutiny after her campaign sent an email to Chicago Public Schools teachers, asking them to offer students the opportunity to serve as “externs” on her mayoral campaign.

  4. Fox32 Chicago

    Chicago mayoral candidates react after Lightfoot's campaign emails teachers for student volunteers (opens Fox32 Chicago)

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    Fox32 Chicago's feed description

    "Mayor Lightfoot has failed our schools and our teachers at every turn in the last four years, and now wants to make public employees and our children her personal campaign resource. This is completely unethical, a hypocritical contradiction to her campaign promises of better government, and a disgr…

  5. Fox News

    Lightfoot campaign, desperate for volunteers, asks teachers to offer 'credit' to students who join: report (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot's team asked Chicago Public Schools to offer 'class credit' to students who volunteer for her reelection campaign.

  6. NBC Chicago

    Lightfoot Campaign Email to CPS Teachers a ‘Mistake;' Mayor Says She'll Cooperate With Any Investigation (opens NBC Chicago)

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    NBC Chicago's feed description

    After a controversial email to Chicago Public Schools teachers urged them to ask students to help with her mayoral campaign, Mayor Lori Lightfoot says that the note was a “mistake” and that her campaign will cooperate fully with any ethics investigation moving forward.

  7. Washington Examiner

    Lori Lightfoot's campaign asks teachers to get students to volunteer: Report (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Washington Examiner's feed description

    Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot's reelection campaign reportedly asked teachers in Chicago Public Schools to get their students to volunteer to help secure the mayor a second term.

  8. NBC Chicago

    Lightfoot Campaign Promises to Stop Soliciting CPS Student ‘Externs' to ‘Help Lightfoot Win' After Criticism (opens NBC Chicago)

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    NBC Chicago's feed description

    Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s reelection campaign has promised to stop contacting Chicago Public Schools teachers after it faced backlash for soliciting volunteer work from their students in exchange for class credit, a move a former city inspector general called “deeply, deeply problematic.”

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