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    Mayor-elect wants to change the way Chicago does business. Now she needs to persuade business leaders

    by Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune Apr 04, 2019 5 minutes

    CHICAGO - Lori Lightfoot swept into office as mayor of Chicago Tuesday, promising to change the way the city does business, focusing more on neighborhood investment and small companies than previous administrations.

    But after eight years of Mayor Rahm Emanuel's aggressively pro-business agenda that included a soaring skyline, a growing tech sector and high-profile corporate relocations, Chicago's business community had a decidedly mixed reaction to Lightfoot's victory.

    "We've been the top city for six years now for these corporate relocations," said Howard Tullman, the former CEO of 1871, the influential tech hub. "The thought that all of that momentum would slow down or not be a priority is pretty scary in terms of my sectors - business and technology."

    A former federal prosecutor and political novice, Lightfoot handily won a runoff against Cook County

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