Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot will speak with reporters on Thursday afternoon.
The media availability comes after the Chicago Public Schools inspector general opened an investigation into an attempt by her reelection campaign to solicit students as political volunteers.
The uproar began earlier this week after Lightfoot’s political team asked CPS teachers to help recruit their students for her reelection campaign in exchange for class credit — a practice that the incumbent mayor’s campaign later vowed to stop after her challengers blasted it as crossing ethical boundaries.
Lightfoot is scheduled to speak at 3 p.m. Watch live below.
