Mayor Rahm Emanuel introduces ordinance of 40-year water contract with Oak...
Related topics Top News TopicsMayor Rahm Emanuelcity of chicagoChicago Politics Advertisement Mayor Rahm Emanuel yesterday introduced an ordinance approving a long-term agreement to provide purified...
View ArticleRahm Emanuel on David Petraeus: ‘One action does not define a lifetime of...
Updated: November 12, 2012 5:01PM Mayor Rahm Emanuel said former CIA Director David Petraeus can “hold his head up high” for the way he’s served his country,...
View ArticleEmanuel has open door for corporate execs, record shows
Mayor Rahm Emanuel has opened the door to his City Hall office for a steady stream of investment bankers, venture capitalists and international...
View ArticleEmanuel appoints former principal to school board, moves Sierra to CHA
Mayor Rahm Emanuel Sunday tapped former Chicago Public School principal Carlos Azcoitia to serve as a Chicago School Board member and replace Rodrigo Sierra, who is moving to the Chicago Housing...
View ArticleContract for new janitor service at O’Hare criticized by powerful union boss
Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s administration this week awarded a $99 million O’Hare Airport janitorial contract to a company that, a powerful union leader claims, intends to dump 300 union custodians and...
View ArticleCoca-Cola gives $3M to city for anti-obesity, diabetes efforts
A Chicago Park District program funded by Coca-Cola will try to fight obesity and diabetes by offering nutrition education as well as exercise classes run by armed forces veterans, Mayor Rahm Emanuel...
View ArticleChicago Council Approves Rahm's 2013 Budget
Chicago's City Council on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved Mayor Rahm Emanuel's 2013 budget plan that banks on a brighter economy to keep taxes at bay and create new revenue. The $6.5 billion budget...
View ArticleTwo triumphs for Chicago
In 1836, public officials who oversaw creation of the Illinois and Michigan Canal were shrewd. Protective. They foresaw that future generations would covet prime lakefront land in the then-3-year-old...
View ArticleIllinois elected officials support driver's licenses for 250,000 immigrants
Related topics Top Political NewsImmigrationstate of illinoisillinois politics Advertisement Governor Pat Quinn and Senate President John Cullerton (D-Chicago) were joined at Roosevelt High School in...
View ArticleMayor Emanuel announces $3M Coca-Cola grant to hire veterans at Park District
Related topics Top News TopicsMayor Rahm Emanuelcity of chicagoChicago Politics Advertisement Mayor Rahm Emanuel today announced a $3 million dollar grant from the Coca-Cola Foundation to the Garfield...
View ArticleCity Council OKs overhaul of ethics board
Updated: October 31, 2012 11:18AM Chicago’s do-nothing Board of Ethics was swept aside Wednesday in a housecleaning aimed at restoring public confidence and preparing the board to assume a powerful...
View ArticleCouncil OKs Emanuel budget
Mayor Rahm Emanuel encountered little opposition Thursday in winning City Council approval of a $6.5 billion budget...
View ArticleCPS School Closing Extension: CEO Asks State For More Time
Chicago Public Schools have until Dec. 1 to offer up a list of schools to close or consolidate, but officials have asked for an extension in hopes of making "more informed decisions around school...
View ArticleSuburban Chicago Pot Bust: Feds Recover 600 Pounds Worth Nearly $2.6 Million
After three months of investigation, five west suburban residents have been arrested in a pot trafficking operation in which authorities seized roughly 600 pound pot, local and federal officials...
View ArticleJesse Jackson Jr. Federal Investigation Reportedly Expands To Include Wife...
The federal investigation into U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.'s campaign finances has reportedly expanded to include Chicago Ald. Sandi Jackson, Jackson's wife. The Wall Street Journal reports that Sandi...
View ArticleChicago Police arrest school closing protesters camped outside Rahm...
Updated: November 2, 2012 10:57PM Chicago Police arrested protesters Friday night who camped outside Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s Fifth Floor office in City Hall to call attention to school closings. Police...
View ArticleChicago City Council approves $8.3 bln FY 2013 budget
* City's pension payments to absorb 22 pct of budget in 4 yrs * Reform never ends -mayor * Watchdog warns on use of nonrecurring revenue CHICAGO, Nov 15 (Reuters) - Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's $8.3...
View ArticleOminous timing of Jackson Jr scandal outrage
Related topics Jesse Jackson Jr Advertisement The Windy City’s legendary TV reporter Walter Jacobson, a 50-year veteran of Chicago political news, may have summed it up best. Weeks before Election...
View ArticleStatement by Eugene S. Sunshine (Northwestern University)
We're very pleased to learn that Mayor Rahm Emanuel is supporting Northwestern University's position not to grant landmark status to the former Prentice Women's Hospital on Northwestern's Chicago...
View ArticleChicago City Council Approves Mayor Emanuel's 2013 Budget
According to a city press release, the Chicago City Council on Thursday voted 46-3 to pass Mayor Rahm Emanuel's budget for 2013. The budget outlines $8.3 billion in spending, as well as some cuts, for...
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