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Mayor Rahm Emanuel is proving himself to be a pretty handy politician as mayor of Chicago as you can see in this awesome photo, tweeted out by ABC News's Dan Lopez.
Just in time for Memorial Day, Mayor Rahm Emanuel is launching a “Returning Veterans Initiative” to help find jobs for soldiers coming home to Chicago, drive down unemployment rates now triple the national average and smooth their transition to civilian life. With the end of the Iraq War and the “winding down” of the war in Afghanistan, Emanuel noted that “many heroes” are returning home to ...
This woman had a phone job interview, and Rahm Emanuel chimed in as a job reference. Rahm Israel Emanuel is an American politician and former White House Chief of Staff to President Barack Obama.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel looked back at the NATO Summit weekend Monday evening and calmly declared it a success — on par with one of the biggest events in Chicago history, the World’s Columbian Exposition more than a century ago. The mayor, speaking at the Office of Emergency Management on the Near West Side, said the meetings that ended Monday after bringing dozens of leaders and thousands of ...
According to the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced the city is planning to open two veterans' offices in June with the goal of offering service members programs to help them get back on their feet as civilians. The announcement was made Saturday to coincide with the Memorial Day holiday.
President and chief operating officer Michael Reinsdorf said Saturday the team would explore leaving their suburban practice facility for a downtown building, which sources indicated would be near the United Center. Reinsdorf said discussions on the subject have taken place recently with Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who supports the project. “We’re intrigued by the idea,” Reinsdorf said. [...]
Mayor Rahm Emanuel is in for a predictably long weekend as NATO diplomats continue to fly into O'Hare Airport for the weekend's summit. At first count, Emanuel had 15 major events planned for the weekend.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel stuck with the tough talk on Chicago’s parking meter deal today, pledging to fight a new bill for $22 million the meter leasing company recently sent the city for lost revenue.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel stuck with the tough talk on Chicago’s parking meter deal today, pledging to fight a new bill for $22 million the meter leasing company recently sent the city for lost revenue over vehicles that displayed disabled placards or license plates.
CHICAGO (AP) -- Military veterans returning home to Chicago will be able to get a little help from the city as they transition back to civilian life. Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Saturday announced a new "Returning Veterans Initiative" to help veterans find jobs, health care and other services.
As Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Thursday rejected the latest multimillion-dollar bill sent to City Hall by the private company that runs Chicago’s parking meters, Gov. Pat Quinn’s office said Quinn plans to sign legislation that might eliminate the problem that leads to such bills. On May 17, Chicago Parking Meters LLC billed Chicago taxpayers $22 million to reimburse it for free parking the company ...
Mayor Rahm Emanuel was on hand Thursday for the grand opening of the new Morgan ‘L’ station on the Green and Pink lines – the first new ‘L’ stop to open in 18 years.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel officially opened new Morgan 'L' station Thursday.
The teachers and supporters marched through the streets with chants of "Hey hey, ho ho, Rahm Emanuel's got to go" and carrying signs demanding fair pay, specifically the 4 percent pay raise the teachers were denied in 2011 as Mayor Rahm Emanuel pushed for longer school days. [ more › ]
Mayor Rahm Emanuel plans to fight a huge bill it received from the company that runs Chicago's parking meters. Chicago Parking Meters LLC wants $22 million to cover parking for cars that displayed...
They also don't buy Emanuel's safety explanation, say it's more about money Mayor Rahm Emanuel billed his soon-to-be-launched speed camera program as being about child safety and not raising cash, but a new Tribune/WGN-TV poll shows most Chicago voters are skeptical of the mayor's rationale and don't want the devices.
State's attorneys may soon have more power to target gang leaders under a crackdown measure the Illinois Senate approved today at the urging of Mayor Rahm Emanuel.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel bore the brunt of criticism from angry teachers who filled the Auditorium Theatre on Wednesday to make clear their unhappiness with the administration's efforts to overhaul public education in Chicago.
In the aftermath of the NATO summit, Mayor Rahm Emanuel gives an interview to a French TV channel.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s administration released a master plan for Union Station on Wednesday that identifies ways to increase capacity and improve the passenger experience at the nation’s third-busiest railroad terminal. Over the years, there has been no shortage of grand plans for Union Station, which has grown increasingly crowded and uncomfortable for the 120,000 arriving and departing ...
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is not returning calls from the Ricketts family and is “livid” over a New York Times report that Joe Ricketts commissioned a proposal for a multimillion-dollar ad campaign linking President Obama to the president’s former pastor, Jeremiah Wright , according to an Emanuel aide. Read full article >>
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