Mayor's Office

Mayor Rahm Emanuel backed up Chicago Police Department Superintendent Garry McCarthy’s move to assign as commander of the high-crime Harrison District officer Glenn Evans, who last week was charged with felony counts of official misconduct and aggravated battery; Evans had not been charged at the time of the assignment, but had been accused of using excessive force

Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Wednesday signed an executive order that mandates city contractors must pay their workers no less than $13 per hour; Such workers are currently paid $11.93 per hour

Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Tuesday was slated to appear at Penn Elementary School in Lawndale as more than 400,000 Chicago Public Schools students returned to school throughout the city; Mayor was also slated to appear at Bernard Moos Elementary School in Logan Square at the end of the school day

Source told the Chicago Sun-Times that Mayor Rahm Emanuel plans to make an announcement on new government funding for youth baseball in Chicago; Funding could be part of larger attempt to inner-city out of gangs

Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Tuesday said he will work to raise Chicago’s minimum wage to $13 per hour by 2018, regardless of state-level action on the issue; Emanuel had previously said the City Council would not consider a corresponding ordinance until after the November election, which contains a minimum wage-increase question on the statewide ballot

Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Thursday said he would allow 18-year-olds that commit to graduating high school by next June to take the Chicago Fire Department entrance exam on Dec. 13-14; Emanuel had previously said 18-year-olds must have a high school diploma or GED to take the test, but received opposition from Chicago Firefighters Union Local 2

Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Tuesday defended a policy to give Chicago Public Schools graduates preferential treatment in Chicago Fire Department hiring after Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis called the plan a “meaningless stunt”; “We want everybody from all parts of the city to be able to … work for the city,” the mayor said

Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Monday was urged by Respiratory Health Association President and CEO Joel Africk to ban smoking at Chicago Park District parks; Smoking is already restricted at Park District beaches and playgrounds

Mayor Rahm Emanuel appeared in New York City Monday for a meeting of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s U.S. Conference of Mayors’ Cities of Opportunity Task Force; Panel was formed with the intent of promoting social equality in American cities