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Mayor's Office

Fri, 08/08/2014 - 12:42pm

Mayor Rahm Emanuel during a Friday event at the University of Illinois at Chicago made a repeated call for a tax on shippers who transport hazardous materials like crude oil through Chicago’s rail system; Tax would help cover the cost of training first responders

Wed, 08/06/2014 - 4:25pm

Source told the Chicago Sun-Times that Mayor Rahm Emanuel wants investigative power of the City Council to lie in the hands of Chicago Inspector General Joe Ferguson; Source said, “The mayor has … encouraged [aldermen] to explore the idea of expanding Ferguson’s authority to the City Council”; City Council last week blocked Legislative Inspector General Faisal Khan from probing aldermen’s campaign finances

Tue, 08/05/2014 - 4:11pm

Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced the appointment of Arnie Rivera as his new deputy chief of staff for education.

Rivera comes from the office of Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett, where he served as deputy chief of staff, according to the Mayor’s Office. Before joining Bryd-Bennett’s staff, Rivera taught first grade at Disney Magnet School in Buena Park for three years. He attended Northwestern University, where he obtained a bachelor’s degree in economics and a master’s in education and social policy.

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Mon, 08/04/2014 - 2:17pm

Mayor Rahm Emanuel submitted an ordinance to the City Council that would allow the Montgomery Ward Memorial Building, Weiboldt Hall of Commerce, Levy Meyer Hall and Gary Law Library on Northwestern University’s Streeterville campus to be designated as city landmarks; Gothic Revival-style buildings are located at 303-361 E. Chicago Ave.

Thu, 07/31/2014 - 1:07pm

Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s deputy chief-of-staff for education, Beth Swanson, has resigned; Swanson, who was instrumental in ending the Chicago teachers’ strike in 2012, will serve next as the Joyce Foundation’s vice president of strategy and programs

Wed, 07/23/2014 - 4:21pm

On Wednesday Mayor Rahm Emanuel revealed a plan to allow motorists to appeal red-light tickets from cameras at 12 intersections where tickets were issued at an accelerated rate; Announcement pertains to about 9,000 tickets and follows a Chicago Tribune investigation that found previously unexplained spikes in the number of red-light citations at certain intersections

Tue, 07/22/2014 - 11:44am

Deloitte & Touche's audit of Chicago's 2013 finances determined the city had a $33.9 million cash balance at the end of 2013 – “virtually unchanged from last year, but down from $167 million two years ago,” according to the Chicago Sun-Times; Auditors reported the city’s general obligation debt was almost $8 billion

Mon, 07/21/2014 - 4:14pm

After street violence in Chicago wounded 39 people and killed four this weekend, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and city officials held a Monday meeting with community leaders to discuss efforts to combat the violence.

While briefly addressing the media prior to the closed-door meeting at the Chicago Police Department’s Bronzeville headquarters, Emanuel said there is no simple solution to reducing gun violence in the city.

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Mon, 07/21/2014 - 2:10pm

Mayor Rahm Emanuel established a panel that will work to rethink Chicago’s Affordable Requirements Ordinance in an attempt to create 1,000 new affordable housing units in the next five years; Panel – which will include aldermen, real estate developers and community leaders – is expected to make its recommendations later this year

Fri, 07/18/2014 - 4:21pm

Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Alderman Brendan Reilly (42nd) and Chris Kennedy of Wolf Point Owners attended a Friday groundbreaking ceremony for the West Tower of River North’s Wolf Point development; Three-tower development’s construction is expected to create 3,500 construction jobs and “hundreds of more permanent jobs when the buildings are completed,” according to DNAinfo Chicago

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