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School closings disappoint many aldermen
Tribune reportersAfter the Chicago School Board meeting Wednesday, many of the aldermen who argued unsuccessfully to keep schools in their wards open said they were disappointed with the process. Ald. Deborah Graham, 29th, said she went to testify at the school board...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Carrie Austin, Deborah Graham, Robert Fioretti, Ameya Pawar
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Chicago city stickers now on sale
Clout StreetChicago drivers can now make their annual payment for the privilege of keeping a car in the city. City stickers went on sale this week at City Clerk Susana Mendoza's office, online and at some currency exchanges. The stickers also can be purchased...Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Susana Mendoza, Chicago Mayor
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City vehicle stickers now on sale
Chicago drivers can now make their annual payment for the privilege of keeping a car in the city. City stickers went on sale this week at City Clerk Susana Mendoza's office, online and at some currency exchanges. The stickers also can be purchased...
Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Susana Mendoza, Passenger Cars, Vehicles, Services and Shopping
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Chicago police arrest two dozen at school closing protest
ReutersBy Renita D. Young CHICAGO, May 20 (Reuters) - Chicago police arrested about two dozen people on Monday who were protesting against the planned closure of 54 schools in the country's third-largest school district, ahead of a planned Wednesday vote on the...Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Separation of Church and State, Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Police Arrests
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Red Line rehab poses political challenge for Emanuel
Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Tuesday lauded Chicago Transit Authority workers for their "flawless" rollout of a five-month Red Line reconstruction that has shuttle buses replacing train service. So far, they're breathing a sigh of relief at City Hall. The...
Tags: Chicago Transit Authority, Howard Brookins, Polls, Bobby Rush, Roderick T. Sawyer
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People protesting planned school closings arrested at City Hall
Tribune reporterMore than 20 people protesting Chicago Public School plans to close 53 elementary schools were arrested this afternoon at City Hall, officials said. The protesters were arrested after sitting and blocking elevators on the main floor of the building...Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Career and Workplace, Activism, Police Arrests, Chicago Teachers Union
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Fewer than 5 CPS schools expected to be spared
Pressured for months by teachers, community leaders and aldermen, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's hand-picked school board is nonetheless expected on Wednesday to approve closing all but a few of the 53 elementary schools the administration wants to shut down....
Tags: Howard Brookins, University of Chicago, Justice System, Teaching and Learning, Crime, Law and Justice
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Poll: Voters root for neither Ricketts nor rooftops
Chicago voters in a Tribune/WGN poll have a message for Cubs executives and Wrigleyville rooftop owners locked in a feud over the team's proposed ballpark overhaul: A plague on both your houses. Nearly half said they side with neither the Cubs nor the...
Tags: Wrigley Field, Rahm Emanuel, Jefferson Park, Thomas Ricketts, Polls
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City Hall can't prove red light cameras make streets safer, watchdog says
City Hall cannot back up claims that its controversial red-light camera program is designed to make intersections safer, according to a watchdog's report released Tuesday. Inspector General Joseph Ferguson said the city cannot provide documents to prove...
Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Bribery, Corporate Crime, Chicago Mayor, Richard M. Daley
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IRS scandal a reminder of how I learned about The Chicago Way
The Internal Revenue Service scandal now devouring the Obama administration — the outrageous use of the federal taxing authority to target tea party and other conservatives — certainly makes for meaty partisan politics. But this scandal is...Tags: Business, Sales, Bridgeport (Chicago, Illinois), Internal Revenue Service, Parties and Movements
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Editorial: Mayor Difficult -- Has Emanuel alienated Chicagoans?
Early in 2011, Candidate Rahm Emanuel warned Chicagoans that their City Hall had to fix its finances or risk entering into eternal rest. The distance from broke government to broken government, he observed, is short: Without restoring financial health,...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Interior Policy, Collective Contract, Pension and Welfare, Chicago Police Department
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Kass: Mayor's shell game should have taxpayers clutching their wallets
I've got a feeling that in some weird, alternate universe, Mayor Rahm Emanuel is making a decent living playing hide-the-pea. You know the game, don't you? First, you put your money down. Then Mr. Misdirection places a pea under one of three cups....
Tags: Illinois Governor, Pat Quinn, Basketball, Scott Waguespack, Robert Fioretti
May 22, 2013
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May 22, 2013
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May 23, 2013
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May 20, 2013
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May 21, 2013
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May 20, 2013
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May 21, 2013
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May 15, 2013
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May 15, 2013
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May 19, 2013
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May 19, 2013
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May 17, 2013
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