Rahm Emanuel is the mayor of Chicago. He was elected on Feb. 22, 2011. Emanuel is former White House chief of staff under President Barack Obama. Emanuel represented the 5th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2003 until his resignation in 2009 when he took his position in the Obama Administration. He graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in 1981 with a Liberal Arts degree, and received an M.A. in Speech and Communication from Northwestern University in 1985. He is married with three children.
Rahm Emanuel is the mayor of Chicago. He was elected on Feb. 22, 2011. Emanuel is former White House chief of staff under President Barack Obama. Emanuel represented the 5th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2003 until his resignation in 2009 when he took his position in the Obama Administration. He graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in 1981 with a Liberal Arts degree, and received an M.A. in Speech and Communication from Northwestern University in 1985. He is married with three children.
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Emanuel talks tough on parking
Mayor Rahm Emanuel stuck with the tough talk on Chicago's parking meter deal Thursday, pledging to fight a new bill for $22 million the meter leasing company recently sent the city for lost revenue.
Emanuel has positioned himself as a staunch opponent of...Tags: Pat Quinn, Patrick Fitzgerald, Chicago Transit Authority, Chicago Mayor, Chicago Police Department
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Fitzgerald succession pick is a political hot potato
Dick Durbin and Barack Obama have a political problem involving their choice of the next federal prosecutor in Chicago, now that U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald is leaving the office.
And it won't go away before the November elections.
There's been a...Tags: Regional Authority, James Robert Thompson, Elections, Parties and Movements, Patrick Fitzgerald
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Cook County hunts for private money
Cash-strapped Cook County government and its more financially sound Forest Preserve District partner are looking to bring in corporate money by selling naming rights, sponsorships and concessions.
All of those, plus more mundane ideas such as advertising...Tags: Chicago Park District, Cook County, Chicago Mayor, Cook County Board of Commissioners, Companies and Corporations
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Cook County looks at naming rights to raise money
Tribune reportersCash-strapped Cook County government and the more financially sound Forest Preserve District are looking to bring in corporate cash by selling naming rights, sponsorships and concessions. All of those, plus more mundane ideas such as advertising on...Tags: Chicago Park District, Chicago Mayor, Companies and Corporations, Marketing, Local Government
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Poll: City residents don't want speed cameras
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.
The survey...Tags: Polls, Elections, Politics, Portage Park, Chicago Mayor
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Emanuel won't pony up for Chicago's $50 million parking meter tab
WGN NEWSThere is a multi-million dollar standoff between Mayor Emanuel and Chicago Parking Meters LLC. CPM says the city owes it $22 million. The company says that amount covers a year's worth of free parking for vehicles that use disabled placards or license...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Local Government, Richard M. Daley, Economy, Business and Finance, Chicago Mayor
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Emanuel talks tough on big parking meter bill
Tribune reporterMayor 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. Emanuel has positioned himself as a staunch opponent...Tags: Chicago Police Department, Pat Quinn, Crime, Law and Justice, Chicago City Hall, Illinois Governor
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House approves gambling expansion
SPRINGFIELD — Ignoring Gov.Pat Quinn'sopposition, the Illinois House on Wednesday passed a major gambling expansion that would put casinos in Chicago and four other cities, add more positions for riverboat casinos and allow slot machines at horse...
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Thousands of teachers rally in Chicago
Tribune reportersMayor 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. The crowd of nearly 4,000...Tags: Unions, Chicago Mayor, Chicago Public Schools, Teachers Unions, Montgomery (Kane, Illinois)
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City Hall fights parking tickets: Tab now up to $50 million
As profits soar for the company running Chicago's metered parking spaces, so are the multimillion-dollar bills the outfit is asking taxpayers to foot under little-known provisions in its long-term deal, according to documents obtained by the Tribune. The...
Tags: Companies and Corporations, Career and Workplace, Chicago City Hall, Richard M. Daley, Economy, Business and Finance
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Traffic and commuting expected to return to normal on Tuesday
TribLocal - Plainfield » NewsExpressway traffic jams and the familiar hunt for curbside parking in downtown Chicago return Tuesday, as the daily commute gets back to normal after the …... -
Hearing for NATO terror suspects postponed
A hearing for 3 anti-NATO protesters accused of plotting to make Molotov cocktails was postponed Tuesday as they sit in jail.
Jared Chase of New Hampshire and Brent Betterly and Brian Church, both of Florida were arrested last week in a Bridgeport...Tags: Barack Obama, Bridgeport (Chicago, Illinois), NATO, Chicago Mayor
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