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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: Susana Mendoza, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago City Hall
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Chicago school board to vote on mass school closing
ReutersBy Mary Wisniewski CHICAGO, May 22 (Reuters) - The Chicago Board of Education is due to vote on Wednesday on a controversial proposal to close 54 schools in the country's third-largest public school district in what would be the largest mass school...Tags: Karen Lewis, Teachers, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Tribune, Judges
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House gambling sponsor recuses self because of potential conflict
— The Illinois House's longtime gambling expansion point man has dropped his sponsorship of a casino bill to avoid a potential conflict of interest. Democratic Rep. Lou Lang of Skokie wrote to the House clerk that he is now affiliated with a law...
Tags: Executive Branch, Pat Quinn, Rahm Emanuel, Skokie, Organized Crime
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Emanuel: School board members still weighing closings
Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who in March indicated that the time for negotiations on his administration's massive school closings plan was over, lauded members of his hand-picked school board Tuesday "for taking their responsibility to our children seriously"...
Tags: Health Treatments, Students, Politics, Rahm Emanuel, Health and Safety at School
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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, Chicago Elections, Roderick T. Sawyer, Rahm Emanuel, Pat Dowell
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Our responsibility to Chicago's youngest generation
Every elected official loves nothing more than to open a new school, a new library or a new park. But the demands of elected office require doing more than what we "like" doing. The oath that we take to serve residents and build a better future for our...
Tags: Students, Chicago Public Schools, Teaching and Learning, Science and Technology, Mathematics
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Illinois Sports Facilities Authority will pay legal tab for Jim Thompson
The public agency that owns U.S. Cellular Field agreed Tuesday to pay the legal expenses of its ex-chairman, former Gov. Jim Thompson, in a federal lawsuit brought against him last month by the agency's former executive director. The Illinois Sports...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Executive Branch, U.S. Cellular Field, Trials, Pat Quinn
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Chicago-area public pension funding gap rises 16.7 pct in 2011 -report
ReutersCHICAGO, May 21 (Reuters) - The funding gap for 10 Chicago-area public pension systems widened by 16.7 percent to $32 billion in fiscal 2011 from fiscal 2010, heightening the risk of tax increases or service cuts for residents, a report by a civic...Tags: Chicago Public Schools, Politics, Chicago Park District, Rahm Emanuel, Economy, Business and Finance
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Chicago-area pension funding gap jumps to $32 billion: report
ReutersThe Chicago-based Civic Federation said Tuesday the funding gap for 10 Chicago-area public pension systems widened by 16.7 percent to $32 billion in fiscal 2011 from the year, warning of service cuts or tax hikes to bridge the gap. The civic watchdog...Tags: Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Transit Authority, Politics, Chicago Park District, Rahm Emanuel
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Scarce public funds shouldn't be used on DePaul stadium
Mayor Rahm Emanuel pleads poverty when it comes to education, public safety and Wrigley Field upgrades. But now he says a new basketball stadium for DePaul University is necessary, even though owners of the United Center offered the venue for free. Why...Tags: Politics, Rahm Emanuel, Safety of Citizens, Wrigley Field, United Center
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Ken Griffin calls Illinois tax incentives cronyism
Tribune staff reporterCitadel founder Kenneth Griffin named and shamed local corporations that have taken tax incentives from the state’s financially strapped government in a Monday evening speech to a prominent Chicago business group. "The last election cycle I called...Tags: Executive Branch, Pat Quinn, Chicago Tribune, Rahm Emanuel, Economic Policy
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Voice of the People, May. 22
Labeling schools In the controversy over school closings, we often hear the term "failing" as a reason for closing a school. The use of this term is both degrading and insulting to the students, teachers and parents of those schools. A school is a...Tags: Natural Disasters, DePaul University, Chicago Public Schools, Students, Chicago Weather
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