COMMENTARY: Chicago will remember Emanuel as he was, not as he wants
Benjamin Conboy, Editor-in-Chief
May 20, 2019
Rahm Emanuel walked out of his City Hall for the final time as mayor of Chicago on Friday. The paintings depicting an industrial Chicago that hung on the walls of his fifth-floor office were gone. The room he had occupied for eight years looked barren, cold and empty. A political heavyweight who ruled...
Chicago aldermen OK $2.4M in tax subsidies for developers of Lincoln Yards, ‘The 78’
April 10, 2019
The Chicago City Council has approved $2.4 billion in tax subsidies for two major developments after Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot said she would drop her opposition. Aldermen voted Wednesday morning on the packages. An earlier vote was delayed when Lightfoot said she wanted to review the tax packages....
‘L’ freezes over
Carina Smith, News Editor
February 4, 2019
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While the polar vortex closed the doors to classes in the middle of the week, students found ways to keep themselves busy and warm as the city shut down because of the record-breaking cold. With little else to do, many students opted to stay indoors and catch up on homework or watch a new show. Junior Sym...
‘We never, ever punted a problem,’ Emanuel tells DePaul
Doug Klain, Contributing Writer
February 4, 2019
The City of Chicago was battening down the hatches in preparation for record-freezing temperatures, but Mayor Rahm Emanuel wasn’t afraid to crack a joke. “Is anybody cold?” he chuckled as he entered an event for journalism students at DePaul University. With three months left as mayor, Emanu...
Possible JUUL ban could affect students across the country
Jack Breslin, Contributing Writer
October 1, 2018
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Steven Senne | AP In less than two years, JUUL and other electronic cigarettes have become a viral sensation among college and high school students across the nation, but the trend might be leaving just as quickly as it arrived. On Sept. 12, the Food and Drug Administration gave JUUL and other electroni...
Emanuel: Chicago will protect DREAMers despite DACA termination
September 18, 2017
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President Donald Trump’s administration has recently announced that they will be rescinding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and is giving Congress six months to replace it. DACA allowed thousands of undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as children to stay in ...
Funding for new cops still uncertain
October 10, 2016
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While the city has been quite clear about its intention to hire about 1,000 new police officers to halt rampant crime problems, it left one important aspect out: how much the effort will cost. By the end of two years, the department will have hired 970 police officers (516 officers, 92 field training...
Mayor Rahm Emanuel proposes more cops
Brenden Moore and Kyle Woosley
September 26, 2016
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Mayor Rahm Emanuel proposed a broad plan Sept. 22 to solve the violence plaguing many Chicago neighborhoods, centered on hiring nearly 1,000 more police officers. The mayor argued the increased manpower and tougher penalties for gun offenders will go a long way towards getting the city’s surging cr...
Commentary: Rahm Emanuel reigns on in Chicago
April 12, 2015
“Chicago ain’t ready for reform yet,” said former 43rd Ward Alderman Paddy Bauler upon his victory over a reform candidate in 1939. Indeed, this line became one of folklore as Chicago went from being a haven for gangsters to a safe place for elected officials to perfect their craft of graft. Read More ...
Mayor Emanuel unable to capture majority, faces runoff
February 24, 2015
Mayor Rahm Emanuel is headed to an April 7 runoff with Cook County Commissioner Chuy Garcia after failing to get the 50 percent plus one needed to win tonight. With most precincts reporting, Emanuel has about 45 percent of the vote — well ahead of Garcia who took 34 percent — while other challengers Bob Fioretti, Willie Wilson and William ‘Dock’ Walls split the res...
Storify: Chicago Women’s Mayoral Forum
January 25, 2015
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