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Mayor's Office

Thu, 07/17/2014 - 3:41pm

Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced Thursday that the Polk Bros. Foundation has contributed $20 million toward the redevelopment of Navy Pier’s 13-acre Gateway Park; Updates to the park will include a public walkway and performance lawns; Park, as a result of the donation, will be renamed “Polk Bros. Park” under a 25-year naming-rights agreement

Thu, 07/17/2014 - 12:11pm

Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Alderman Matt O’Shea (19th) and Chicago Park District Superintendent Michael Kelly attended a Wednesday groundbreaking ceremony for the Morgan Park Sports Center; Sixty-four-thousand-square-foot center located at 11505 S. Western Ave. will include a gymnastics area and indoor ice skating rink and is expected to be completed next summer

Fri, 07/11/2014 - 1:43pm

Mayor Rahm Emanuel said he would confer with Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett after Mollison Elementary principal Kimberly Henderson asked Thursday that the city increase funding for CPS welcoming schools like Mollison, which took on additional students following the Board of Education’s decision last year to shutter 50 schools; Mollison’s student body doubled as a result of the closure of Overton Elementary

Wed, 07/09/2014 - 4:09pm

Mayor Rahm Emanuel has appointed former U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood to head a task force charged with selecting the successor of Chicago Department of Aviation Commissioner Rosemarie Andolino; Andolino plans to resign this summer

Tue, 07/08/2014 - 4:10pm

Mayor Rahm Emanuel Tuesday said the Chicago Cubs and Wrigley Rooftop Club owners should work toward an agreement regarding the planned Wrigley Field renovation outside of court; Some club owners last week said they would not sue to prevent a ramped up proposal from the Cubs if the organization opted for a $300 million plan already approved by City Council that would add two new Wrigley outfield signs

Tue, 07/08/2014 - 3:44pm

Mayor Rahm Emanuel expressed support Tuesday for his Minimum Wage Working Group’s recommendations for increasing the city’s minimum wage.

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Mon, 07/07/2014 - 4:11pm

After a large number of shootings in Chicago over the Fourth of July weekend, Mayor Rahm Emanuel called for a "partnership for peace" and for Chicagoans to take a stand against violence; Emanuel stressed that giving youths alternatives to the street is a key factor in reducing gun violence

Wed, 07/02/2014 - 3:27pm

Mayor’s Office said there were 49 fewer Chicago Public Schools students shot during the most recent school year compared to three years ago, a 50 percent decrease; 1,000 fewer students were arrested at school compared to three years ago

Wed, 06/25/2014 - 4:21pm

Mayor Rahm Emanuel said Wednesday he does not believe potential lawsuits claiming the planned development of the George Lucas museum in Chicago would violate the city’s Lakefront Protection Ordinance would block the project; Mayor said, “We feel very comfortable, from the legal perspective, where we are”

Wed, 06/25/2014 - 3:35pm

Mayor Rahm Emanuel Wednesday introduced to the City Council an ordinance that would increase city telephone bill surcharges by 56 percent; Measure is designed to help close a $20 billion unfunded liability in the city’s pension systems

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