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Emanuel elects not to privatize mammogram services
Thu, 10/24/2013 - 4:09pm

Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s proposed 2014 budget preserves current funding and staffing levels for the city’s breast health program, despite the loss of a state grant for the program. The Chicago Department of Public Health had previously floated the possibility of laying off public health nurses.

“The City of Chicago is committed to ensuring women receive quality mammography services and to fully funding the current mammography program,” CPDH spokesman Brian Richardson wrote in an email. “Further, we are not outsourcing or reducing services at any of the city facilities.”

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Emanuel to spend big on police OT in 2014
Thu, 10/24/2013 - 11:38am

Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s 2014 budget includes a $71 million allocation for overtime for police officers, much of which will go toward saturation policing efforts in impact zones; City only budgeted $32 million for police overtime in 2013, but quickly exceeded that number as the force worked to respond to a wave of shootings and murders

Emanuel announces launch of Chicago Solar Express
Wed, 10/23/2013 - 3:54pm

Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced the launch of Chicago Solar Express, a program designed to ease the permitting, zoning and interconnection process for residents and developers making solar installations; Initiative, developed with the assistance of a $750,000 U.S. Department of Energy grant, will reduce from 30 days to one day the wait time for small solar power panel installation permits and cut related fees by 25 percent

Emanuel pleads for pension relief in yearly budget address
Wed, 10/23/2013 - 3:49pm

Mayor Rahm Emanuel presented a proposed $6.98 billion 2014 budget to the City Council on Wednesday, using the occasion to urge state lawmakers to pass a bill reducing the city’s public employee pension payments.

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Emanuel budget counts on $100 million in new revenues
Tue, 10/22/2013 - 4:26pm

Mayor Rahm Emanuel's proposed 2014 budget includes $66 million in cuts, which include a partial hiring freeze, according to documents provided to Crain's Chicago Business columnist Greg Hinz; Budget is counting on over $100 million in new revenues, at least $65 million of which would come from speed camera tickets

Rahm Emanuel heading to Washington D.C.
Tue, 10/22/2013 - 2:11pm

Mayor Rahm Emanuel plans to visit Washington D. C. Thursday, where he will appear at a Center for American Progress policy conference; Former Vice President Al Gore and Secretary of State John Kerry are also scheduled to speak at the event; Emanuel has scheduled meetings at the White House and with several cabinet secretaries while in D.C.

6 parking, impound fees to jump under Emanuel’s 2014 budget
Tue, 10/22/2013 - 10:31am

Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s proposed 2014 budget includes increased fines for five parking violations and higher daily storage fees for impounded vehicles; Emanuel expects the increased fines to generate about $10 million in revenue for the city next year

Emanuel denies cigarette tax will exacerbate black market
Mon, 10/21/2013 - 3:50pm

Mayor Rahm Emanuel defended his decision to raise Chicago’s cigarette tax by $0.75 a pack, denying that it will intensify a black market for cigarettes that is, according to officials, “already worse than it is for marijuana, cocaine and heroin”

Emanuel looks to raise zoning permit fees as part of budget
Mon, 10/21/2013 - 3:49pm

Mayor Rahm Emanuel proposed raising zoning permit fees for projects of more than 10,000-square-feet and imposing higher fees on people who do not file zoning applications electronically; Emanuel hopes the higher fees, which will be part of the 2014 budget he plans to present on Wednesday, will generate an additional $4 million for the city next year 

Emanuel willing to compromise on mandatory minimum for gun crimes
Mon, 10/21/2013 - 3:48pm

Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Monday indicated a willingness to compromise on his demand for a mandatory minimum, three-year sentence for gun crimes in Illinois; Emanuel explained that he was not interested in imposing minimums on offenders younger than 17 or people who have a F.O.I.D. card

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