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Emanuel announces Divvy bike partners
Thu, 08/01/2013 - 1:09pm

Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced on Thursday that 24 corporate and community partners have joined Chicago’s growing Divvy bike program.

The new partners of the nation’s fourth-largest bike-sharing program include World Business Chicago, Sprout Social, the Metropolitan Planning Council, Fox News Digital, Big Bowl, Morningstar and HBK Engineering, among others, according to a mayoral press release.

The partnerships allow each organization’s employees to receive discounted rental rates.

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Mayor denounces state reduction in CTA funding as ‘wrong-headed’
Wed, 07/31/2013 - 10:24am

Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chicago Transit Authority President Forrest Claypool said they will not raise fares or cut service on the public transit system to offset a $14 million reduction in state funding; Emanuel and Claypool said they plan to lobby the state Legislature to restore the funding

Emanuel warm to right field Wrigley party deck over Sheffield
Tue, 07/30/2013 - 3:45pm

Mayor Rahm Emanuel "sounded supportive" of the development of a proposed patio elevated over Sheffield Avenue outside of Wrigley Field as an addition to the Chicago Cubs’ planned $500 million overhaul of the historic stadium and its surrounding area, according to the Chicago Tribune; Proposal would maintain rooftop club owners’ lucrative stadium views and would accommodate a proposed signage addition from the Cubs; Both parties have endorsed the proposal

Key member of Rahm's communications team joining Coca-Cola
Tue, 07/30/2013 - 10:35am

Mayoral spokeswoman Kathleen Strand is leaving the Emanuel administration to serve as Chicago-based director of public affairs for Coca-Cola

Safe passage signs going up along school routes
Mon, 07/29/2013 - 3:43pm

Chicago Department of Transportation has so far installed “safe passage” signs near 10 schools that will be receiving new students from shuttered schools next school year and has added new crosswalks at 30 schools, according to the mayor’s office; City has also hired 245 residents to guide students along the designated safe passages and the City Council approved stricter fines for those found possessing weapons near the routes

Emanuel announces new features of city’s Small Business Center
Mon, 07/29/2013 - 1:54pm

The city’s new Small Business Center will launch a new express lane and self-service area designed to provide customers with faster service, Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced Monday.

The Center was launched in May to provide small business owners and entrepreneurs in the city with a one-stop shop of business resources such as permits and licenses.

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City of Chicago’s cash cushion plummets, debt triples, arrests drop, water use rises
Mon, 07/29/2013 - 10:34am

Audit of Chicago’s 2012 finances found, among other things, that Mayor Rahm Emanuel had $33.4 million in unallocated cash-on-hand at the end of the year, down from the city's $167 million at the end of 2011; City Budget Director Alex Holt defended the drop by saying it is the result of “honest” budgeting

Retired city workers file suit to save health care subsidy
Fri, 07/26/2013 - 10:30am

Retired Chicago government workers filed a class action suit against the city and its four employee pension funds to stop Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s attempt to phase out the 55 percent health care subsidy for all but 5,500 of the city’s 30,000 retired employees and transition them to coverage under the federal Affordable Care Act; Suit argues that the state constitution guarantees retirees’ benefits cannot be hindered or modified

Emanuel shakes up Council committee chairmanships
Thu, 07/25/2013 - 4:09pm

Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Wednesday named Alderman Michelle Harris (8th) as the new chairman of the City Council Committee on Committees, Rules and Ethics in the wake of the retirement of Dick Mell, former alderman of the 33rd Ward who previously served as that committee’s chairman.

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Rahm to Guardian Angels: Work safe-passage routes, not Mag Mile
Wed, 07/24/2013 - 5:35pm

Mayor Rahm Emanuel dismissed the Guardian Angels' reference to the Magnificent Mile as "Muggers Mile"; Emanuel said police work to make sure the area is safe and urged the volunteer group to instead work to combat violence along school routes and playgrounds

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