Mayor's Press Releases
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Aug 16, 2018Art On theMART To Launch September 29, 2018 As Largest Digital Art Projection In The WorldtheMART and City of Chicago to Host Public Celebration of Inaugural Program
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Aug 16, 2018Mayor Emanuel Announces $10.4 Million Investment In Youth MentoringRideshare settlements will allow the City to sustain youth mentoring programs that have had demonstrable success in violence reduction
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Aug 15, 2018Mayor Emanuel Discusses Next Steps In Chicago’s Neighborhood Development StrategySix New Neighborhoods to Receive Increased Focus as Part of City’s Comprehensive Strategy to Drive Investment and Create Economic Opportunities
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Aug 14, 2018Mayor Emanuel Joins Airport Officials To Open Midway Concessions That Provides More Than 1,000 Jobs For Chicago ResidentsNew food hall brings a unique mix of local Chicago brands to Midway travelers
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Aug 13, 2018Mayor Emanuel Announces Upgraded Security Cameras As Part Of Safe And Secure Program To Improve Safety And Security Across CTA SystemFour Blue Line Stations to Receive Upgrades to High-Definition and Additional Cameras; $38 Million Program Funded by Innovative Ride-Hailing Fee
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Aug 10, 2018Mayor Emanuel Announces Five Times More Residents Receive HIV Care, Compared To 2015Department of Public Health Launches Acute HIV Hotline 312-74-ACUTE to report diagnosis
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Aug 9, 2018Mayor Emanuel And Chicago Animal Care And Control Announce New Program To Return Lost Animals To Their HomesProgram allows animal control officers to use mobile microchip scanners in the community to quickly return stray animals to their home
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Aug 7, 2018Mayor Emanuel Closes One Summer Chicago With a Thank You to YouthA record high 32,000 youth participated in summer jobs throughout the City this year
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Aug 6, 2018City Of Chicago Along With 18 States, 4 Counties And 10 Cities Submit Official Comment Rejecting Trump Administration’s Decision To Add Citizenship Question On 2020 CensusComment Complements Ongoing Litigation that Outlines Funding Risks from Depressed Census Turnout following Trump Administration’s Attempt to Intimidate Immigrants
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Aug 6, 2018Mayor Emanuel Takes Steps To Fight Opioid EpidemicCalls for seven-day limit on opioids for acute pain
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Aug 5, 2018Mayor Emanuel Announces Plan For Improvements To East End Of Chicago’s RiverwalkImprovements to Sections East of Michigan Avenue to Lake Shore Drive Will Build On the Success of the Riverwalk West of State Street
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Aug 3, 2018Mayor Rahm Emanuel Announces Private Donor To Support Treatment For Shelter’s Heartworm Positive DogsPartner organizations and rescue community rally around CACC shelter to save treatable dogs
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Aug 2, 2018Mayor Emanuel Announces New Early Childhood Education Site in West RidgeAs Chicago moves to free full-day pre-k, a new CPS analysis shows students who attend preschool programs perform better on key metrics by 3rd grade
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Aug 2, 2018Mayor Emanuel, City of Chicago File New Lawsuit Against Trump Administration for Increasing Costs of Health Care & Number of Uninsured Americans by Intentionally Undercutting the Affordable Care ActChicago, along with Columbus, Cincinnati, Baltimore & individuals in Charlottesville, Virginia, assisted by non-profit legal organization Democracy Forward, charge that President Trump’s politically motivated attempts to dismantle the ACA violate his constitutional duty to faithfully execute the law
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Aug 1, 2018Mayor Emanuel Announces ThinkChicago: Lollapalooza 2018200 of the Nation’s Top Technology and Engineering Students in Chicago To Learn About Chicago’s Growing Technology Industry and Vibrant Urban Culture
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Aug 1, 2018Mayor Emanuel Announces Third Round of Neighborhood Opportunity Fund Investments in 33 Businesses Across ChicagoInnovative Program Leverages Downtown Growth to Make Direct Investments into Neighborhood Businesses Across City’s South, West and Southwest Sides
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Jul 31, 2018Mayor Emanuel Announces Projected 2019 Budget Gap Reduced To $97.9 MillionProjected 2019 Operating Budget Shortfall Marks the Eighth Straight Year of Budget Deficit Reduction
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Jul 27, 2018Attorney General Madigan, Mayor Emanuel, Chicago Police Superintendent Johnson Release Draft Consent Decree On Chicago Police ReformMadigan, Mayor Rahm Emanuel & Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson, Release Draft Consent Decree for Chicago Police Department after Gathering Feedback from Wide-Ranging Community Groups & Chicago Police Officers Final Consent Decree to Be Enforced by Federal Judge & Overseen by Independent Monitor to Achieve Sustainable Police Reform in Chicago
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Jul 27, 2018Mayor Emanuel, City of Chicago Announce Major Legal Victory Against President Trump's Justice Department & Its Unlawful Conditions on Public Safety Grant FundingU.S. District Court Grants Summary Judgment & a Permanent Injunction in favor of Chicago, Denies Trump Justice Department’s Motion to Dismiss the Lawsuit
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Jul 26, 2018Mayor Emanuel and Chicago Park District Join Ken Griffin, Chicago Fire Soccer Club and U.S. Soccer Foundation to Open New Soccer Mini-Pitch at Walnut ParkWalnut Park is one of 50 mini-pitches being built over the next five years in parks across Chicago to give local youth access to state-of-the-art soccer practice facilities
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Jul 24, 2018Mayor Emanuel Joins Peoples Gas to Break Ground on New Facility on Chicago's North SideAddition to 39th Ward Will Bring More Than 430 Workers to Sauganash Neighborhood
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Jul 24, 2018Mayor Emanuel Celebrates the Completion of the Albany Park Stormwater Diversion TunnelThe nearly completed tunnel had already kicked into operation four times this spring, helping prevent neighborhood flooding
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Jul 23, 2018
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Jul 23, 2018Mayor Emanuel Announces City Hits 100 Miles Paved in 2018 SeasonCrews to begin work on the next 100 miles and are on pace to surpass 2,000 miles repaved since 2011
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Jul 19, 2018Mayor Emanuel, Chicago Animal Care and Control Announce New Partnership with PAWS ChicagoPAWS Chicago to provide spay/neuter services for some CACC animals
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Jul 19, 2018Mayor Emanuel Announces Chicago Leads North America in Foreign Direct InvestmentChicago Leads Nation for Sixth Year in a Row; Rises into Top Five in the World
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Jul 19, 2018Mayor Emanuel Joins Rio Tinto to Announce Company is Opening New Office in ChicagoLeading Global Mining and Metals Company Opening New Office to Access Chicago’s Talent Pool
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Jul 19, 2018Mayor Emanuel and DMG MORI Announce Company is Relocating Corporate Headquarters to ChicagoInnovative Tech Manufacturer to Locate North American Headquarters Near Illinois Institute of Technology on Chicago’s South Side; Move Follows Mayor’s Economic Mission to Japan and China
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Jul 18, 2018Mayor Emanuel, City Clerk Valencia Announce Chicago Rx Prescription Benefit Program to Save Residents MoneyChicago Drug Benefit is First Municipal Drug Program to Prohibit So-Called 'Gag Clause,' Allowing Consumers to Compare Prescription Costs
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Jul 18, 2018Mayor Emanuel Breaks Ground on $18 Million Industrial Project in Little Village174,000-Square-Foot New Space Will Create 100 Construction Jobs and 105 Permanent Jobs
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Jul 15, 20182,000 Entrepreneurs To Get A Break On Their First LicenseLatest small business reform helps businesses launch and grow