Mayor's Press Releases
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Jan 18, 2012Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Alderman Anthony Beale Announce Taxi Industry Reforms Passed by City CouncilComprehensive Reform Package Targets Safety and Passenger Experience While Benefitting Drivers and Modernizing Industry
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Jan 17, 2012Mayor Emanuel Opens Newly-Renovated Grand Avenue Red Line StationAnnounces New Green Line Station at Cermak; Other Stations That Will Undergo Total Rehabilitations
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Jan 16, 2012Mayor Rahm Emanuel Announces $3.6 Million from Online Auctions of Surplus Materials in 2011City Nearly Doubles Revenue from 2010, $4.6 Million More Expected in 2012
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Jan 13, 2012Mayor Emanuel Asks Chicagoans to Submit Education-Related Questions for His Second #AskChicago Facebook Town HallOnline Forum Allows the Mayor and Residents to Connect in a Conversation about Education
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Jan 12, 2012City and Sister Agencies Begin to Issue Permits for NATO/G8-Related EventsFour Applications Received from Two Organizations Applying for Parade and Event Permits; City Will Provide Sound and Resources at Official Protest Area
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Jan 11, 2012Ethics Reform Task Force Launches Online Forum to Encourage Public InputNew Website Will Provide an Interactive Forum for all Residents to Contribute Their Ideas and Give Feedback on How Best to Improve Ethics Rules Governing City Government
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Jan 10, 2012Mayor Rahm Emanuel Launches $20 Million Innovation Loan FundCity Departments Must Propose Projects that Show Improvements in Service Delivery, Revenue Gains or Increased Efficiencies; Funds Will Go Toward Projects Dedicated to Reducing Time People Wait for City Services – Helping Small Businesses and Home Owners
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Jan 9, 2012Mayor Emanuel Announces Coyote Logistics Will Add 400 Jobs to ChicagoCoyote Continues Expansion in Chicago’s Green Exchange with Cutting-Edge Jobs in Transportation and Logistics
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Jan 9, 2012Mayor Emanuel and Chicago Public Schools CEO Jean-Claude Brizard Tour Mays Elementary As It Begins First Full School DayUniversity of Chicago Urban Education Lab to Evaluate Full School Day
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Jan 8, 2012Mayor Emanuel Touts $660 Million Investment in School InfrastructureCPS Capital Program will Improve Facilities and Technologies at 439 Schools; Benefit 285,000 Students
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Jan 6, 2012Mayor Emanuel Announces Next Round of Micro-Market Recovery ProgramVacant Buildings Surveyed in First Three Zones; Interventions to Begin in Next Three Zones
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Dec 20, 2011Mayor Emanuel Announces $4.6 Million in Debt Owed by Banks Has Been CollectedCity Comptroller ahead of schedule for planned 2012 bank debt collection; Only $1.1 Million Remains
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Dec 19, 2011Mayor Emanuel Announces that City has Delivered on Commitment for $75 Million in 2011 Taxpayer SavingsMore than $83 Million in Savings Reached through Measures Announced in May
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Dec 16, 2011Mayor Emanuel Announces Pennant Drive to Promote College As a Goal for Every Student in the Chicago Public SchoolsBest practice from Noble Network of Charter Schools will be replicated throughout CPS system
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Dec 15, 2011Mayor Emanuel Joins Transportation Secretary LaHood and Governor Quinn at Announcement of $20 Million in TIGER Grant FundingCTA Blue Line and Chicago Bike Share Program to Benefit
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Dec 14, 2011
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Dec 14, 2011
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Dec 14, 2011City Council Passes Ordinance to Eliminate Fraudulent Use of Disability PlacardsOrdinance will benefit motorists with disabilities, increase penalties for placard abuse
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Dec 14, 2011Ordinance Proposed that Establishes Non-Profit Microlending Institute to Invest $1 Million in the City's Small BusinessesFirst in the nation institute will train new microlenders and spur more than $20 million in annual business revenue, create nearly 1000 small business jobs over next four years
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Dec 14, 2011Mayor Emanuel Proposes Update to Ordinance Governing HeliportsNew ordinance modernizes municipal heliport regulation, improves heliport construction and fire prevention safety standards, brings municipal standards in line with state and federal rules
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Dec 14, 2011Mayor Emanuel and Alderman Anthony Beale Introduce Changes to the City Taxi Ordinance to Reform Chicago's Taxi IndustryComprehensive reform package to modernize industry, targeting safety and passenger experience while benefitting drivers
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Dec 14, 2011Mayor Emanuel Introduces Ordinance to Ensure Safe and Efficient Operations During Upcoming G8 and NATO SummitsDiplomatic summits will be hosted in Chicago next May
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Dec 13, 2011Mayor Emanuel Attends First Joint School-Based CompStat Meeting with CPD Superintendent McCarthy and CPS CEO BrizardMayor announces both curfew enforcement and school attendance numbers are up
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Dec 12, 2011Mayor Emanuel Announces 'College to Careers' Program for City Colleges that Will Refocus Training to Address Skills Gap and Keep Chicago CompetitiveInitial focus on health care and transportation/logistics will kick off innovative system that will better train Chicago’s workforce for the jobs of today and tomorrow
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Dec 12, 2011Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Alderman Anthony Beale Announce Proposed Taxi Industry ReformsComprehensive reform package targets safety and passenger experience while benefitting drivers and modernizing industry
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Dec 8, 2011Sara Lee Corporation to Move North American Business Headquarters DowntownHome of leading brands – Jimmy Dean, Hillshire Farm, Ball Park and Sara Lee – to bring at least 500 jobs to the City of Chicago in 2013
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Dec 7, 2011Mayor Rahm Emanuel Announces Ethics Reform Task ForceFour members appointed, each with a history of ethics reform; task force charged with reviewing ethics ordinance and recommending ways to strengthen it
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Dec 6, 2011Mayor Emanuel Announces Formation of Non-Profit Microlending Institute to Invest $1 Million in the City's Small BusinessesFirst in the nation institute will train new microlenders and spur more than $20 million in annual business revenue, create nearly 1000 small business jobs over next four years
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Dec 6, 2011Mayor Rahm Emanuel Announces Charter Compact, Positions Chicago for Major Investments From Gates and OthersCPS and charter community unveil roadmap for future planning and collaboration
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Dec 5, 2011Mayor Emanuel Announces Initiatives to Support Immigrant Entrepreneurs and Create Jobs Led by Office of New AmericansAnnounces Adolfo Hernandez as Director of new Office of New Americans