Mayor's Press Releases
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Jul 28, 2011City Introduces Ordinance Regarding Yearly Use of Peoples Energy Settlement Funds$4.8M to Assist Chicagoans With Continually Rising Energy Costs
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Jul 26, 2011Mayor Emanuel Announces Plan To Create Jobs, Spur Economic Development And Increase Urban Agriculture Throughout ChicagoProposed reforms will expand access to healthy food options in food deserts
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Jul 21, 2011Mayor Emanuel Announces New Reforms to Ensure More Fairness, Competitiveness in City ContractingeBay-like Reverse Auction will save city millions; Non-competitive contract decisions are more accountable, transparent
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Jul 19, 2011Mayor Emanuel Announces Creation of Office of New Americans to Support Chicago's Immigrant Communities and Enhance Their Contributions to Chicago's Economic, Civic and Cultural LifeOffice will help immigrants access city services and start new businesses; will pursue long-term goal of making Chicago the world’s most immigrant-friendly city
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Jul 18, 2011Mayor Emanuel Announces Plans To Make Recycling In Chicago More Cost Effective With Long Term Goal of Providing To Chicagoans Across the CityProgram will augment city efforts; deliver services to taxpayers more efficiently
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Jul 17, 2011Mayor Emanuel and Superintendent Garry McCarthy Announce the Deployment of Additional Police Officers to Communities Across ChicagoAdditional redeployments from administrative positions continue as part of an ongoing effort to improve safety in Chicago’s neighborhoods.
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Jul 14, 2011Mayor Emanuel Highlights Efficiency Improvements and Cost-Savings Initiatives Across City GovernmentHolds Briefing with Commissioners and Department Employees on Progress
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Jul 13, 2011Mayor Emanuel Announces New Board of World Business Chicago With Nearly 50 Leading Chicago BusinesspeopleOrganization dramatically expands its membership to include local and national leaders, increases direct coordination with Mayor’s Office
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Jul 11, 2011City of Chicago Implements New City- Wide Credit Card and Reimbursement Policy to Increase Accountability and EfficiencyCity of Chicago Comptroller Crafted Policy After Extensive Review of City-wide Practices
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Jul 6, 2011
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Jun 29, 2011Mayor Emanuel Announces Walgreens Expansion in City of ChicagoWalgreens to create 600 new jobs in Chicago, quadruple number of stores in city’s food deserts
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Jun 28, 2011Mayor Emanuel Announces 300 New Jobs For AllscriptsAllscripts expands investment in Merchandise Mart, commits to hold annual conference in Chicago through 2014
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Jun 27, 2011City of Chicago Launches New TIF Website To Engage Chicagoans In Reform EffortForum will allow citizens to contribute ideas on how best to improve the TIF program
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Jun 25, 2011Mayor Emanuel Announces Doubling of Academy For Urban School Leadership (AUSL) Teacher Training AcademiesPreliminary ISAT Test data shows score gains at AUSL turnarounds twice that of CPS average
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Jun 24, 2011Apps for Metro Chicago Illinois Competition LaunchesFirst-of-its-kind competition using data from multiple governments to make applications that improve lives of millions of residents
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Jun 13, 2011Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle Announce the Results of Joint City-County Committee ReportHistoric collaboration between the City and County to reach up to $140 million in taxpayer savings
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Jun 9, 2011City Colleges of Chicago Announces New College Leadership RecommendationsMayor Emanuel Endorses Recommendations to Be Considered at June 16th CCC Board Meeting
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Jun 7, 2011Mayor Emanuel Commemorates the Beginning of Construction of Protected Bike Lanes in ChicagoMajor step toward making Chicago the most bike-friendly city in the Nation
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May 17, 2011On His First Day In Office, Mayor Emanuel Announces $75 Million In Savings for Current City BudgetCalls for Streamlining Functions and Better Coordination of Service Delivery Across City Departments