Mayor's Press Releases
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Aug 8, 2014Mayor Rahm Emanuel Wishes Luck To Jackie Robinson West All Stars As They Compete For Chance To Play In Little League World Series ChampionshipMorgan Park team one win away from a trip to Williamsport, Pa
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Aug 8, 2014City Of Chicago Cracks Down On Illegal Pet/Met Coke OperationFirst Cease and Desist Order Issued Under New Regulations to Protect Air Quality for Residents
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Aug 7, 2014Mayor Emanuel And Secretary Of Transportation Foxx Announce Chicago As First City To Be Awarded $35 Million In Federal “Core Capacity” FundsFunds Will Allow For First Phase Of One Of The Largest Capital Improvement Projects In CTA History - The Red Purple Modernization Program
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Aug 7, 2014Mayor Emanuel, Alderman Silverstein, Chicago Park District Celebrate the Opening of New Nature Play Area at Indian Boundary ParkFormer underutilized zoo now community hub for environmental education
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Aug 7, 2014Mayor Emanuel, CEO Byrd-Bennett Announce Improved CPS Elementary Student Reading and Math ScoresScores Exceed National Growth Averages Scores Improve in Every Grade, While District 8th Graders Pass National Averages
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Aug 7, 2014Mayor Emanuel Announces Adult Smoking Rates Hit Historic Lows in ChicagoAmerican Lung Association to honor Mayor Emanuel for leading efforts to reduce tobacco use
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Aug 6, 2014Mayor Emanuel, Partners Announce Anti-Violence Initiatives Generated By Community ProcessCPD Expanding Partnership with State Police on Fugitive Apprehension Team
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Aug 6, 2014
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Aug 5, 2014Mayor Emanuel Names Arnie Rivera As New Deputy Chief Of Staff For EducationFormer Teacher to Coordinate Administration’s Efforts on Cradle to Career Education Strategy
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Aug 5, 2014Mayor Emanuel, CEO Byrd-Bennett Announce New Data Shows Positive Impact of Expanded and Higher Quality Pre-Kindergarten Programs for CPS StudentsNew Data Shows Nearly Twice as Many Students are Entering Kindergarten Ready to Learn
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Aug 5, 2014Mayor Emanuel Announces Rahm’s Readers Early Literacy Component Far Exceeds Goal of 100,000 Books Read By Chicago FamiliesRahm’s Readers for the First Time Ever Introduced An Early Literacy Component For Early Readers Ages 0-5 Years; Sparks Partnership with Illinois Chapter of Reach Out and Read Program
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Aug 5, 2014Mayor Emanuel, DSS Announce ‘Pitch In Chicago’ Community Clean UpChicagoans Invited to ‘Pitch In’ on August 23 to Clean Neighborhoods in Preparation for School Year
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Aug 5, 2014Mayor Emanuel, Attorney General Madigan, Alderman Beale and Chicago Neighborhood Initiatives Announce $1.5 Million Grant to Continue Affordable Home Rehabilitation in PullmanMore than $226 Million in Planned Investments Underway in Area, Creating over 1,500 New Jobs; Investing in Neighborhoods for Local Economic Growth is a Key Component of the Plan for Economic Growth and Jobs
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Aug 4, 2014Chicago Hosts Successful Lollapalooza 2014City celebrates 10th anniversary of music festival
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Aug 4, 2014Mayor Emanuel Announces City Plan to Plant 800 Additional Trees In Neighborhoods Across Chicago In 2014CDOT, DSS Will Plant Over 6,200 Trees Citywide This Year
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Aug 1, 2014One Summer Chicago Youth ‘Pitch In’ To Clean City ParksMore Than 2,000 Youth Clean Five City Parks As A Summer Service Project, Back-To-School Kick Off
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Aug 1, 2014Mayor Emanuel, Chicago Park District Announce Films to Be Featured as Part of Free Inaugural Local Film ShowcaseChicago On Screen to showcase 16 local films as part of Movies in the Parks
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Jul 31, 2014Mayor Emanuel, Chicago Park District Announce Calumet Bike Park At Big MarshProject to transform old industrial property into an eco-friendly recreation and habitat restoration to be completed in the fall of 2015
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Jul 31, 2014Mayor Emanuel Announces ThinkChicago: Lollapalooza 2014 And Launches Lollapalooza ChallengeRecord Number of Applications Submitted for Event That Brings 125 of the Nation’s Top Engineering and Computer Science Students to Chicago; Supporting Next-Generation Innovation and Entrepreneurship is a Key Component of the Plan for Economic Growth and Jobs
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Jul 29, 2014Mayor Emanuel Announces Double Value Coupon Program Now Available At 26 Farmers Markets Across ChicagoProgram Allows LINK Customers to Receive Matching Funds for Healthy, Locally Grown Food; Program Nearly Doubles in Size to 26 Markets
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Jul 28, 2014Mayor Emanuel Makes Preparations to Welcome Unaccompanied Child MigrantsCity to Identify Sites to Create Space, Provide Services for Hundreds of Unaccompanied Child Migrants
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Jul 28, 2014Mayor Emanuel Announces Language Access Policy Advisory CommitteeNew Committee Will Make Recommendation to Ensure Immigrants and Residents with Limited English Proficiency Have Meaningful Access to City Services and Programs
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Jul 28, 2014Mayor Emanuel And Metropolitan Family Services Announce New Early Learning Center To Serve City’s Southwest Side CommunitiesAfter Achieving Universal Kindergarten for All Chicago Children, Mayor Outlines Vision to Expand Pre-Kindergarten to All 4-Year Old Children in the City of Chicago
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Jul 27, 2014Mayor Emanuel, Chicago Park District Open New Playground At Anderson ParkBronzeville playground one of 103 playgrounds to be rebuilt or refurbished as part of Mayor Emanuel’s Chicago Plays! program this year
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Jul 27, 2014Mayor Emanuel, Senator Durbin, Alderman Burns Celebrate Work on New 35th Street Pedestrian Bridge Over Lake Shore DriveNew Suspension Bridge to Connect Bronzeville to the Lakefront
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Jul 24, 2014Mayor Emanuel, Alderman Reilly, O’Donnell Investment Company and William Blair & Co. Break Ground on 150 North RiversideProject will Create More Than 1,500 Construction Jobs and 1.5 Acres of New Open Space Along the Riverfront
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Jul 24, 2014Mayor Emanuel, Chicago Transit Authority And Chicago Federation Of Labor Launch Groundbreaking “Build Chicago” Partnership To Encourage Job GrowthPurchase Of Next-Generation Rail Cars Will Encourage U.S. Job Growth, Modernize CTA’s Rail Fleet, And Improve Customer Comfort
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Jul 22, 2014Mayor Emanuel Breaks Ground At Wildwood Elementary School Annex To Alleviate OvercrowdingAnnexes at Wildwood and Oriole Park Elementary Schools Help Ease Overcrowding and Expand Classroom Space
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Jul 21, 2014Mayor Emanuel Announces City To Receive Federal Funds To Help At-Risk YouthMore than 3,100 students will be reached during the 2014-15 school year for Becoming a Man and Match programs
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Jul 20, 2014Mayor Emanuel and Alderman Suarez Announce Task Force to Reform Affordable Requirements Ordinance to Create More Housing OptionsCommunity Leaders and Developers Will Make Recommendation to Add 1,000 Affordable Housing Units Over 5 Years, a Fivefold Increase Over Units Created since 2007
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Jul 18, 2014Mayor Emanuel Announces The Second Expansion Of Retrofit Chicago's Commercial Buildings Initiative16 Additional Facilities Commit To 20 Percent Energy Efficiency Improvement Within Five Years; Current Participants Have Achieved Seven Percent Energy Reduction To-Date
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Jul 17, 2014Mayor Emanuel, Department Of Water Management Announce 50,000th Water Meter Installed Since Start Of Metersave ProgramMetered Households Achieve Average Water Bill Savings of 50 Percent
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Jul 17, 2014Mayor Emanuel Announces Results of Energy Efficiency Pilot CompetitionBuildings in Humboldt Park and Logan Square Averaged 20% Reduction in Electric, Gas, and Water Use and Savings of $54,000 on their Energy Bills
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Jul 16, 2014Mayor Emanuel, Chicago Park District Break Ground On Morgan Park, Beverly Sports CenterCombination Gymnastics Center and Ice Rink to be Complete in Summer of 2015
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Jul 15, 2014Mayor Emanuel, Chicago Park District Announce New Investment In Kelly ParkArtificial Turf Field Expected to Be Complete by October 2014
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Jul 15, 2014Mayor Emanuel and CPS CEO Byrd-Bennett Announce 86 Schools to Receive Air Conditioning for the 2014-2015 School YearCPS to Complete Installation of 57 Air Conditioning Systems Under Budget, Allowing an Additional 29 Schools to be Included in the First Phase of Five-Year Installation Plan
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Jul 14, 2014City of Chicago Opens Police Misconduct Files to the Public to Increase Transparency, AccountabilityPublic Now Able to View CPD Internal Investigation Files Into Alleged Police Misconduct
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Jul 13, 2014Mayor Emanuel, Chicago Park District Open Three New Playgrounds As Part Of Mayor Emanuel’s Chicago Plays! InitiativeCommunity Members Gather at Cragin, Montgomery, and Lucy Flower Parks to Celebrate Park Investments
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Jul 11, 2014Mayor Emanuel Announces City Colleges of Chicago Agreement Increases Management Opportunities for CarpentersProgram Will Pave the Way for Accredited Carpenters to Earn an Associate Degree
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Jul 11, 2014Mayor Emanuel Announces Drive Electric Chicago ProgramNearly 100 Local Auto Dealers Partner To Support Chicago's Growing Electric Vehicle Market; Program Kicks off with Ride-And-Drive Event at Taste of Chicago