Rahm Emanuel News

Landing a position on the Illinois appeals court now comes with a bigger price tag, newly released campaign finance reports show.

A front-end loader works to move a pile of petroleum coke at the Detroit Harbour on March 30, 2013.

Chicago's "ingrained" gang culture is to blame for homicide rates far higher than other large U.S. cities, FBI Director James B. Comey said Monday.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan and civic leaders announced today the creation of a new, $26 million loan pool that will make financing available to rehab and preserve groups of vacant, one- to four- unit buildings as affordable rental housing.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Reports More than 20 Percent Decrease in Youth Smoking Following City Strategies Aimed at Curtailing Youth Smoking Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Commissioner Bechara Choucair and officials from the Chicago Department of Public Health today announced smoking among Chicago high school students has decreased by more ... (more)

"One of the consequences of the property tax increase is more property tax revenue in TIF [Tax Increment Financing] districts," Burns said.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced today that Divvy, Chicago's bike share system, broke its single-day record with 10,866 rides on Saturday, beating the previous highest tally set in September by 201 rides.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel is trying to make the bitter pill of a five-year, $250 million property tax increase to save two city employee pension funds a little easier to swallow for aldermen 10 months away from re-election.

For many people, one of the most recent pressing social issues, other than marriage equality, are efforts to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana - an issue that, in particular, disproportionally affects racial minorities.

Ald. Bob Fioretti on Monday accused Mayor Rahm Emanuel of presiding over the "widening of Chicago into two cities" and hinted strongly at a race for mayor.

ParkChicago, a new app that gives drivers in Chicago the option to pay for metered street parking with a mobile phone, has launched a pilot program beginning today in a limited area in the west loop.

A showdown vote on a groundbreaking Chicago ban on plastic bags was put off Monday-until April 24-to give aldermen more time to craft an exemption for independent retailers.

In America, there is regular ol' corruption, and then there is Chicago Corruption, with a capital "C."

Residents of three choice Northwest Side neighborhoods have won property tax appeals - of up to nearly 12 percent - after arguing that the value of their homes has taken a nose dive due to new flight patterns at O'Hare International Airport.

In George Orwell's satire of the Soviet Union, Animal Farm, the animals, regarding the farmer as a parasite, drive him away and take over the farm.

The Chicago Public Library is offering both internships and volunteer opportunities to teenagers thirteen years of age and older this summer.

No one really enjoys taxes, but they're necessary to help pay for the government services we receive.

A U.S. federal appeals court has voided the conviction of a hacker who gained notoriety for collecting the email addresses of thousands of Apple's iPad users.

For the fifth consecutive year, the African-American male charter school is sending all of its 240 seniors to a four-year college or university.

One is a notoriously disciplined political hammer who doesn't suffer fools and runs roughshod over those who stand in his way.