Rahm Emanuel News

Nearly 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 Mayor Rahm Emanuel today announced the launch of Drive Electric Chicago, a website that will serve as a one-stop for information on electric vehicle ownership and feature a series of guidelines ... (more)

The Taste of Chicago , commonly known as The Taste, is the world's largest food festival - though it is much smaller than it was during its heyday prior to the Mayor Rahm Emanuel years.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chancellor Cheryl Hyman announced today that City Colleges of Chicago is partnering with the Chicago Regional Council of Carpenters to pave the way for accredited carpenters to earn an Associate Degree, and prepare more them with the skills to seize the jobs of today and tomorrow.

Saturday, July 12 marks the first Chicago Independent Bookstore Day in the Windy City, when nine indies hope to entice customers into their bookstores with special deals, activities, author appearances, and food samples--lots of food samples, judging by the Chicago Independent Bookstore Day schedule of events .

Over the Fourth of July holiday weekend in Chicago, 82 people were shot in an 84-hour window , according to the Chicago Tribune .

According to National Geographic , somewhere between 500 billion and a trillion plastic bags are consumed worldwide each year.

Frank Sinatra's song about Chicago, "My Kind of Town," "a the town that won't let you down," seems dated in light of last weekend's shooting spree that left 16 dead and dozens wounded in 53 separate incidents.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel's unannounced re-election effort finds him making near-daily stops to shore up his standing with voters who helped elect him in 2011.

The Cubs have agreed to Mayor Rahm Emanuel's requests as part of a deal to present their latest Wrigley Field renovation proposal to the Commission on Chicago Landmarks at a Thursday meeting, a City Hall source tells CBS 2. The main conditions the Cubs acquiesced to are to reduce the size and increase spacing and other restrictions for the proposed ... (more)

Jesse Jackson and Mayor Emanuel are differing on where the fingers should be pointed when it comes to federal anti-violence help, reports WBBM Political Editor Craig Dellimore.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel recruited U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to hail a drop in crime in Chicago-and then dozens were shot over the weekend.

Over the holiday weekend, starting on Thursday, 82 people were shot and 14 were murdered.

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Cuts approved by the City Council have led to protests from city workers, including police and fire staff, who say they cannot afford the changes and feel betrayed by a city they have served and protected.

A former Chicago Park District official who was romantically involved with one of the investors in the Park Grill in Millennium Park has taken the witness stand this afternoon as the city tries to void the restaurant's contract.

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel said Tuesday he is backing a plan to boost the city's minimum wage to $13 an hour.

A Cook County judge wants lawyers for Richard M. Daley to explain the medical reason the former Chicago mayor shouldn't testify at the trial of the city's lawsuit seeking to break the agreement for a Millennium Park restaurant.

"You never want a serious crisis to go to waste," President Barack Obama's former chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, once infamously stated.

THE FOURTH of July, that most American of holidays, is typically celebrated with parades, fireworks and backyard cookouts.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel and some aldermen are pushing to raise Chicago's minimum wage to $13 per hour by 2018.