Rahm Emanuel News

The Republican candidates for governor trailing Bruce Rauner in polls are trying to get their parting shots in ahead of Tuesday's primary.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, center right, sings with Rep. Stephen Lynch, center left, during the annual St. Patrick's Day Breakfast in Boston, Sunday, March 16, 2014.

Chicago has been named the 2014 Earth Hour capital of the United States by the World Wildlife Fund's Earth Hour City Challenge.

When these four teens were trying to come up with something to perform in Louder Than a Bomb, a youth poetry festival that reaches teens through after-school programs, they took their task seriously.

Governor Pat Quinn waves to people as he walks down Columbus Drive during the St. Patricks Day parade in Chicago on Saturday.

Elizabeth Dozier's unfamiliar face graces a billboard overlooking River North, sandwiched between the mugs of Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Police Supt.

At the end of February, Chicago Public Schools quietly posted notice that it wants to hire a real estate broker to help the district offload dozens of vacant buildings left by the historic closure of 50 schools.

Bloomingdale Trail construction charges ahead, with bridge work that involves closing Milwaukee at the viaduct, tonight at 8 p.m. through early Monday morning.

With sharp insight and the cynicism natural to a Chicago politician, Rahm Emanuel famously pronounced in 2008, " You never want a serious crisis to go to waste ."

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Affairs has awarded $128.3 million in funding to communities in the Chicago area for recovery efforts following severe storms and flooding that began on April 18, 2013, it was announced Friday.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel met today with Paul Chavez, the son of civil rights leader Cesar Chavez, and director Diego Luna who directed the new film, Cesar Chavez.

Today, Mayor Rahm Emanuel welcomed the Irish Minister for Enterprise and Innovation, Sen Sherlock, to Chicago.

Since 2012, the Mayor has Leveraged over One Billion in Capital Funds to Invest in Local Schools Across the City Mayor Rahm Emanuel today announced that construction has begun on the renovation of Chicago Vocational Career Academy , which is creating new career-focused classrooms to prepare students for jobs in a variety of high growth industries, ... (more)

Mayor Rahm Emanuel reaffirmed Thursday that he has no intention -- none -- of ever running for President of the United States.

Former Chicago Alderman and Cook County Commissioner Robert Shaw announced Thursday that he will run against Rahm Emanuel for Chicago mayor next year.

Road resurfacing this year along Chicago's busiest streets will jump by more than one-third beyond the city's previous plans, to 85 miles total, in response to the rash of potholes forming faster than patching crews can repair them, officials will announce Thursday.

'You never want a serious crisis to go to waste." Former White House Chief of Staff and now Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's brazen credo comes to mind as the Obama administration tries to link emergency financial aid for Ukraine with changes to the International Monetary Fund's governance and financing.

"Hell's Kitchen" opener and "American Idol" , Fox. You know life has turned upside-down when "Idol" -- for years, the most powerful show on TV -- needs a lead-in boost from a man yelling at chefs.

Tahitah Myles attends Ronnie Chamber's funeral in Chicago last year. He was the father of her son and a victim of gun violence.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel has his first challenger for next year's re-election effort: Robert Shaw, a former alderman Chicago and Cook County tax review commissioner whose late twin brother was mayor of south suburban Dolton.