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The Emanuel administration wants to level the playing field between ride-share companies and cabbies.

Emanuel: Allow taxis to charge surge prices, require same background checks as Uber, Lyft drivers

May 15, 2019 at 4:35 p.m.

Responding to years of criticism that City Hall favors upstarts Uber and Lyft over taxi owners, Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Wednesday pitched a solution: Make the beleaguered cab companies more...

"It's clear post the election, Roger Ailes, O'Reilly, Harvey Weinstein, Kevin Spacey, that there also has to be a change in attitude, and not just for women, but for men," Mayor Rahm Emanuel said after the Nov. 8 Chicago City Council meeting.

Chicago aldermen approve sexual harassment rules for themselves, mayor

May 31, 2019 at 4:09 p.m.

Chicago aldermen on Wednesday approved adding elected officials to rules barring sexual harassment of other city officials or employees, a response to the issue put in the spotlight by sexual...

Chance the Rapper hosts a community concert at Wintrust Arena in Chicago on Nov. 1, 2017.

Aldermen vote 48-1 for new police academy despite Chance the Rapper’s speech

May 15, 2019 at 4:35 p.m.

Chance the Rapper brought his star-powered activism to City Hall on Wednesday, speaking out against Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s plan to spend $95 million on a new police training academy in...

Cook County Commissioner Richard Boykin targets $353 million in bad hospital debt to close budget hole.

Cook County commissioners target big hospital budget for cuts

May 31, 2019 at 4:10 p.m.

One Cook County commissioner on Tuesday pointed to hundreds of millions of dollars in unpaid medical bills as a possible way to plug the county’s budget hole — but Health...

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle is shown at a news conference in Chicago on Oct. 4, 2017.

Preckwinkle backs putting marijuana legalization question to voters

May 31, 2019 at 4:09 p.m.

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle signaled her support Tuesday for an advisory referendum on whether recreational marijuana use should be made legal. Preckwinkle, a longtime advocate for reducing the...

Ald. Anthony Beale, 9th, a leading advocate of fingerprinting Uber drivers, says a study commissioned by Mayor Rahm Emanuel's administration evades the issue.

Alderman rips Emanuel study for failing to address Uber driver fingerprinting

May 31, 2019 at 4:09 p.m.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s administration late Monday released a long-in-the-making ride-hailing study, but an alderman ripped the report for sidestepping the issue of whether Uber and Lyft drivers should be fingerprinted...

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel holds a press conference at the Sullivan Center on South Wabash Avenue in downtown Chicago on Oct. 17, 2017. Emanuel is counting on $94 million in savings from the new borrowing structure to help balance the city's budget.

Emanuel borrowing plan gets AAA upgrade from 2 credit rating agencies

May 31, 2019 at 4:09 p.m.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s new borrowing plan was graded AAA on Thursday by two Wall Street debt-rating agencies, which city officials heralded as a sign that the city indeed could save...

Cook County Assessor Joseph Berrios at a county board meeting on July 18, 2017.

Assessor Berrios offers no timeline on property tax study 3 months after Preckwinkle ordered it up

May 31, 2019 at 4:09 p.m.

A review of Cook County’s fundamentally flawed property tax system is stuck in neutral more than three months after Board President Toni Preckwinkle ordered it up, but Assessor Joseph Berrios...

Fritz Kaegi is running against Joseph Berrios for Cook County Assessor.

Cook County Clerk Orr backs Berrios’ challenger in assessor race, citing ‘need to clean up’ office

May 31, 2019 at 4:10 p.m.

Cook County Clerk David Orr on Thursday endorsed first-time candidate Fritz Kaegi in his Democratic primary bid to oust Assessor Joe Berrios. The veteran clerk, who’s not running again after...

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart speak to the baiduhai Editorial Board in December 2013.

Preckwinkle, Dart tensions resurface at budget hearing

May 31, 2019 at 4:13 p.m.

Tensions between Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and Sheriff Tom Dart bubbled up Wednesday, with clashes over a jail guard contract, forest preserve police and county jail staffing levels....

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