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Mayor Rahm Emanuel speaks at the at Daley Plaza in Chicago on Aug. 8, 2017.

Emanuel says city will save millions through new debt structure

May 15, 2019 at 4:26 p.m.

The city of Chicago hopes to cut its yearly debt payments by tens of millions of dollars through a new borrowing structure state lawmakers authorized last month, Mayor Rahm Emanuel...

Cook County has withdrawn its controversial legal motion to exact $17 million from retailers who sued the county over pop tax.

Preckwinkle ends bid to win $17 million from retailers in pop tax case

May 15, 2019 at 4:26 p.m.

Cook County has withdrawn its legal motion to exact $17 million from retailers that sued the county over its controversial sweetened beverage tax, County Board President Toni Preckwinkle's spokesman said...

As Emanuel sues Trump Justice Department, immigrant sanctuary debate comes to fore

August 22, 2019 at 12:24 a.m.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Monday won praise from some representatives of Chicago's immigrant community for going to court to block President Donald Trump's Department of Justice from withholding some police...

Emanuel trickles out details about lawsuit against Trump’s Justice Department

May 15, 2019 at 4:26 p.m.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Sunday trickled out some new details about the city's impending lawsuit against President Donald Trump's Department of Justice as part of a dayslong rollout of the...

Cook County implemented a new penny-per-ounce sweetened beverage tax, which went into effect on Aug. 2, 2017.

Preckwinkle scales back spending cuts as fate of pop tax is uncertain

May 15, 2019 at 4:26 p.m.

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle this week scaled back spending cuts she planned last month when the legal fate of the new sweetened beverage tax first was in question,...

Rauner takes aim at CPS funding in rewriting education plan

May 15, 2019 at 4:25 p.m.

Gov. Bruce Rauner on Tuesday followed through on his promise to veto a school funding bill, taking aim at hundreds of millions of dollars in help for cash-strapped Chicago Public...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel presides over a meeting of the Chicago City Council on July 26, 2017.

Emanuel mum on whether he’ll raise taxes to close 2018 budget shortfall

May 15, 2019 at 4:25 p.m.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel's administration projects a $114.2 million budget shortfall for 2018, but a mayor who's already raised a slew of taxes and fees was mum Monday on whether he'll...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel, right, on Wednesday said the Cubs have to live with their decision to hold more concerts at Wrigley Field instead of using allotted days for night games. Crane Kenney, left, the Cubs' president of business operations, on Monday criticized the restrictions placed on the Cubs by the city.

Emanuel: Cubs chose lucrative concerts over more night games

May 15, 2019 at 4:25 p.m.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Wednesday shot down the idea of allowing the Cubs to play as many night games as other major league teams, saying the team instead has chosen...

Wallace "Gator" Bradley testifies during the Chicago City Council meeing on July 26, 2017.

Chicagoans speak at City Council meeting, but did aldermen listen?

May 15, 2019 at 4:25 p.m.

Chicagoans started lining up early Wednesday morning outside City Council chambers, all for a chance to grab a maximum of three minutes to vent about jobs for African-Americans, red light...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel presided over the meeting of the Chicago City Council Wednesday, July 26, 2017.

Despite new Trump threat, Emanuel holds onto sanctuary city stance

May 15, 2019 at 4:25 p.m.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Wednesday dismissed a threat by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions to pull some grant funding from so-called sanctuary cities where law enforcement cooperation with federal immigration...

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