Report: Police Overtime Strategy To Fight Violence Could Cost City $14 Million
Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chicago Police Supt. Garry McCarthy's plan to cut gang violence and homicides could cost the city up to $14 million in overtime this summer.
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Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chicago Police Supt. Garry McCarthy's plan to cut gang violence and homicides could cost the city up to $14 million in overtime this summer.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel says he is excited about a new Cultural Plan being finalized for the City of Chicago.
Mayor Emanuel said libraries would be open full days Monday, beginning in with the fall school year, as a result of new staffing strategies devised by his new library commissioner.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel is demanding reforms in the city's police disability rules, after some apparently major abuses have been uncovered.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel says he's happy—but not satisfied—with the latest test schools from the Chicago Public Schools.
There was little mention of what has been going on with U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. at Saturday morning's Rainbow-PUSH forum at the organization's South Side headquarters.
Alex Okrent, 29, had worked with Obama's organization since 2004.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel is spending the day at an exclusive gathering in Sun Valley, Idaho, with some of the most powerful business executives in the country.
The Democrat trying to unseat U.S. Rep. Robert Dold (R-Ill.) says he has mixed feelings about the role SuperPACs may play in the race.
While questions still swirl around the news that U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. is being treated for an unspecified "mood disorder," Mayor Rahm Emanuel suggested Thursday there shouldn't be a rush for the congressman to get back to Capitol Hill when Congress isn't getting any work done anyway.
The Chicago Public Schools' chief operating officer heard a litany of complaints and accusations Wednesday night, during a 2-1/2 hour hearing on the board's proposed $5.16 billion budget.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. said Thursday that his Congressman son is "unwell" and "rebuilding his strength," but had little else to say on the subject.
The mystery surrounding U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.'s monthlong absence from Congress deepened Wednesday evening, as his office released a statement saying he is suffering from a "mood disorder," without providing any specifics.
Another member of Chicago's Ricketts family is getting involved with a super PAC.
Illinois lawmakers have a limited time to hand out their last round of legislative scholarships.
