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Chicago and red light vendor: Breaking up is hard to do
Chicago's divorce with Redflex Traffic Systems is getting messy. In his hurry to sever ties with the red-light camera operator amid a burgeoning bribery scandal, Mayor Rahm Emanuel in February set a six-month deadline for Redflex to leave town after a...
Tags: Bribery, Photography and Video, Services and Shopping, Photography Supplies and Services, Local Elections
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Hearing officers criticize CPS plans
Mayor Rahm Emanuel's push to shut 53 city elementary schools ran into an unexpected buzz saw of criticism Tuesday from hearing officers hired to vet the process, with several raising doubts about the wisdom of the proposals and recommending against 13...
Tags: Health and Safety at School, Chicago Police Department, Garfield Park, Chicago Public Schools, Justice System
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Hearing officers oppose 13 of closings planned by CPS
Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s push to shut 53 city elementary schools ran into an unexpected buzz saw of criticism Tuesday from hearing officers hired to vet the process, with several raising doubts about the wisdom of the proposals and recommending...
Tags: Health and Safety at School, Chicago Police Department, Garfield Park, Chicago Public Schools, Justice System
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Quotes of the week
"Anybody who comes to work at this agency will come through the front door." — Metra CEO Alex Clifford, about his no-patronage pledge and the policy he insists has been in place since he was hired in 2011 / "You gotta remember that the Cubs are a...Tags: Jesse Jackson, Jr., Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Sports, Marcia L. Fudge, Crime, Law and Justice
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How about a Madigan casino plan?
Suppose you were writing legislation that would increase from 10 to 23 the number of casinos in your state. You need to win over a governor who has vetoed two similar bills because you keep writing special oversight rules for one or more casinos in a...
Tags: O'Hare International Airport, Executive Branch, Lifestyle and Leisure, Illinois General Assembly, Politics
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Facing heat on parking meter deal, Emanuel allies step up
Facing heat from aldermen who want to break apart Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s new deal with the company running the city’s parking meters, the mayor’s City Council allies took the unusual step Thursday of trumpeting support, but only for part...
Tags: Brendan Reilly, Ameya Pawar, Local Government, Chicago Mayor
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Emanuel gets split verdict on crime
Chicago voters are split on how Mayor Rahm Emanuel has handled the crime problem that was a high-profile focus of his second year in office, but they like the job Garry McCarthy is doing as the city's top cop, a Tribune/WGN-TV poll found. The mayor's...
Tags: Elections, Polls, Murder, NATO, Politics
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Area farmers markets are back!
Special to Tribune NewspapersAn array of vegetables, herbs, flowers and much more is hitting farm stands as the 2013 farmers market season gets underway. Although most markets will open later in May or in early June, several have already started. The market in Collum opens Wednesday,...Tags: Dwayne Johnson, Chicago Botanic Garden, Portage Park, Politics, Marketing
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The Geek speaks
Change of SubjectThe indispensable blogger on all things parking in Chicago didn't like what he saw out of City Hall yesterday: Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel may have done the impossible. He may have actually made Chicago’s reviled parking meter lease deal even...... -
Penny Pritzker is pick as commerce secretary
President Barack Obama lauded her skills, several prominent business groups quickly heaped praise and critics remained generally quiet after Chicago business executive Penny Pritzker was introduced Thursday as Obama's nominee to lead the Commerce...
Tags: Chicago Hotels, Finance, Chicago Teachers Union, Hyatt Hotels Corp., American Enterprise Institute
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Penny Pritzker nominated for Commerce secretary
Tribune staffChicago business executive Penny Pritzker was nominated by President Barack Obama to become the new Secretary of Commerce on Thursday, in an expected move that could prove controversial for the longtime political supporter and fundraising heavyweight....Tags: Finance, Chicago Hotels, Chicago Teachers Union, Hyatt Hotels Corp., Chicago Mortgages
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New gambling plan passes Senate with Emanuel help
— A renewed push for major gambling expansion in Illinois swiftly passed the Senate on Wednesday as Mayor Rahm Emanuel threw his weight behind the effort with a promise that Chicago would spend the money on rebuilding schools. But as with two...
Tags: O'Hare International Airport, Executive Branch, Problem Gambling, North Chicago, Lifestyle and Leisure
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