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Though costly, parking is now available
Restoring free Sunday parking at neighborhood meters is not the wonderful perk Mayor Rahm Emanuel makes it out to be. In the pre-privatization days, when Sundays were free, many people grabbed spots on Saturday night and didn't move their cars until...Tags: Chicago Mayor
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Renewed gambling expansion push picks up steam
Clout StreetSPRINGFIELD --- A renewed push to greatly expand gambling in Illinois surfaced today, as Mayor Rahm Emanuel threw his weight behind a plan the state Senate quickly approved. Like two previous bills that Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn vetoed, the latest...Tags: Government, Politics, Terry Link, Midway, Park City
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Crime rises in abandoned buildings, vacant lots
Community groups expected to voice their support Wednesday for a proposed ordinance designed to protect or compensate displaced tenants in foreclosed rental buildings have a new set of figures to sway opponents. More than 2,600 crimes were reported in...
Tags: Lawyers, Austin (Chicago, Illinois), Justice System, Rentals, Foreclosures
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Lineup change proposed: 46 Wrigley night games
Tribune reportersThe Chicago Cubs will be allowed to play as many as 46 night games at Wrigley Field starting next year under a proposal introduced to the City Council on Wednesday by Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Ald. Tom Tunney, 44th. The proposal seeks to increase the...Tags: Sports, Renovation, Baseball, Thomas M. Tunney, Major League Baseball
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Visiting Chicago? City rolls out bike-sharing program
OrlandoSentinel.comThe June rollout of the "Chicago blue" bikes will be a year late, but the program, called Divvy , will boast 75 solar-powered docking stations at first, with 400 eventually and 4,000 bikes, according to the Chicago Tribune . Mayor Rahm Emanuel plans a... -
Parking firm would make more money on pay-by-cell plan
Chicago's private parking meter operator could make $2 million per year in new convenience fees on top of investing the deposits made by drivers who pay by phone, under one new aspect of a complicated agreement Mayor Rahm Emanuel presented Wednesday to...
Tags: Chicago Loop, Local Government, Brendan Reilly, Richard M. Daley, John Arena
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Emanuel's approval slips, especially among black voters
Mayor Rahm Emanuel faces growing voter disenchantment, particularly among African-Americans, even as the overall number approving of his job performance holds steady at the halfway point of his first term, a new Tribune/WGN-TV poll shows. The survey...
Tags: Political Fundraising, Chicago Transit Authority, Richard M. Daley, Politics, Elections
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I hate to say it, cyclists, but the other bike shoe has just dropped
Don't be angry, Little Bike People of Chicago. Please don't be upset at what happened at City Hall on Wednesday. I don't really want to say this, but I've just got to: I told you so. You've become part of Mayor Rahm Emanuel's City Hall revenue...
Tags: Justice System, Punishment, Fines, Chicago City Hall, Judges
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Emanuel's Chicagoness an issue to many
Rahm Emanuel is a North Shore-bred millionaire who trained as a ballet dancer and vacations in Vietnam. It's part of the back story to his hard-charging, ran-the-White-House public persona. It's also an image, perhaps, that has led a majority of...
Tags: Sports, Chicago Transit Authority, Chicago White Sox, Politics, NATO Summit
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Mayor Rahm Emanuel would give bikes more leeway on city streets
Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Wednesday proposed making city streets more accommodating to bike riders while toughening penalties for drivers as well as cyclists who violate the rules of the road. The amendments to the city's bike ordinance, including some that...
Tags: Local Government, Justice System, Rentals, Punishment, Fines
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Charter school advocates call for fair funding at Loop rally
Thousands of people wearing bright yellow caps rallied in the Loop's Federal Plaza on Wednesday evening in support of privately run charter schools, which are under more scrutiny because of the city's plan to close 53 neighborhood schools. The rally was...
Tags: Chicago Loop, Justice System, Local Government, Chicago Public Schools, Judges
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Emanuel to propose nine additional food-truck parking spaces
Tribune criticChicago will increase its number of dedicated food-truck parking spaces to 30 from the current total of 21, under a proposal to be presented to the City Council by Mayor Rahm Emanuel today. Working in collaboration with the Chicago Department of...Tags: Columbia College Chicago, Chicago Loop, North Pond, Wrigleyville, South Loop
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