Mayor's Press Releases
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Jun 8, 2015Mayor Emanuel, Chicago Public Library Kick Off Rahm’s Readers Summer Learning ChallengeProgram Asks Chicago Kids to Read at Least 20 Minutes a Day This Summer
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Jun 8, 2015Mayor Rahm Emanuel Announces Revamped Volunteer Website and Invites All Chicagoans to Participate In ServiceFollowing His Call to Residents to Explore Mentorship during His Inaugural Address, City Launches Revamped One Good Deed Chicago Website to Connect Volunteers with Service Opportunities at Nonprofit Organizations across the City
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Jun 6, 2015Mayor Emanuel Joins Senator Durbin, The Chicago Park District, The Chicago Department of Transportation and The Trust For Public Land To Open The 606 Park and Trail SystemEvent Kicks Off Three-Mile Long Weekend Festival Celebrating Chicago’s Next Great Park
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Jun 5, 2015Mayor Emanuel and Senator Durbin Announce $6 Million Accelerated STEM and Leadership Academy Pilot at Phoenix Military AcademyResearch Partnership with the University of Chicago’s Urban Education Lab Will Examine STEM Models that Prepare Students for College and Career Success
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Jun 5, 2015Mayor Emanuel Announces City Colleges of Chicago Board AppointmentsNew Board Members Bring Diverse Experience in Educational Development and Planning
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Jun 4, 2015Mayor Emanuel Visits Students Receiving Free Eye Glasses at John Charles Haines ElementaryMayor’s vision program has distributed 50,000 pairs of glasses since launch
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Jun 3, 2015Mayor Emanuel Joins King Willem-Alexander And Queen Máxima Of The Netherlands To Take Part In A Tour Of Gwendolyn Brooks College Preparatory AcademyVisit By Royal Couple Comes On The Heels Of Brooks College Prep Recently Being Ranked As The 16th Best High School In Illinois By U.S. News And World Report
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Jun 3, 2015DPS Introduces Consolidated Buying Plan at 2015 Vendor FairProcurement Event Promotes Continued Transparency, Increased Competition and Participation
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Jun 3, 2015Mayor Emanuel Welcomes Xu Zezhou, Vice Mayor Of Shanghai, ChinaIn Honor of the 30th Anniversary Of Their Sister City Relationship Mayor Emanuel And Vice Mayor Xu Zezhou Unveiled The Stone Talk Statue Highlighting The Two Cities Ever Strengthening Relationship
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Jun 2, 2015Mayor Emanuel Announces Board of Education AppointmentsNew Board Members Bring Diverse Backgrounds, Commitment to Public Service
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Jun 2, 2015Mayor Rahm Emanuel Nominates Lisa Morrison Butler to Be Commissioner of The Department Of Family and Support ServicesEvelyn Diaz Leaves to Join Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights as President
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Jun 1, 2015Mayor Emanuel Nominates Lori Lightfoot As Police Board ChairFormer Federal Prosecutor with Public Safety Experience Brings Important Voice to Civilian Body in Police Disciplinary Process
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May 31, 2015
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May 28, 2015Mayor Emanuel Announces Improved Response Times To Graffiti Removal RequestsGraffiti removal crews will now respond to removal requests within five days, down from previous standard of 10 days
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May 22, 2015Mayor Emanuel Announces Riverwalk Attractions to Open For Summer 2015Full array of Chicago dining, educational, cultural and recreational activities to be available this summer
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May 22, 2015Mayor Emanuel Congratulates New Classes of Firefighters and Paramedics64 Firefighters, 52 Paramedics Graduate from Fire Academy, Set to Serve Chicago Neighborhoods
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May 21, 2015Mayor Emanuel Breaks Ground on Intermodal Facility at O'Hare International AirportIntermodal Facility and ATS Modernization Project Will Create 3,000 Jobs During Construction; Greatly Enhance Transit Ease and Connectivity Between Public Parking, Public Roadways, Rental Car Facilities, Metra And CTA
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May 19, 2015Mayor Emanuel Announces Chicago Startup Boot CampProgram Will Provide Entrepreneurs and Small Business Owners with Opportunities to Receive On-Site Business Coaching
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May 19, 2015Mayor Emanuel Announces New Task Force on Procurement at City Government, Sister AgenciesInspector General, Chief Procurement Officer to Head Group to Boost Uniformity, Efficiency and Accountability
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May 18, 2015Inaugural Address of Mayor Rahm EmanuelAs prepared for delivery
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May 15, 2015Mayor Emanuel Joins Community, Faith and Business Leaders to Kick-Off Second Annual Summer of Faith and ActionResidents to Gather at City-Wide Events to Create a Safe and Secure Environment Throughout the City
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May 14, 2015Mayor Emanuel Congratulates Urban Prep Academy Class of 2015Urban Prep Seniors Admitted to 180 Colleges and Universities and Received More than $11 Million in Total Scholarship Value
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May 12, 2015Six Chicago Public High Schools Among Top Ten in the State: U.S. News and World ReportReport Released After Chicago Public Schools Sets Record Graduation Rate and Increases Participation in College-Level Coursework
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May 8, 2015Mayor Emanuel Announces National Study On Airport Noise To Be ExpeditedStudy Results Could Qualify Thousands of Chicagoans for Subsidized Soundproofing
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May 5, 2015Mayor Emanuel, Aldermen Move Forward On Reforms To Red Light Camera ProgramOrdinance would authorize independent comprehensive review of the program, codifies reforms announced in March
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May 5, 2015Mayor Emanuel Names Seasoned Public Transit Veteran New CTA PresidentDorval R. Carter, Jr. provides more than 30 years of experience at city and federal levels, including past positions in CTA management
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May 4, 2015Mayor Emanuel Announces Inaugural EventsSwearing In to Include Day of Service at Locations Across the City, Launch of Citywide “Night Out In The Parks,” and a Public Open House in the Mayor’s Office
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May 4, 2015Mayor Emanuel Takes Action to Help Chicago Become First City with Universal Taxi AppChicago launches competitive selection process to provide an app that will allow users to hail a taxi on a smartphone
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May 4, 2015Mayor Emanuel, City of Chicago Celebrate End of Successful 2015 NFL DraftOver three day event, 200,000 residents and visitors attend the NFL Draft and Draft Town
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May 2, 2015Mayor Emanuel, City of Chicago Celebrate End of Successful 2015 NFL DraftOver three day event, 200,000 residents and visitors attend the NFL Draft and Draft Town
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Apr 29, 2015Mayor Emanuel Presents Roadmap For Fiscal ReformMayor Defines Next Steps in Strategy to Reform City Finances and Strengthen Chicago’s Economic Future; Reform Scorecard Will Be Part of Next Four City Annual Budgets
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Apr 28, 2015Mayor Emanuel Opens Method Manufacturing FacilityFirst Factory to be Built in Pullman in More than 30 Years Will Create 100 New Jobs for Local Residents
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Apr 24, 2015Mayor Emanuel, Congressman Rush And Alderman Cochran Open MetroSquash Academic & Squash Center In WoodlawnFirst Free-Standing Chicago Site Provides Youth with Sports, Academic Counseling and a Path to College; Part of Woodlawn Park that is transforming Cottage Grove south of the Midway
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Apr 24, 2015Mayor Emanuel Announces City Plan to Plant More Than 11,800 Trees in Neighborhoods Citywide This YearCity Departments Celebrate Arbor Day with Tree Planting in Bronzeville
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Apr 23, 2015Mayor Emanuel Commends Illinois General Assembly On Passage Of Amendment To The Park District Aquarium And Museum ActAmendment reaffirms that presidential libraries, other museums can be built on park land
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Apr 23, 2015Statement from Mayor Rahm Emanuel on State Senate Passage of Amendment to The Park District Aquarium and Museum ActAmendment reaffirms that presidential libraries, other museums can be built on park land
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Apr 22, 2015