Mayor's Press Releases
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Sep 25, 2017Mayor Emanuel and City Colleges Chancellor Salgado Break Ground on New $45 Million Daley College Engineering & Advanced Manufacturing CenterState of the art facility will prepare Chicagoans to seize 20,000 jobs coming to the region in advanced manufacturing and engineering in the next decade
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Sep 24, 2017Chicago to Host 2018 Laver CupChicago to be First U.S. City to Host International Tennis Competition Between Team Europe and Team World
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Sep 22, 2017Mayor Emanuel Announces Mentoring Initiative to Serve an Additional 2,000 Youth in Highest Risk Communities This FallLatest expansions brings the City more than 90 percent towards its goal of reaching approximately 7,200 youths by 2018
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Sep 22, 2017Mayor Emanuel Welcomes 129 New Police Recruits to the AcademyCity makes progress on CPD hiring plan
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Sep 20, 2017Mayor Emanuel Announces City Seeking Nominations for Amazon HQ2 LocationsAmazon HQ2 Expected to Generate $5 Billion of Investment and Create 50,000 Jobs
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Sep 19, 2017Mayor Emanuel Launches Historic Streetlight Modernization ProgramFlips Switch to Activate First Four Blocks of Modern, More-Reliable Streetlight Fixtures; Chicago Smart Lighting Program Will Install 270,000 Upgraded Lights Over Four Years
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Sep 19, 2017Mayor Emanuel and City Colleges of Chicago Announce Five New Star Scholarship Transfer PartnersSaint Xavier University, Kendall College, Marquette University, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, and Illinois State University join City Colleges’ growing list of transfer partners
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Sep 19, 2017Mayor Emanuel Announces Collaborative "Getting to Zero" Initiative that Seeks to Effectively Eliminate New HIV Infections by 2027Aggressive campaign advocates use of HIV prevention and treatment medications through social marketing and provider education
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Sep 19, 2017Mayor Emanuel Announces City of Chicago Welcomed More Than 100,000 Visitors Last Week for Chicago Architecture Biennial, Expo Chicago & Navy PierOver the past week, the City of Chicago was the epicenter for architecture, art and design with exhibitions and programs at venues in neighborhoods across the city
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Sep 18, 2017Mayor Emanuel, Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy, and C40 Cities Leadership Group Announce Chicago Will Host Inaugural North American Climate Summit and 2017 C40 Cities Bloomberg Philanthropies AwardsMayors from the US, Canada and Mexico will meet December 4 - 5 to discuss Paris Agreement initiatives