Mayor's Press Releases
-
Jun 3, 2014Minimum Wage Working Group Announces Location of First Public Hearing and Launches Online Forum for Public CommentMayoral Task Force Sets Public Hearings and Launches New Website to Give All Residents a Voice in the Process of Developing a Balanced Plan to Increase the Minimum Wage in Chicago
-
Jun 3, 2014City of Chicago Sues Big Pharma for Deceptively Marketing Highly Addictive Prescription PainkillersDrug Manufacturers Knowingly Downplayed Serious Risks, Promoted Unfounded Benefits Associated With Highly Addictive Painkillers
-
Jun 2, 2014Mayor Emanuel Joins Legislators and Community Leaders to Announce Passage of Juvenile Expungement LegislationLegislation Establishes New Process to Automatically Expunge Records of Juveniles Who Have Been Arrested but Not Charged
-
May 30, 2014Mayor Rahm Emanuel Announces Expanding Access to 6,000 Community College Students to Proven Program that Helps Students Graduate from Community CollegeCCC’s Partnership with One Million Degrees is Part of Larger Effort to Ensure Students at All Seven City Colleges Complete and Move on to Further College and Careers
-
May 28, 2014Mayor Emanuel, Senator Durbin, Governor Quinn Announce the Great Lakes Designated as a Critical Conservation AreaDesignated as One of Eight Critical Watersheds in the United States; Eligible to Compete for $138 Million in Federal Grant Funding