Mayor's Press Releases
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Jun 12, 2014Mayor Emanuel Announces Latest Round of City Space Consolidations to Save $3.7 Million in Annual Lease CostsThis Round Brings Total Annual Lease Savings for Completed and Planned Consolidations to $10.8 Million
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Jun 12, 2014Mayor Emanuel, Governor Quinn, Senator Durbin and UI Labs Announce $10 Million Federal Funding for Digital Manufacturing Lab‘Adaptive Vehicle Make’ Technology at Core of First Research Projects Executed by DMDII Establishing Chicago as an Advanced Manufacturing Hub is a Key Initiative of the Plan for Economic Growth and Jobs
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Jun 12, 2014Mayor Emanuel Announces Partnership with Saint Xavier University and Morgan Park High SchoolPartnership Includes Dual Enrollment Opportunities for Students to Receive College Credit and Supports for Teachers
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Jun 9, 2014Mayor Emanuel, Chicago Public Library Kick Off Rahm’s Readers Summer Learning ChallengeThe First Time Ever Introducing An Early Literacy Component For Ages 0-5 Years And Including A Teen-Specific Reading Program For Ages 14-18 Comes on the Heels of Mayor Emanuel and Tonight Show Host Jimmy Fallon’s Friendly Wager of 2.4 Million Books to Be Read This Summers
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Jun 6, 2014Mayor Emanuel Announces Meade to Relocate Headquarters and Consolidate Operations in ChicagoCompany to Bring Up to 2,000 Jobs and Rehabilitate a Vacant 178,000-Square-Foot Industrial Facility; Attracting Corporate Headquarters is a Key Initiative of the Plan for Economic Growth and Jobs
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Jun 4, 2014Mayor Rahm Emanuel Congratulates New Firefighter Graduates149 Firefighter EMTs Graduate from Fire Academy and Will Soon Serve Chicago Communities
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Jun 4, 2014Mayor Emanuel Announces Chicago Blue Cart Recycling Program Receives Award for Outstanding Government Recycling Program from the Illinois Recycling AssociationCitywide Blue Cart Recycling Program Services 600,000 Chicago Households
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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
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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