Rahm: Without Pension Reform, City Property Taxes Will Soar
Mayor Rahm Emanuel testified before a state legislative panel Tuesday in Springfield, Ill., about Chicago's rising pension costs and urged for a serie...
Mayor Rahm Emanuel testified before a state legislative panel Tuesday in Springfield, Ill., about Chicago's rising pension costs and urged for a serie...
Posted 04.07.2012
Shortly after taking office, Mayor Rahm Emanuel promised to revamp Chicago's recycling system after more than a decade of failed attempts. Last su...
Posted 01.12.2012
The labor union representing city librarians balked at a suggestion made by two powerful Chicago aldermen this week that they should forego their cont...
AP | DON BABWIN | Posted 12.26.2011
CHICAGO — He's mayor of a city where Democrats and organized labor are famous for working side by side, but Rahm Emanuel is now turning up the h...
Posted 12.11.2011
After participating in the heavily attended, largely peaceful Take Back Chicago rally Monday evening, Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis app...
Posted 09.25.2011
In response to layoffs threatened by Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Chicago's labor leaders have made a set of proposals they believe will save the city hundreds...
Posted 09.17.2011
For years, Chicago has struggled to put a reasonable recycling program in place. First, there was the failed blue bag system, which was finally scrapp...
Posted 09.06.2011
Last week, it seemed a standoff between Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Chicago unions was about to go nuclear. In a gesture intended to appease union w...
HuffingtonPost.com | Will Guzzardi | Posted 08.29.2011
CHICAGO -- Known for a style that might politely be described as "no nonsense," Mayor Rahm Emanuel lived up to his reputation Wednesday, issuing an ul...
Posted 05.25.2011
With just over two weeks until the election, Rahm Emanuel is fighting off criticism from Chicago's Fraternal Order of Police and other union groups ov...
Posted 05.09.2012