Rahm Emanuel is the mayor of Chicago. He was elected on Feb. 22, 2011. Emanuel is former White House chief of staff under President Barack Obama. Emanuel represented the 5th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2003 until his resignation in 2009 when he took his position in the Obama Administration. He graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in 1981 with a Liberal Arts degree, and received an M.A. in Speech and Communication from Northwestern University in 1985. He is married with three children.
Rahm Emanuel is the mayor of Chicago. He was elected on Feb. 22, 2011. Emanuel is former White House chief of staff under President Barack Obama. Emanuel represented the 5th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2003 until his resignation in 2009 when he took his position in the Obama Administration. He graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in 1981 with a Liberal Arts degree, and received an M.A. in Speech and Communication from Northwestern University in 1985. He is married with three children.
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Lloyd Waters: Chicago values? No, thank you
Boy, I’m sure glad we don’t discriminate in Dargan like they do in Chicago. I can hardly believe that Chicago politicians have openly suggested they not support a new franchise for Chick-fil-A in their town because of some voiced Christian...Tags: American Civil Liberties Union, Executive Branch, Rod Blagojevich, Politics, Prisons
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Obama's chief of staff resigns
AP White House CorrespondentIn a jolt to the White House, President Obama announced Monday that chief of staff William Daley was quitting and heading home, capping a short and rocky tenure that had been expected to last until Election Day. Obama budget chief Jack Lew, a figure...Tags: William Daley, White House, Washington, DC, Peter M. Rouse, Citigroup Incorporated
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Ill. high court: Emanuel can run for Chicago mayor
The Illinois Supreme Court has put Rahm Emanuel back on the ballot for Chicago mayor. Thursday's decision revives the campaign of the former White House chief of staff who was thrown off the Feb. 22 ballot by an Illinois appellate court for not meeting a...Tags: Illinois, Washington (U.S. state), Chicago Elections, Referenda, White House
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Letters to the Editor - Jan. 16
Washington County Sports Hall of Fame deserves thumbs up To the editor: Who has recognized 147 athletes from Washington County high schools, colleges, amateurs, professionals and semi-professionals since 1986? Who has...Tags: Washington (U.S. state), Human Interest, Politics, Fort Hood (military base), U.S. Presidential Election Results (2008)
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Former White House chief of staff elected mayor of Chicago
Former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel has been elected mayor of Chicago, to succeed the retiring Richard Daley. With 86 percent of the precincts reporting, Emanuel was trouncing five opponents Tuesday with 55 percent of the vote to avoid an...Tags: Chicago Elections, Miguel Del Valle, White House, Richard M. Daley, Politics
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IRS scandal a reminder of how I learned about The Chicago Way
The Internal Revenue Service scandal now devouring the Obama administration — the outrageous use of the federal taxing authority to target tea party and other conservatives — certainly makes for meaty partisan politics. But this scandal is...Tags: White House, Chicago City Hall, Politics, Taxation, Elections
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Editorial: Mayor Difficult -- Has Emanuel alienated Chicagoans?
Early in 2011, Candidate Rahm Emanuel warned Chicagoans that their City Hall had to fix its finances or risk entering into eternal rest. The distance from broke government to broken government, he observed, is short: Without restoring financial health,...
Tags: Chicago Police Department, Chicago City Hall, Politics, Richard M. Daley, Economy, Business and Finance
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The tale of 'Elevate Chicago' and foreclosure blight in the neighborhoods
Thirty-six thousand one hundred and twenty-three. That's the number of properties in Chicago listed last week in some stage of mortgage foreclosure. This is a disaster. This is a crisis. And though you wouldn't know it from the amount of news coverage...
Tags: Humboldt Park, West Loop, Navy Pier, Chicago Loop, McCormick Place
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Casino bill would give city unparalleled control
Mayor Rahm Emanuel is pushing lawmakers to pass a gambling bill that would allow the city to weigh its choice of a casino operator in secret and forbid state regulators from taking away its license. The legislation also would grant the mayor authority...
Tags: Organized Crime, Executive Branch, Politics, Malpractice, Local Government
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CTU teachers, parents march to protest closings
Tribune reporterAbout 100 people, including local teachers, parents and students, marched Saturday morning on the South Side in protest of the proposed closing of 54 schools. The protest, organized by the Chicago Teachers Union, kicked off at 10 a.m. at Jesse Owens...Tags: Chicago Teachers Union, Education, Teaching and Learning, Chicago Public Schools, Elementary Schools
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Michigan Avenue merchants fear they'll be the victims of robbery hoax
The bizarre saga of a 68-year-old woman who said she was forced to hand over jewelry valued at more than $135,000 to a group of menacing young men on the bustling Magnificent Mile reverberated around the country. Some 36 hours later, police had...
Tags: Prosecution, Stranger Than Fiction, Magnificent Mile, Crime, Law and Justice, Bars and Clubs
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Teachers elect Lewis to 2nd term as CTU head
Tribune reporterChicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis, an often controversial leader who took on Mayor Rahm Emanuel in a strike last fall and has been leading the fight against the district’s plan to close schools, was reelected to a second three-year term...Tags: Chicago Teachers Union, Teaching and Learning, Chicago Public Schools, Separation of Church and State, Strikes
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