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Some aldermen pass on free Sunday parking
Some aldermen are saying "no thanks" to Mayor Rahm Emanuel's offer of free Sunday parking when it comes to their commercial districts for fear it would hurt businesses that rely on street parking for their customers. In response, the mayor is offering...
Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Sales, Scott Waguespack, Local Government, Business
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Chicago aldermen approve Emanuel's parking meter changes
Clout StreetThe Chicago City Council today approved Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s controversial plan to change the terms of the city’s parking meter lease despite questions about the deal’s financial impact and fear of giving Chicago Parking Meters LLC...Tags: Chicago City Council, John Arena, Gold Coast, Local Government, Brendan Reilly
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Aldermen working to restore paid Sunday parking meters
Even before the City Council on Wednesday approved Mayor Rahm Emanuel's plan for free Sunday neighborhood parking, more than a dozen aldermen were making plans to quickly restore paid parking throughout the weekend in business districts stretching...
Tags: John Arena, Government, Local Government, Brendan Reilly, Thomas M. Tunney
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Facing heat on parking meter deal, Emanuel allies step up
Facing heat from aldermen who want to break apart Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s new deal with the company running the city’s parking meters, the mayor’s City Council allies took the unusual step Thursday of trumpeting support, but only for part...
Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Local Government, Brendan Reilly, Chicago Mayor
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Revised deal still a gain for parking meter vendor, analysis finds
Chicago taxpayers still could end up pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into the coffers of the company leasing the city's parking meters under Mayor Rahm Emanuel's revamp of the much-reviled deal, a Tribune analysis has found. Most of the extra...
Tags: Finance, Rahm Emanuel, John Arena, Local Government, Scott Waguespack
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CPS approves largest school closure in Chicago's history
Tribune reportersMonths of argument and anguish over Mayor Rahm Emanuel's push for sweeping school closings came to a climax Wednesday as his hand-picked Board of Education voted to shut 49 elementary schools and transfer thousands of children to new classroom settings....Tags: Robin Williams, Mahalia Jackson, Francis Scott Key, Lobbying, Lawndale (Chicago, Illinois)
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School closings disappoint many aldermen
Tribune reportersAfter the Chicago School Board meeting Wednesday, many of the aldermen who argued unsuccessfully to keep schools in their wards open said they were disappointed with the process. Ald. Deborah Graham, 29th, said she went to testify at the school board...Tags: Local Government, Chicago Mayor, Chicago City Hall, Rahm Emanuel, Deborah Graham
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CPS OKs massive closings
Months of argument and anguish over Mayor Rahm Emanuel's push for sweeping school closings came to a climax Wednesday as his hand-picked Board of Education voted to shut 49 elementary schools and transfer thousands of children to new classroom settings....
Tags: Robin Williams, Francis Scott Key, Chicago Mayor, Lawndale (Chicago, Illinois), Politics
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President's visit anything but welcome for the Rahmfather
The big guy is coming to Chicago, and that can't be good for the not-as-big guy on the fifth floor of Chicago's City Hall. In politics, stuff rolls downhill. The big guy on Pennsylvania Avenue doesn't want stuff on his shoes, and neither does the not-...
Tags: Chicago Police Department, Local Government, Kenwood, Chicago Mayor, Murder
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City Council signs off on Emanuel's billboard plan
Tribune reporterThe City Council today approved Mayor Rahm Emanuel's plan to allow a conglomerate to build nearly three dozen digital billboards along city expressways in exchange for a lease of at least 20 years. The deal with Interstate-JCDecaux passed 43-6. It had...Tags: Pat Dowell, Rahm Emanuel, John Arena, Scott Waguespack, Nicholas Sposato
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Fare hikes, elimination of bus routes focus of CTA budget hearing
Tribune reporterThe second CTA fare hike in five years and a controversial plan that eliminates at least a dozen bus routes to free up money to add service on more crowded buses and trains were the focus of a public hearing Monday night on the CTA’s proposed 2013...Tags: Finance, Air Transportation Industry, Chicago Transit Authority, O'Hare International Airport, Economy, Business and Finance
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Questions about disorderly conduct law impact on gang funerals
Tribune reporterChicago aldermen on Thursday advanced a plan to change the city’s disorderly conduct ordinance in a way they argued could help police disperse crowds at gang funerals as part of Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s get-tough stance on the gatherings. The new...Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Safety of Citizens, Lawyers, Government, Justice System
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