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City vehicle stickers now on sale
Chicago drivers can now make their annual payment for the privilege of keeping a car in the city. City stickers went on sale this week at City Clerk Susana Mendoza's office, online and at some currency exchanges. The stickers also can be purchased...
Tags: Services and Shopping, Susana Mendoza, Passenger Cars, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Mayor
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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: Carrie Austin, Chicago Mayor, Local Government, Teaching and Learning, Ameya Pawar
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Chicago city stickers now on sale
Clout StreetChicago drivers can now make their annual payment for the privilege of keeping a car in the city. City stickers went on sale this week at City Clerk Susana Mendoza's office, online and at some currency exchanges. The stickers also can be purchased...Tags: Susana Mendoza, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Mayor
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Manchester 'homeless meter' program seeks to deter panhandling
The New Hampshire Union Leader, ManchesterThe Board of Mayor and Aldermen is expected to approve a plan Tuesday night to install "homeless meters" in six locations around the city, to collect donations to benefit the city's most needy residents. Tuesday's meeting is scheduled to get underway at...Tags: Human Interest, Homelessness
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Red Line rehab poses political challenge for Emanuel
Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Tuesday lauded Chicago Transit Authority workers for their "flawless" rollout of a five-month Red Line reconstruction that has shuttle buses replacing train service. So far, they're breathing a sigh of relief at City Hall. The...
Tags: Public Transportation, Howard Brookins, Roderick T. Sawyer, Commuting, Chicago Mayor
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Manchester alderman urges review of police phone use
The New Hampshire Union Leader, ManchesterFollowing testimony by an officer that he used his work phone to communicate with women over a four-year period, a city alderman plans to ask that a committee be set up to review the use of department-issued cell phones. Last week a Rockingham County...Tags: Rockingham County (North Carolina), Cell Phones
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People protesting planned school closings arrested at City Hall
Tribune reporterMore than 20 people protesting Chicago Public School plans to close 53 elementary schools were arrested this afternoon at City Hall, officials said. The protesters were arrested after sitting and blocking elevators on the main floor of the building...Tags: Chicago Teachers Union, Police Arrests, Rahm Emanuel, Activism, Unions
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Fewer than 5 CPS schools expected to be spared
Pressured for months by teachers, community leaders and aldermen, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's hand-picked school board is nonetheless expected on Wednesday to approve closing all but a few of the 53 elementary schools the administration wants to shut down....
Tags: Humboldt Park, Health and Safety at School, Howard Brookins, Karen Lewis, Chicago Mayor
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Chicago police arrest two dozen at school closing protest
ReutersBy Renita D. Young CHICAGO, May 20 (Reuters) - Chicago police arrested about two dozen people on Monday who were protesting against the planned closure of 54 schools in the country's third-largest school district, ahead of a planned Wednesday vote on the...Tags: Lobbying, Chicago Teachers Union, Separation of Church and State, Police Arrests, Rahm Emanuel
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Poll: Voters root for neither Ricketts nor rooftops
Chicago voters in a Tribune/WGN poll have a message for Cubs executives and Wrigleyville rooftop owners locked in a feud over the team's proposed ballpark overhaul: A plague on both your houses. Nearly half said they side with neither the Cubs nor the...
Tags: Advertising, Wrigley Field, Rahm Emanuel, Polls, Wrigleyville
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City Hall can't prove red light cameras make streets safer, watchdog says
City Hall cannot back up claims that its controversial red-light camera program is designed to make intersections safer, according to a watchdog's report released Tuesday. Inspector General Joseph Ferguson said the city cannot provide documents to prove...
Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Corporate Crime, Chicago Mayor, Bribery, Richard M. Daley
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Director on way out at Alton City Hall
The Telegraph, Alton, Ill.Mayor Brant Walker is dropping the city's 23-year director of development and housing, but will contract with him temporarily to work on key projects. At Monday night's meeting of the aldermanic Committee of the Whole, members will vote to recommend...Tags: Local Government
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