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Mayor Rahm Emanuel speaks with Attorney General Lisa Madigan and Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson during a news conference for the release of the draft consent decree at the James R. Thompson Center, on Friday, July 27, 2018 in Chicago.

The difference with this round of Chicago police reform? A federal judge.

May 15, 2019 at 5:01 p.m.

After various crises over the course of decades, Chicago politicians have stood up and declared plans to reform the Chicago Police Department. In the 1960s, there was the Summerdale scandal...

Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson speaks with Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan during a news conference for the release of the draft consent decree at the James R. Thompson Center, on July 27, 2018.

‘This agreement will stand the test of time’: Mayor Emanuel, AG Madigan unveil draft plan for Chicago Police Department reform

May 23, 2019 at 1:05 a.m.

Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan and Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced a proposed court agreement Friday that sets the stage for a federal judge to oversee reforms in the Chicago Police...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel, shown at an Economic Club of Chicago luncheon on Thursday, July 19, 2018, was sued by the Tribune in September 2015.

Emanuel has spent $120K in campaign funds on legal maneuvering over personal emails

May 15, 2019 at 4:59 p.m.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel has spent $120,000 in campaign money on legal fees in response to a pair of lawsuits that alleged he violated the state’s open records act by refusing...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel appears at a news conference July 17, 2018. The mayor has raised more than $10 million for his re-election campaign.

Emanuel tops $10M for re-election bid, five times the total raised by his 10 challengers

May 15, 2019 at 4:59 p.m.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel now has raised more than $10 million toward his bid for a third term — more than five times the total raised by his 10 challengers combined,...

Police officers face off with demonstrators at the scene of the fatal police shooting of 37-year-old Harith Augustus on July 14, 2018, in the South Shore neighborhood.

Emanuel’s mayoral challengers question, defend weekend fatal police shooting

May 15, 2019 at 4:58 p.m.

The release of a video that recorded a fatal police shooting on the South Side over the weekend has drawn the focus of candidates challenging Mayor Rahm Emanuel in next...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel, shown July 12, 2018, in Beijing, was accompanied by a 44-member delegation on his trip to Asia.

Who is in Asia with Emanuel? Campaign donors, lobbyists, developers, business heavyweights

May 15, 2019 at 4:58 p.m.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel is wrapping up a trade trip to China and Japan during which he met with a company that plans to build the newest version of Chicago’s “L”...

Mayoral candidate and former police superintendent Garry McCarthy points to the number of murders in Chicago as he outlines his plan for fighting violence at a news conference outside police headquarters in Chicago, Monday, July 9, 2018.

McCarthy crime plan: Remove politics, Emanuel’s meddling from Police Department

May 15, 2019 at 4:57 p.m.

Mayoral challenger and former Chicago police Superintendent Garry McCarthy said Monday he’ll tackle the city’s crime woes largely by removing politics from the Police Department, alleging that Mayor Rahm Emanuel...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel, left, and then-Chicago police Superintendent Garry McCarthy hold a news conference at police headquarters Nov. 24, 2015. McCarthy is among the candidates challenging Emanuel next year.

McCarthy, Emanuel trade barbs on Trump ties, corruption

May 15, 2019 at 4:56 p.m.

Mayoral challenger and former top cop Garry McCarthy learned firsthand Wednesday what it’s like to go up against the far-better funded and well-researched campaign of a veteran political tactician like...

Top cop Eddie Johnson under oath: ‘Never heard an officer talk about code of silence’

May 15, 2019 at 4:55 p.m.

Chicago police Superintendent Eddie Johnson recently said under oath that he was unaware of any "code of silence" in his department that shields officers from the consequences of misconduct. Johnson...

Emanuel calls Elon Musk’s proposed 12-minute express tunnel to O’Hare ‘the fast lane to Chicago’s future’

May 15, 2019 at 4:56 p.m.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel and entrepreneur Elon Musk strolled into a room that for a decade has been a subterranean symbol of Chicago's high-speed rail boondoggle, and declared the infamous station...

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