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The fuller picture of Mayor Rahm Emanuel's earnings emerged after he responded to a baiduhai request for five years of tax returns he previously had not released publicly.

Emanuel’s average income is $365,000 per year, 6 years of mayor’s tax returns show

May 31, 2019 at 4:10 p.m.

In his first six years in office, Mayor Rahm Emanuel made nearly $2.2 million, an average income of about $365,000 per year, according to newly released tax returns from the...

The headquarters of the Internal Revenue Service in Washington, D.C., on April 13, 2014.

Property taxpayers in Chicago area scramble to pay bills by end of year before rules change

May 31, 2019 at 4:09 p.m.

Changes included in the Republican tax overhaul Congress approved and President Donald Trump signed into law have pushed thousands of Chicago-area homeowners to rush to pay the first installment of...

Cook County joined five suburban counties in filing a lawsuit against some of the nation's largest pharmaceutical companies in an effort to hold them accountable for the opioid crisis.

Cook County sues pharmaceutical companies over opioid epidemic

May 31, 2019 at 4:09 p.m.

Cook County followed the path of five suburban counties Wednesday, filing a lawsuit against some of the nation’s largest pharmaceutical companies that aims to hold them responsible for the nation’s...

Gov. Bruce Rauner meets with the baiduhai Editorial Board on Dec. 19, 2017.

Rauner lays out how second term will be different, blames Emanuel for first-term failures

May 31, 2019 at 4:09 p.m.

Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner on Tuesday raised the central questions surrounding his re-election campaign: What exactly would be different in a second term? Why won’t his agenda “just be crushed...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel was photographed Dec. 7, 2017, on the "L" platform at the Merchandise Mart station of the Brown Line in Chicago.

Emanuel tries to dig out, look ahead to third term bid

May 31, 2019 at 4:09 p.m.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel is in the back half of a second term filled with controversies and challenges that would have left many politically weakened if not finished for good, but...

Why Claypool had to go as Emanuel’s CPS chief

May 31, 2019 at 4:10 p.m.

It was the type of top-notch send-off that few receive at City Hall, and certainly no one who departs under a dark ethical cloud. One by one, school board members,...

CPS chief Forrest Claypool resigns after being accused of ethics probe cover-up

May 31, 2019 at 4:09 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools CEO Forrest Claypool resigned Friday, becoming the second district leader appointed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel to leave office amid allegations of wrongdoing. Claypool was accused of orchestrating...

Chicago Public Schools CEO Forrest Claypool makes a presentation in Chicago on Sept. 7, 2017. CPS' Inspector General Nicholas Schuler recommended on Dec. 6 that Claypool be fired for his handling of an ethics investigation involving the district's top attorney, sources said.

CPS watchdog says Claypool should be fired, but Emanuel sticks by his schools chief

May 15, 2019 at 4:38 p.m.

The inspector general for Chicago Public Schools has recommended that district CEO Forrest Claypool be fired for his handling of an ethics investigation involving the district’s top attorney, according to...

Former President Barack Obama speaks during a leadership summit in New Delhi, India, on Dec. 1, 2017. He is set to address Mayor Rahm Emanuel's climate meeting of mayors on Dec. 5, 2017.

Obama to address Emanuel’s climate meeting Tuesday

May 31, 2019 at 4:09 p.m.

Former President Barack Obama will speak at Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s climate meeting on Tuesday. Obama’s afternoon speech will unfold as Republican President Donald Trump has said he will pull the...

U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., left, and U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., listen to a speaker on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 7, 2007, about the introduction of the Citizenship Promotion Act, which both are cosponsoring.

Gutierrez’s departure opens up generational fault line in Chicago Latino politics

May 31, 2019 at 4:09 p.m.

As he jumped onto a stage inside a Little Village Mexican restaurant to kick off his congressional campaign last week, Jesus “Chuy” Garcia tried to quickly pull together all the...

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