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Justice Department: No agreement with Chicago on police reform

May 15, 2019 at 4:20 p.m.

The U.S. Justice Department said Wednesday that it has not reached an agreement with the city of Chicago on federal oversight of police reform as Mayor Rahm Emanuel's administration has...

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel speaks at the 56th Annual Police Recognition Ceremony at the Hyatt Regency Chicago on May 19, 2017.

ACLU: Emanuel’s police agreement with Trump administration ‘a non-starter’

May 15, 2019 at 4:20 p.m.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois on Wednesday slammed Mayor Rahm Emanuel's decision to back off his written commitment to seek federal court oversight of reforms to the Chicago...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel presides over the Chicago City Council on March 29, 2017.

Emanuel, Trump Justice Department mum on who backed away from CPD court oversight

May 15, 2019 at 4:20 p.m.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel and President Donald Trump's Justice Department won't say who initiated a tentative agreement that would let City Hall avoid having a federal judge oversee and enforce Chicago...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel wants to sign a memorandum of agreement with Trump's Justice Department that would include an independent monitor of the Chicago Police Departmentbut no court enforcement.

Emanuel: Chicago will get same results on police reform without a judge’s oversight

May 15, 2019 at 4:19 p.m.

Days after backing off his commitment to have a federal judge enforce reforms meant to fix the scandal-plagued Chicago Police Department, Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Monday suggested his tentative deal...

Emanuel backs off from commitment to court oversight of Chicago police reform

May 22, 2019 at 11:30 p.m.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel has backed off his commitment to enter a court-enforced agreement with the federal government to reform the Chicago Police Department, his administration confirmed late Friday. Instead, Emanuel's...

Gov. Bruce Rauner, left, and Mayor Rahm Emanuel.

Emanuel to Rauner: Education funding bill ‘once-in-a-lifetime opportunity’

May 15, 2019 at 4:19 p.m.

Lately, when Mayor Rahm Emanuel has spoken about his No. 1 political foil, he has bashed Gov. Bruce Rauner for presiding over a do-nothing tenure as the state's chief executive....

Emanuel’s latest possible tax hike: 911 phone fees

May 15, 2019 at 4:19 p.m.

In the final moments of lawmakers' spring session Wednesday night in Springfield, Mayor Rahm Emanuel scored a political win that could serve as another pocketbook loss for Chicago taxpayers. As...

Architect Helmut Jahn looks over drawings of his State of Illinois Center in 1980.

House advances plan to allow Illinois to sell Thompson Center; Rauner objects

May 15, 2019 at 4:18 p.m.

For well over a year, Gov. Bruce Rauner has been asking state lawmakers to pass a bill allowing him to sell the aging James R. Thompson Center in the Loop,...

Plan to crack down on repeat gun offenders still changing

May 15, 2019 at 4:18 p.m.

Supporters of legislation to crack down on repeat gun offenders continued to tweak the measure Wednesday to try to win over reluctant African-American lawmakers who fear the proposal will land...

Emanuel unveils $389 million borrowing plan for CPS to finish school year, pay pensions

May 15, 2019 at 4:17 p.m.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel's top aides on Friday laid out an eleventh-hour, $389 million borrowing plan to get Chicago Public Schools through the rest of the school year and make a...

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