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Mayor Rahm Emanuel speaks at John T. Pirie Elementary School Fine Arts and Academic Center in Chicago on March 22, 2019.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel-aligned PAC is spending to help aldermanic allies in campaign’s final days

May 12, 2019 at 1:44 p.m.

A political action committee aligned with Mayor Rahm Emanuel is spending money in the closing days of the city election campaign to buy ads supporting aldermanic candidates close to the...

Ald. Walter Burnett, 27th, left, chats with Mayor Rahm Emanuel during a City Council meeting on March 13, 2019, at Chicago City Hall. Burnett was among the politicians whose campaigns received a check from Emanuel.

Rahm Emanuel has poured big money into supporting loyal aldermen, but many are fighting for their political lives

May 12, 2019 at 1:43 p.m.

On his way out the door, Mayor Rahm Emanuel has tried to take care of the aldermen who were loyal to him, cutting hundreds of thousands of dollars of checks...

Chicago mayoral candidate Toni Preckwinkle appears with supporters, Feb. 26, 2019, at Lake Shore Cafe in the Kenwood neighborhood.

Chance the Rapper: ‘I don’t have any more money for Chicago politics,’ as he backs Toni Preckwinkle for mayor

May 12, 2019 at 1:44 p.m.

Chance the Rapper, the hip-hop superstar and philanthropist, endorsed Toni Preckwinkle’s mayoral campaign Thursday, offering the Cook County Board president some star power and a renewed shot at recruiting young...

Clare Bata votes at the Loop Super Site, 175 W. Washington St., on March 18, 2019 in Chicago. Early voting began March 15 at the Loop Super Site and March 18 at 50 ward sites.

Applications for mail-in ballots are up among young voters ahead of Chicago’s April 2 runoff

May 15, 2019 at 5:36 p.m.

After lagging behind older voters in the first round of Chicago elections last month, younger people are leading the way in applying for mail-in ballots ahead of the April 2...

Cook County Board President and mayoral candidate Toni Preckwinkle speaks to reporters in support of striking Chicago Symphony Orchestra musicians outside the CSO center in Chicago on March 14, 2019.

Lightfoot picks up endorsements from laborers and another former rival

May 12, 2019 at 1:43 p.m.

Lori Lightfoot on Thursday received endorsements from former mayoral candidate Gery Chico and the laborers union, a key trade group that spent heavily in support of Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza...

Lori Lightfoot y Gery Chico durante un foro de candidatos a la alcaldía de Chicago, en diciembre de 2018.

Lori Lightfoot candidata a alcalde de Chicago recibe apoyo de ex rival latino

March 14, 2019 at 2:54 p.m.

CHICAGO — El ex candidato a la alcaldía Gery Chico otorgó su respaldo a Lori Lightfoot candidata a alcalde de Chicago. Chico ocupó el octavo lugar de los 14 candidatos,...

Protesters demonstrate against a proposed $95 million police academy during a city council meeting Wednesday, March 13, 2019, at City Hall in Chicago.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s controversial plan for $95 million police academy sails through City Council

May 15, 2019 at 5:36 p.m.

Plans for a controversial $95 million West Side police academy sailed through the City Council on Wednesday despite protesters and mayoral candidates calling for a halt to the project. Aldermen...

Ald. Walter Burnett, 27th, left, speaks with Mayor Rahm Emanuel during a City Council meeting on March 13, 2019. The Lincoln Yards development has gotten zoning approval from aldermen, who approved the land-use plan for the $6 billion, neighborhood-altering project.

Lincoln Yards development gets City Council zoning approval, tax subsidy still to come

May 15, 2019 at 5:36 p.m.

Despite protests over public financing of the deal, developer Sterling Bay got the zoning approval from aldermen it needed Wednesday to build the neighborhood-altering Lincoln Yards mixed-use development along the...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel, left and Ald. Edward Burke, 14th, at a City Council meeting in 2016.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s ethics reform plan stalls in City Council committee

May 15, 2019 at 5:36 p.m.

The bulk of Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s attempt to tighten City Council ethics rules and curtail aldermen’s ability to exert control over zoning issues in their wards stalled out in a...

Recruits talk during a break in their class at the Chicago police academy on March 29, 2018.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s plan for new Chicago police academy heads to full City Council

May 15, 2019 at 5:36 p.m.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s controversial police academy construction plan marched forward Tuesday over the continued objections of protesters and the two candidates competing to take over for him at City Hall...

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