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Attorney Gery Chico, from left, outgoing U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez and U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley are considering joining the Chicago mayor's race.

Race for Chicago’s next mayor: U.S. Reps. Luis Gutierrez, Mike Quigley, lawyer Gery Chico considering

May 15, 2019 at 5:06 p.m.

The pool of potential candidates to succeed Mayor Rahm Emanuel continued to grow Thursday as one of his 2011 opponents and two sitting Democratic congressmen confirmed they’re considering whether they’ll...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel says Chicago’s next leader isn’t in the race yet

May 15, 2019 at 5:06 p.m.

A day after pulling the plug on his bid for a third term, Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Wednesday said Chicago’s next mayor hasn’t yet entered the race to succeed him....

Former Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas in 2018.

What does Rahm Emanuel’s decision mean for the Chicago mayor’s race? Who’s in so far, and who’s out.

May 15, 2019 at 5:05 p.m.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s decision on Tuesday to not seek a third term throws a bomb into what was already shaping up to be a wild race for the top job...

Ald. Margaret Laurino, 39th, attends a City Council meeting in 2012. She has announced that she will not run for re-election.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel ally Ald. Margaret Laurino won’t seek re-election

May 15, 2019 at 5:04 p.m.

Facing a likely tough re-election fight, longtime Northwest Side Ald. Margaret Laurino announced Friday she won’t seek another term. Laurino was appointed by Mayor Richard M. Daley in 1994 to...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel speaks with the media following a Chicago City Council meeting at City Hall on Wednesday, July 25, 2018.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel fires back at Paul Vallas over City Colleges’ job training flak

May 15, 2019 at 5:04 p.m.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel stuck up for his formula of specialized student vocational training at different City Colleges campuses on Friday, a day after challenger Paul Vallas said the separate curricula...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel's financial team is debating whether the city should borrow billions of dollars to shore up public pension funds.

Some Chicago aldermen leery of Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s possible $10 billion pension borrowing plan

May 15, 2019 at 5:04 p.m.

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s financial team will soon decide whether to recommend the city borrow billions to shore up its ailing public pension funds — a move some experts call...

Chicago Fire Department Commissioner Jose Santiago and Mayor Rahm Emanuel attend a graduation ceremony at Navy Pier on May 31, 2016.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel looks to replace Fire Commissioner Jose Santiago, who’s nearing mandatory retirement age

May 15, 2019 at 5:03 p.m.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel is looking for a new Chicago Fire Department commissioner, as Jose Santiago hits mandatory retirement age and steps down. Emanuel tried to find a way to let...

Write-in candidate joins congressional race to counter GOP Holocaust denier with neo-Nazi ties

May 15, 2019 at 5:02 p.m.

A La Grange lawyer is taking a long-shot dive into Illinois’ 3rd District congressional race as a write-in candidate because, he says, he wants to challenge the views of the...

Mayoral candidate Garry McCarthy, a former Chicago police superintendent, outlines his plan for fighting Chicago violence at a news conference outside police headquarters in Chicago on July 9, 2018.

Mayoral candidate McCarthy backs away from Trump criticism, says Emanuel’s ‘not doing his job’

May 15, 2019 at 5:02 p.m.

Mayoral candidate Garry McCarthy went on Fox News again Tuesday morning, where he backed away from his previous criticism of President Donald Trump while continuing to hammer away at Mayor...

Rudy Giuliani, an attorney for President Donald Trump, tweeted criticism of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel over the city's weekend gun violence but misstated the number of shootings as the number of homicides.

Rudy Giuliani keeps tweeting on Chicago gun violence and Garry McCarthy says he’s ‘a proud Democrat’

May 15, 2019 at 5:02 p.m.

Former Republican New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani kept up his dubiously spell-checked and fact-checked tweeting about Chicago on Monday morning, erroneously stating there were “63 murders this weekend in Rahm...

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