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Cook County hands layoff notices to about 300 employees as soda tax remains in legal limbo, and other Chicago news

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- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Cook County, Toni Preckwinkle, sugary drink tax, Chicago State University, state budget impasse, gun violence, gang violence, Willie Cooper, Rahm Emanuel, Berlin, London, Milan, Europe, Obama Foundation, Barack Obama, Microsoft, Exelon, J.J. Abrams, Michael Sacks, Grosvenor Capital Management, Cari Sacks, steak houses, restaurant openings, Steak 48, Mastro's Steakhouse, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jan 24, 2017
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Shootings, homicides on the rise during a violent January, and other Chicago news

Also the Newberry Library is collecting signs from the Women's March on Chicago.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, gun violence, gang violence, Donald Trump, Chicago Police Department, politics, J.B. Pritzker, Michael Sacks, Rahm Emanuel, Election 2018, gubernatorial race, Illinois, Bruce Rauner, Northwestern University, LGBT issues, transgender issues, Women's March on Chicago, Newberry Library, country music, music festivals, Country LakeShake, Nashville, Miranda Lambert, Rascal Flatts, Thomas Rhett, Live Nation, Video

Blogs, Bleader Aug 11, 2016
Rahm's top campaign donor is also his ‘go-to adviser,’ and other Chicago news

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- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Rahm Emanuel, Michael Sacks, Bruce Rauner, David Axelrod, Chicago Police Department, police brutality, Chicago Public Schools, Forrest Claypool, Brooklyn

Blogs, Bleader May 27, 2016
City treasurer Kurt Summers joins the anti-interest-rate-swap party

Kurt Summers distances himself from Mayor Rahm's position on interest-rate swaps.
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: News, Politics, Education, Kurt Summers, Rahm Emanuel, Michael Sacks, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Teachers Union, CPS, CTU, Karen Lewis, Jackson Potter, Whitney Young high school, Grosvenor Capital Management, Tom Tresser, David Reifman

News & Politics, Feature Apr 2, 2015
What you need to know about the mayoral runoff

The skinny on what Rahm and Chuy have promised to do—and what they've avoided telling you
- By Mick Dumke and Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Feature, mayoral runoff, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, Karen Lewis, David Axelrod, unions, Michael Sacks, Ken Griffin, Chicago Forward, TIF

News & Politics, On Politics Oct 28, 2014
Investment bankers rule at Rahm's City Hall

Mayor Emanuel replaces the outgoing treasurer with another executive from his friend's investment firm.
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Ben Joravsky on Politics, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, city hall, Kurt Summers, investment bankers, Kill the Messenger, Gary Webb, Dave McKinney, Chicago Sun-Times, Bruce Rauner, Kenneth Griffin, Citadel LLC, Chicago Forward PAC, Rod Blagojevich, Richard M. Daley, Dan Widawsky, Amer Ahmad, Lois Scott, Scott Balice Strategies, Stephanie Neely, GCM Grosvenor, Michael Sacks, Northern Trust Global Investments

News & Politics, Politics Jul 16, 2014
In mayoral fund-raising, Emanuel sets the rules and brings in the money

Wealthy donors with business ties to the city keep giving to the mayor.
- By Mick Dumke and Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Politics, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Forward, PAC, Grosvenor Capital Management, Michael Sacks, Scott Waguespack, World Business Chicago, Chicago Parking Meters LLC, Credit Suisse, Pete Giangreco, Matthew Gibson, Goldman Sachs, James S. Crown, Henry Crown & Company, JPMorgan Chase, LA Fitness, Madison Dearborn Partners, Samuel Mencoff, John Canning, Paul Finnegan, Theodore Novak, BDT Capital Partners, Byron D. Trott, DLA Piper

Blogs, Bleader Jul 2, 2014
Wealthy donors give Mayor Rahm $1 million worth of love

A political action committee for Mayor Emanuel rakes in the cash.
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Politics, News, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Forward, Eric Lefkofsky, Groupon, Kenneth Griffin, Citadel, Michael Sacks, Grosvenor Capital Management, Madison Dearborn Partners, Glencoe, Highland Park, Evanston, Bruce Rauner, Karen Lewis, Toni Preckwinkle, Alderman Robert Fioretti, Becky Carroll

Blogs, Bleader Jun 5, 2014
Politicians say this time they really, truly have a plan to fight Chicago's violence

Congressman Bobby Rush, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, and county board president Toni Preckwinkle say they're banding together to prevent bloodshed, but plans are vague.
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Crime, Politics, News, guns, gun violence, shootings, violence, roots of violence, poverty, gangs, murder, Rahm Emanuel, CPD, Chicago Police Department, Garry McCarthy, Englewood, Chatham, Bobby Rush, Toni Preckwinkle, Michael Sacks, Pat Quinn, Anita Alvarez, Barbara Byrd-Bennett

News & Politics, Politics Apr 8, 2014
In the mayoral money race, wealthy donors keep Rahm in a league of his own

Preckwinkle and other potential challengers lag far behind Emanuel in raising money.
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Politics, Toni Preckwinkle, Rahm Emanuel, polls, elections, campaigns, campaign contributions, Illinois Observer, mayoral elections, school closing, arrest rates, political fund-raising, Scott Kastrup, John Kupper, 2nd Ward, Robert Fioretti, Robert Shaw, Amara Enyia, Citizens United, CTU, Chicago Teachers Union, labor, community organizations, unemployment, Citadel, Ken Griffin, Guggenheim Partners, Grosvenor Capital Mangement, Michael Sacks, law firms, Katten Muchin, Winston & Strawn, Greenberg Traurig, AFSCME, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Richard M. Daley, Mara Georges, Terry Teele, Daley & George

Blogs, Bleader Mar 29, 2013
With check-writing friends like Mayor Emanuel's, who gives a f— about enemies?

Discontent with Mayor Rahm Emanuel may be rising, but he can still raise gazillions whenever he wants.
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Politics, News, Rahm Emanuel, mayor, Chicago, fund-raising, school closings, protests, Richard M. Daley, Chicago Parking Meters LLC, parking meters, privatization, parking meter deal, Winston & Strawn, Kirkland & Ellis, Chopper Trading, Rajiv Fernando, Grosvenor Capital Management, Michael Sacks, Jenner & Block, Schiff Hardin, 2015 election

News & Politics, Sidebar Jun 28, 2012
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Fifteen of the donors and insiders who got access to Rahm Emanuel
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Blogs, Bleader Mar 30, 2012
The friends of Patrick Daley Thompson

The latest Daley to run for office attracts the interest—and checks—of many of the city’s powerful
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Cook County hands layoff notices to about 300 employees as soda tax remains in legal limbo, and other Chicago news

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Shootings, homicides on the rise during a violent January, and other Chicago news

Also the Newberry Library is collecting signs from the Women's March on Chicago.

Rahm's top campaign donor is also his ‘go-to adviser,’ and other Chicago news

Also, Brooklyn might soon have more people than Chicago.

City treasurer Kurt Summers joins the anti-interest-rate-swap party

Kurt Summers distances himself from Mayor Rahm's position on interest-rate swaps.

What you need to know about the mayoral runoff

The skinny on what Rahm and Chuy have promised to do—and what they've avoided telling you

Investment bankers rule at Rahm's City Hall

Mayor Emanuel replaces the outgoing treasurer with another executive from his friend's investment firm.

In mayoral fund-raising, Emanuel sets the rules and brings in the money

Wealthy donors with business ties to the city keep giving to the mayor.

Wealthy donors give Mayor Rahm $1 million worth of love

A political action committee for Mayor Emanuel rakes in the cash.

Politicians say this time they really, truly have a plan to fight Chicago's violence

Congressman Bobby Rush, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, and county board president Toni Preckwinkle say they're banding together to prevent bloodshed, but plans are vague.

In the mayoral money race, wealthy donors keep Rahm in a league of his own

Preckwinkle and other potential challengers lag far behind Emanuel in raising money.

With check-writing friends like Mayor Emanuel's, who gives a f— about enemies?

Discontent with Mayor Rahm Emanuel may be rising, but he can still raise gazillions whenever he wants.

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Also, Rahm's in Europe to promote Chicago and its tech business.

Also the Newberry Library is collecting signs from the Women's March on Chicago.

Also, Brooklyn might soon have more people than Chicago.

Kurt Summers distances himself from Mayor Rahm's position on interest-rate swaps.

The skinny on what Rahm and Chuy have promised to do—and what they've avoided telling you

Mayor Emanuel replaces the outgoing treasurer with another executive from his friend's investment firm.

Wealthy donors with business ties to the city keep giving to the mayor.

A political action committee for Mayor Emanuel rakes in the cash.

Congressman Bobby Rush, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, and county board president Toni Preckwinkle say they're banding together to prevent bloodshed, but plans are vague.

Preckwinkle and other potential challengers lag far behind Emanuel in raising money.

Discontent with Mayor Rahm Emanuel may be rising, but he can still raise gazillions whenever he wants.

Fifteen of the donors and insiders who got access to Rahm Emanuel

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