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Mayor Rahm Emanuel has touted a number of initiatives during his first 100 days in office, but there’s a lot of heavy lifting and political wrangling ahead. Among the big items on Emanuel’s agenda in coming months:
* Propose and pass budget to address a daunting $635.7 million deficit
* Extend the school day and school year as part of reform efforts that have drawn criticism from the teachers union
* Prepare for NATO and G-8 summits here next May
* Expand recycling citywide
* Examine a proposed overhaul of garbage collection
* Name new head of Chicago Housing Authority
* Name new head of Chicago Park District
* Preside over the redrawing of aldermanic ward boundaries
