Kristen Mack

Illinois convention notebook: talking points and Madigan speaks

May 15, 2019 at 6:47 p.m.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — As Illinois delegates gather each morning for breakfast to hear from political motivational speakers and to get a grab bag of tchotchkes, they're also given something else:...

Illinois convention notebook: talking points and Madigan speaks

May 23, 2019 at 9:02 p.m.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — As Illinois delegates gather each morning for breakfast to hear from political motivational speakers and to get a grab bag of tchotchkes, they're also given something else:...

DNC: Illinois labor, Democrats uneasy at convention

December 24, 2018 at 8:34 p.m.

— The Chicago Federation of Labor bought breakfast Monday for Illinois delegates to the Democratic National Convention, but the attitudes toward public employees of Gov. Pat Quinn, Mayor Rahm Emanuel...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel announces plans for Northerly Island Park on Thursday at the Field Museum.

Emanuel praises Obama’s tenure: GM alive, bin Laden isn’t

May 16, 2019 at 4:26 p.m.

On the eve of the Democratic National Convention, Mayor Rahm Emanuel appeared on "Meet the Press" today to make the pitch for electing President Barack Obama to a second term....

Emanuel praises Obama’s tenure: GM alive, bin Laden isn’t

December 24, 2018 at 5:32 p.m.

On the eve of the Democratic National Convention, Mayor Rahm Emanuel appeared on "Meet the Press" today to make the pitch for electing President Barack Obama to a second term....

Police get federal help in crackdown on growing violence

December 24, 2018 at 8:21 p.m.

As Mayor Rahm Emanuel touted his anti-violence initiatives at a news conference Friday morning, bullets ripped across the 4200 block of West Wilcox Street on Chicago's West Side, striking a...

From left, Chicago Police First Deputy Superintendent Al Wysinger, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy at a Chicago Police Department promotion ceremony at Navy Pier.

Emanuel, McCarthy ask feds for help on South Side

May 16, 2019 at 4:26 p.m.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel has asked federal law enforcement for help in combating violence and drugs in two areas of Chicago that the city says have seen the highest increase in...

CPS CEO Jean-Claude Brizard visits a Chicago school with Mayor Rahm Emanuel in 2011.

Emanuel gives Brizard a vote of confidence

May 16, 2019 at 4:25 p.m.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel today publicly backed Chicago Public Schools CEO Jean-Claude Brizard, saying he's doing "a great job." The mayor's comments came after the Tribune reported that a high-ranking education...

CPS chief Brizard on his way out?

December 24, 2018 at 8:11 p.m.

Education and business leaders have told Chicago Public Schools CEO Jean-Claude Brizard that he'll be blamed by the mayor for the city ending up on the brink of a teachers...

Emanuel gives Brizard a vote of confidence

December 24, 2018 at 5:31 p.m.

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