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If Chicago politics was a card game and Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Gov. Pat Quinn were the players, both men on Monday showed their hands.

King George III was no Hitler or Stalin, but because revolutions are glorified when they succeed we happily remember ours as a triumph over tyranny.

The city's all-powerful mayor was ignoring their pleas, so the public students of Chicago felt they had no choice but to walk out of school and march in protest.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel today visited the National Restaurant Association Hotel Motel Show, an annual event that has become a rite of spring for restaurateurs around North America.

Roughly two dozen protesters were arrested Monday afternoon during a demonstration at City Hall aimed at preventing the planned closure of more than 50 Chicago schools.

In what has to be great news for Mayor Rahm Emanuel's re-election prospects, a new study by the Brookings Institutions finds that the number of poor people living in Chicago's suburbs has increased 99 percent in the past 10 years.

There's only one American politician who has been seen in public with Rob Ford, the Toronto mayor who was allegedly seen smoking crack on a video recorded by Somali drug dealers.

Monday morning, Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced the appointment of Desiree Rogers as Chair of the Choose Chicago board.

John Kass recalls the Chicago Way . My Dad had a Dime Store at 103rd and Vincennes in the 50s and saw his property taxes zoom when he registered as a Republican in the City.

But the latest word is that Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel won't make it to the long-delayed launch of the Polish carrier's daily nonstop Dreamliner service between Chicago's O'Hare Airport and Warsaw now scheduled for June 5. Nah.

The Chicago Teachers Union launched the march Saturday morning, with plans to tour throughout the city , stopping at several schools targeted for closure along the way with "block party style rallies." The 30-plus mile march, "Our City.

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Thursday announced plans to construct a $173-million stadium for DePaul University's Blue Demons adjacent to McCormick Place, the city's largest convention center.

You're not alone. Many alderman have questions about the multi-decade agreement that give up billions in revenue to a management company.

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, right, makes a few remarks as Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel listens, before the pair signed a new "sister cities" agreement Wednesday, Sept.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events are proud to announce that Leon Panetta, former Secretary of Defense and Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, will lead this year's Memorial Day Parade as its Grand Marshal and participate in the Wreath Laying Ceremony preceding the parade on Saturday, May ... (more)

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle is critical of the way Mayor Rahm Emanuel has treated teachers since coming into office.

Every week we are inspired by the many people throughout the country who are doing excellent work to challenge the power structure and put forward a new path for the country.

Thomas Hynes, the former Cook County Democratic Party boss, is paid $80,000 a year by DePaul University for lobbying at City Hall and has represented the university for years.

Last night, I was happy to hear Chris Hayes report that the Buena Vista, Michigan, school district, which had been closed since May 7 with the intention of canceling classes for the rest of the school year, has reopened.

"I look at a couple of data points I think are really important, of course I worked with President Obama and President Clinton.