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Some aldermen pass on free Sunday parking
Some aldermen are saying "no thanks" to Mayor Rahm Emanuel's offer of free Sunday parking when it comes to their commercial districts for fear it would hurt businesses that rely on street parking for their customers. In response, the mayor is offering...
Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Ameya Pawar, Chicago Mayor, Local Government, Richard M. Daley
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Chicago aldermen approve Emanuel's parking meter changes
Clout StreetThe Chicago City Council today approved Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s controversial plan to change the terms of the city’s parking meter lease despite questions about the deal’s financial impact and fear of giving Chicago Parking Meters LLC...Tags: Local Government, Brendan Reilly, Richard M. Daley, Debra L. Silverstein, Rey Colon
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Aldermen working to restore paid Sunday parking meters
Even before the City Council on Wednesday approved Mayor Rahm Emanuel's plan for free Sunday neighborhood parking, more than a dozen aldermen were making plans to quickly restore paid parking throughout the weekend in business districts stretching...
Tags: Patrick J. O'Connor, Local Government, Brendan Reilly, Government, Richard M. Daley
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Kass: Mayor's shell game should have taxpayers clutching their wallets
I've got a feeling that in some weird, alternate universe, Mayor Rahm Emanuel is making a decent living playing hide-the-pea. You know the game, don't you? First, you put your money down. Then Mr. Misdirection places a pea under one of three cups....
Tags: Illinois Governor, McCormick Place, Jerry Reinsdorf, Chicago City Hall, Scott Waguespack
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Runners go green in Hagerstown
andrewm@herald-mail.comThe Williamsport Running Company meant business Saturday morning in downtown Hagerstown. Its men, sporting new green racing singlets for the occasion, took the top two places and six of the top 11 spots overall at the second annual St. Patrick’s...Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Wade Miller, Track and Field, Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Road Running
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$1.5 billion a year cost to fix pensions?
Absent significant pension system reforms, it would cost the city an extra $1.5 billion a year beginning in 2016 to start the process of restoring financial health to its pension funds, aldermen were warned Monday. If those costs kicked in, services...
Tags: Patrick J. O'Connor, Richard F. Mell, Illinois Governor, Finance, Rahm Emanuel
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Doubts, gripes and hopes greet plan for CTA changes
Tribune reportersThe CTA on Wednesday released the full roster of bus-route cancellations and changes that transit officials said are painful but necessary to reduce crowding on buses on the busiest routes. The hit list totaled 26 routes, more than double the 12 low-...Tags: Metra, Public Transportation, Ameya Pawar, Chicago Transit Authority
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Alderman says 'no' to Children's Memorial condo tower plans
Tribune reporterA plan to transform the former Children’s Memorial Hospital site in Lincoln Park into condominium towers and storefronts is in limbo after the local alderman rejected the proposal for the high-profile site in one of Chicago’s toniest...Tags: Children's Memorial Hospital, Hospitals and Clinics, Streeterville
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Green City Market opens with chef demos, new additions
Hundreds of Chicagoans and restaurateurs supported local Midwest farmers and shopped for sustainable, organic produce and products at the opening day of Lincoln Park's Green City Market May 5. Although it was a bit rainy and cool, market visitors enjoyed...
Tags: Sarah Grueneberg, Genesis (music group), St. Anne, Labor Legislation, Healthy Diet
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Chicago aldermen disclose outside jobs, income
Clout StreetNew financial disclosure statements show six of the Chicago City Council's 16 new aldermen have outside jobs or own businesses. Nine of the aldermen who were elected for the first time last year gave up other jobs, according to disclosures and...Tags: David Axelrod, William D. Burns, Ameya Pawar, Local Elections, Elections
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Clement needs no luck in 5K victory
andrewm@herald-mail.comIt would have taken a lot more than luck to take down Tony Clement on the streets of downtown Hagerstown. Clement, 25, of Williamsport, convincingly won the St. Patrick’s Day “Run for Your Luck” 5K on Saturday morning. He covered the 3....Tags: Holidays, Hospitals and Clinics, Road Running, Elections, Running
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