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Developer 601W Companies and Mayor Emanuel are taking the wraps off of the Old Main Post Office renovation this afternoon by revealing new renderings and more details on the $600 million project. While the renovation of the hulking 2.8 million square foot building has been underway for about a year , today signals the beginning of a major marketing push to attract interest and leases for future office tenants.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel today congratulated more than 31,000 youth for successfully completing the One Summer Chicago job program. The 12 week program provided youth ages 14-24 with job training, mentoring opportunities, continuing education programming and more.
On September 14, designers, journalists, educators, and civic leaders from Anchorage to Australia met in Chicago for this year's Design Matters Conference, presented by the Association of Architecture Organizations and co-sponsored by APA. Ahead of the official kick-off of the Chicago Architecture Biennial , discussions focused on engaging a diverse general public with the built environment.
A Federal judge on Friday block the Justice Department from withholding funds from public-safety programs to deter the sanctuary city policies aimed at protecting immigrants. U.S. District Judge Harry Leinenweber ruled that the Justice Department could not impose those requirements, addressing that if the city was forced to carry them out before settling the lawsuit, there would be irreparable damage to the immigrant community.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions can't follow through - at least for now - with his threat to withhold public safety grant money to Chicago and other so-called sanctuary cities for refusing to impose new tough immigration policies, a judge ruled Friday in a legal defeat for the Trump administration. In what is at least a temporary victory for cities that have defied Sessions, U.S. District Judge Harry D. Leinenweber ruled that the Justice Department could not impose the requirements.
Amazon.com Inc said on Thursday it would build a $US5 billion second headquarters in North America, kicking off a competition between cities and states to offer tax cuts and incentives that could bring 50,000 new jobs. The largest e-commerce company said it intended to create "HQ2", a headquarters that would be a "full equal" to its Seattle office, Chief Executive Jeff Bezos said in a statement.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Superintendent Michael P. Kelly today joined performance artists to reopen the recently renovated Theater on the Lake . The historic building has been transformed from a summer programming site to a year-round performance and special events venue.
The city of Chicago changed course Tuesday and said it now wants to carry out far-reaching reforms of its police under strict federal court supervision, abandoning a draft deal on reforms with the Trump administration that envisioned no court role. The new approach led to the unusual sight of Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan at a joint news conference to announce that Madigan - with the mayor's full support - had just sued the city seeking court oversight of the beleaguered police force.
House Speaker Michael Madigan abruptly canceled plans for lawmakers to return to the Capitol on Wednesday and vote on an override of Gov. Bruce Rauner's education funding veto, citing "progress" made during several hours of closed-door negotiations. "I am hopeful we can finish our negotiations shortly to ensure schools around the state can receive the money needed to operate schools throughout this school year," Madigan said in a statement late Tuesday.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chicago Park District CEO Michael Kelly joined cyclists to break ground on the next phase of the Lakefront Trail Separation Project, which extends it from 41st St. to 55th St. The addition separates cyclists from runners and other pedestrians, creating two adjacent paths running along the lakefront to alleviate congestion and make it safer and more accessible for users. The park district also installing and upgrading lighting along the paths.
The Washington Free Beacon reports on the war between Jeff Sessions and Rahm Emanuel : "So if voters in Chicago are concerned about losing federal grant money: call your mayor," he said. In Emanuel's interview with Axelrod, also conducted Wednesday and released Friday, the Chicago mayor responded.
AND THIS IS WHERE IT IS INTENDED TO GO, THE NED GAME REMOVING THE FOUNDING FATHERS FROM HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. The other day during the press conference President Donald Trump asked, when does the taking down of statues stop ? The MSM and late night talk show idiots laughed and made jokes.
In this Aug. 6, 2017 photo, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, accompanied by Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson, left, and U.S. Rep. Danny Davis, right, announces a lawsuit against the Trump Justice Department over withholding funding for sanctuary cities at City Hall in Chicago. At least six so-called sanctuary cities are suing the U.S. government, over immigration-related policies to avoid losing millions in public safety dollars the Trump administration has threatened to withhold.
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's decision to sue the Department of Justice because it's asking the Chicago Police Department to obey the law perfectly illustrates the dangerous disdain the modern Left has for normal Americans. On July 25, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions asked all cities, states, and territories applying for a very specific federal law enforcement grant to adhere to three new, very reasonable measures: To openly communicate with the Department of Homeland Security, to allow DHS officers to meet with locally-held prisoners who live in the country illegally and have been arrested for non-immigration related crimes, and to give the Department 48 hours notice before releasing such prisoners.
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Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel says the city will keep fighting President Donald Trump's immigration policies with a federal lawsuit alleging it's illegal for the government to withhold public safety grants from... Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel says the city will keep fighting President Donald Trump's immigration policies with a federal lawsuit alleging it's illegal for the government to withhold public safety grants from so-called sanctuary cities. Six inmates have taken keys from correctional officers at a maximum security prison in Arkansas and are holding the officers in an area where they control the doors.
On Friday, Aug. 4, 2017,... . FILE - In this Monday, May 15, 2017, file photo, British IT expert Marcus Hutchins speaks during an interview in Ilfracombe, England.
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The 46-page lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in Chicago, a day after Emanuel said the city won't 'be blackmailed' into changing its values as a welcoming city. Chicago files lawsuit over rules targeting sanctuary cities The 46-page lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in Chicago, a day after Emanuel said the city won't 'be blackmailed' into changing its values as a welcoming city.
The city of Chicago has filed a federal lawsuit challenging a Trump administration immigration stance, alleging it's illegal for the government to withhold public safety grants from so-called sanctuary cities. The 46-page lawsuit filed Monday says that "neither federal law nor the United States Constitution permits the Attorney General to force Chicago to abandon critical local policy" on immigrants.