Patrimony, places and partnership: How Chicago should shape its cultural plan

Feb. 24, 2012
The Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) has begun to fulfill Rahm Emmanuel’s campaign promise to draft a comprehensive cultural plan for the City of Chicago. We haven’t had a new one since 1986 when Mayor Harold Washington first established the Dept.

Claypool: CTA faces ‘fiscal abyss’

Jun. 23, 2011
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel didn’t waste any time putting his picks in some of city’s top positions. Forrest Claypool is an old ally of the mayor’s and a longtime political player. Emanuel tapped him to run the Chicago Transit Authority.

Who's your first and second choice for mayor?

Jan. 25, 2011
Jean Quan, mayor of Oakland, CADays before the Illinois Appellate Court knocked Rahm Emanuel off the ballot for the Feb.

Paul Vallas endorses Gery Chico for Chicago mayor

Nov. 23, 2010
Mayoral Candidate Gery Chico is getting the endorsement of a Chicago education heavyweight Paul Vallas. Vallas was the former CEO of Chicago Public Schools before leaving to head public schools in Philadelphia and later New Orleans.