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Mayor Emanuel Announces 2013 City Budget Proposal, No New Taxes or Fees

Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced his proposal for the city’s 2013 budget to the City Council today, keeping to his promise of no new taxes or fees. The $8.3 billion budget balances the city’s finances without introducing new taxes, fines or fees, and eliminates the employee head tax by the end of 2013, according to Emanuel. [...]

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City Plans to Allocate Funds to Support Minority And Women-Owned Businesses

An $11 million settlement between the City and Allied Waste Transportation, Inc. will be used exclusively for the development and improved administration of the City’s Minority-Owned and Women-Owned Businesses (M/WBE) programs and the encouragement of M/WBE participation, announced Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Monday, Feb. 27. “The settlement funds from Allied Waste will enable us to [...]

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Newly Passed City Budget to Close the Only Two Public Mental Health Clinics in Latino Communities

The mayor and the commissioner of Public Health, Dr. Bechara Choucair are determined to close six mental health clinics on the North and South Side areas serving over 5,000 patients in Latino and black communities, including the only two public mental health clinics serving the Latino community in Chicago’s Back of the Yards and Northwest [...]

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Comcast, Mayor Emanuel to Launch “Internet Essentials” In Chicago

New Program to Provide Affordable Access to the Internet and Computers and Digital Literacy Training to Eligible Students and their Families Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Comcast Corporation Executive Vice President David L. Cohen visited Woodson Library in Washington Heights earlier last spring to announce the launch of Internet Essentials in Chicago. Internet Essentials, a [...]