http://www.mail.com/people/28672-rahm-emanuel.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.20/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/28672-rahm-emanuel.html http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1763286-chicago-poised-to-fight-handguns-.html CHICAGO (AP) — Facing a climbing homicide rate, Chicago is poised for another fight over handguns — just two years after the last one. When the U.S. Supreme Court nullified the city's 28-year-old handgun ban in 2010, Chicago responded by passing one of the nation's toughest handgun ordinances. And city officials sounded ready Thursday for another battle a... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 21:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1763286-chicago-poised-to-fight-handguns-.html 2012-12-13T21:32:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1760378-court-ruling-ill-gun-ban-sets-stage-fight.html CHICAGO (AP) — Backers of Illinois' ban on concealed weapons vowed Wednesday to fight for continued controls on gun possession, a day after a federal appeals court struck down the nation's last such prohibition as unconstitutional and ordered the state to craft a law allowing it. Chicago aldermen joined gun control advocates in urging state Attorney Gener... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 01:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1760378-court-ruling-ill-gun-ban-sets-stage-fight.html 2012-12-13T01:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1738640-5-to-increase-class-time-schools.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Open your notebooks and sharpen your pencils. School for thousands of public school students is about to get quite a bit longer. Five states announced Monday that they will add at least 300 hours of learning time to the calendar in some schools starting in 2013. Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York and Tennessee will take part ... Mon, 03 Dec 2012 20:07:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1738640-5-to-increase-class-time-schools.html 2012-12-03T20:07:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1711820-obamas-education-agenda-dominated-loose-ends.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's education agenda for next four years may look less like real reform and more like tying up loose ends, experts say, with practical budget issues and an age-old power struggle between Congress and the administration getting in the way. Campaign-year aspirations for Obama's second term included closing the educatio... Mon, 19 Nov 2012 21:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1711820-obamas-education-agenda-dominated-loose-ends.html 2012-11-19T21:06:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1701242-chicagos-top-cop-code-silence-tolerated.html CHICAGO (AP) — Just before the beating of a female bartender by an off-duty Chicago police officer persuaded him to end his own career, then-police Superintendent Phil Cline said the officer caught on videotape had "tarnished our image worse than anybody else in the history of the department." Nearly six years later, a federal jury has not only awarded ba... Wed, 14 Nov 2012 22:22:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1701242-chicagos-top-cop-code-silence-tolerated.html 2012-11-14T22:22:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1699068-will-chicago-verdict-cop-beating-trial.html CHICAGO (AP) — Will the city act? That's the question many Chicagoans will be asking Wednesday — a day after the dramatic conclusion of a civil trial that stemmed from a notorious 2007 beating of a female bartender by off-duty police officer Anthony Abbate. A video recording of the attack later went viral worldwide. Jurors came back wi... Wed, 14 Nov 2012 12:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1699068-will-chicago-verdict-cop-beating-trial.html 2012-11-14T12:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1697540-rep-jesse-jackson-jr-leaves-mayo-clinic.html CHICAGO (AP) — Questions about Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.'s health and political future swirled again Tuesday as the Chicago congressman left the Mayo Clinic for the second time but didn't disclose where he was going, even as Congress returned from a seven-week election break. The Democrat, who was easily re-elected last week, has been on a hushed medical lea... Wed, 14 Nov 2012 00:10:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1697540-rep-jesse-jackson-jr-leaves-mayo-clinic.html 2012-11-14T00:10:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1650060-campaign-surrogates-shore-up-support-final-days.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has Springsteen. Republican Mitt Romney has his sons. They, along with dozens of other celebrities and elected officials, are blitzing through battleground states in the White House race's final days. Their goal: give the presidential campaigns a daily presence in key states even when the men at the top of the tick... Tue, 23 Oct 2012 18:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1650060-campaign-surrogates-shore-up-support-final-days.html 2012-10-23T18:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1644906-obama-romney-allies-square-foreign-policy.html WASHINGTON (AP) — On the eve of their final presidential debate, Mitt Romney and Barack Obama — through their allies — squared off Sunday over which candidate would best protect the nation's interests and security abroad with just two weeks left in a race that polls show is increasingly tight. Both candidates stayed largely out of view, preparing vigorous... Sun, 21 Oct 2012 17:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1644906-obama-romney-allies-square-foreign-policy.html 2012-10-21T17:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1625088-chicago-schools-ceo-replaced-17-months.html CHICAGO (AP) — Just three weeks after Chicago teachers returned to the classroom following a bitter strike, Mayor Rahm Emanuel replaced his schools CEO with a veteran educator and administrator who he said had the experience to take Chicago school reforms "to the next level." Emanuel said at a news conference Friday that Chicago Public Schools CEO Jean-Cl... Fri, 12 Oct 2012 21:46:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1625088-chicago-schools-ceo-replaced-17-months.html 2012-10-12T21:46:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1619776-testing-nonprofit-waters-with-chicago-ideas-week.html CHICAGO (AP) — There are TED talks, Davos and Renaissance Weekends, all for innovators and world leaders to share creative ideas and make lucrative connections. And now there's a big-shoulders version of the grand-meeting-of-elite-minds concept: Chicago Ideas Week. The weeklong program of panel discussions, speakers and demonstrations, which opened Monday... Wed, 10 Oct 2012 09:33:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1619776-testing-nonprofit-waters-with-chicago-ideas-week.html 2012-10-10T09:33:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1606788-chicago-teachers-vote-to-approve-3-year-contract.html CHICAGO (AP) — Members of the Chicago Teachers Union overwhelmingly have approved a new three-year contract that includes pay increases and a new evaluation system, union officials announced late Wednesday. Union spokeswoman Stephanie Gadlin said the contract was ratified by 79 percent of the union's membership. The contact was ratified by a vote Tuesday ... Thu, 04 Oct 2012 02:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1606788-chicago-teachers-vote-to-approve-3-year-contract.html 2012-10-04T02:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/1593290-cubbies-cusp-100-loss-season-66.html CHICAGO (AP) — Even for a team with a record of futility unmatched in professional baseball, this season has been one of the most dismal in Chicago Cubs history. About the only good thing that could be said about a team poised to lose 100 games for the first time in 46 years — one of which came after the shortstop trotted off the field thinking there were... Fri, 28 Sep 2012 06:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/1593290-cubbies-cusp-100-loss-season-66.html 2012-09-28T06:55:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1580678-school-strike-challenges-emanuel.html CHICAGO (AP) — The grueling teachers strike is over. Now comes the hard part for Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel. As he pushes ahead on his promise to reform the city's underperforming classrooms, he faces several daunting tasks: slashing an estimated $1 billion budget deficit, confronting a woefully underfunded employee pension system and finding money for th... Sat, 22 Sep 2012 16:22:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1580678-school-strike-challenges-emanuel.html 2012-09-22T16:22:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1574540-obama-suggests-romney-touch-with-america.html MIAMI (AP) — President Barack Obama cast Mitt Romney on Thursday as an out-of-touch challenger for the White House and an advocate of education cuts that could cause teacher strikes to spread from Chicago to other cities. The Republican countered that the U.S. economy "is bumping along the bottom" under the current administration and he predicted victory in the fall. ... Thu, 20 Sep 2012 22:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1574540-obama-suggests-romney-touch-with-america.html 2012-09-20T22:03:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1573890-teachers-strike-doubts-implications.html CHICAGO (AP) — Mayor Rahm Emanuel secured an extension of Chicago's school day and empowered principals to hire the teachers they want. Teachers were able to soften a new evaluation process and win some job protections. As students returned to the classroom Wednesday after a seven-day teachers strike, both sides found reasons to celebrate victory. But nei... Wed, 19 Sep 2012 21:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1573890-teachers-strike-doubts-implications.html 2012-09-19T21:47:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1569240-chicago-teachers-vote-to-return-to-classroom.html CHICAGO (AP) — Teachers agreed Tuesday to return to the classroom after more than a week on the picket lines in Chicago, ending a combative stalemate with Mayor Rahm Emanuel over evaluations and job security, two issues at the heart of efforts to reform the nation's public schools. Union delegates voted overwhelmingly to suspend the strike after discussin... Tue, 18 Sep 2012 23:21:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1569240-chicago-teachers-vote-to-return-to-classroom.html 2012-09-18T23:21:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1560006-contract-issues-chicago-teachers-strike.html Delegates representing Chicago's teachers are scheduled to vote Tuesday on whether to end a strike after reviewing a proposed contract settlement that includes revised job security measures and revamped teacher evaluations. A breakdown of the issues on the table: TEACHER EVALUATIONS: The union is particularly concerned about a new teacher evaluation syste... Tue, 18 Sep 2012 09:36:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1560006-contract-issues-chicago-teachers-strike.html 2012-09-18T09:36:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1567284-chicago-teachers-to-consider-strike.html CHICAGO (AP) — An angry Mayor Rahm Emanuel's appeal to the courts to end a six-day teachers strike in the nation's third largest city set off a new round of recriminations Monday, but did little to end a walkout that has left parents scrambling and kept 350,000 students out of class. It might not matter. By the time a Cook County Circuit Court judge consi... Mon, 17 Sep 2012 20:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1567284-chicago-teachers-to-consider-strike.html 2012-09-17T20:56:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1566284-weighing-offer-chicago-teachers-remain-strike.html CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago teachers uncomfortable with a tentative contract offer decided Sunday to remain on strike, insisting they need more time before deciding whether to end an acrimonious standoff with Mayor Rahm Emanuel that will keep 350,000 students out of class for at least two more days. Emanuel fired back Sunday night by instructing city attorneys... Mon, 17 Sep 2012 00:07:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1566284-weighing-offer-chicago-teachers-remain-strike.html 2012-09-17T00:07:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1564458-thousands-striking-teachers-rally-chicago.html CHICAGO (AP) — Thousands of striking Chicago public school teachers and their allies packed a city park Saturday in a boisterous show of force as union leaders and the district tried to work out the details of an agreement that could end a week-long walkout. Pushing strollers, toting signs and towing wagons of children, thousands of red-shirted teachers c... Sun, 16 Sep 2012 03:43:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1564458-thousands-striking-teachers-rally-chicago.html 2012-09-16T03:43:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1562222-negotiators-framework-to-chicago-strike.html CHICAGO (AP) — The city's nearly weeklong teachers strike appeared headed toward a resolution Friday after negotiators emerged from marathon talks to say they had achieved a "framework" that could end the walkout in time for students to return to class Monday. Both sides were careful not to describe the deal as a final agreement and declined to release th... Fri, 14 Sep 2012 23:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1562222-negotiators-framework-to-chicago-strike.html 2012-09-14T23:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1560388-talks-to-chicago-teachers-strike-progress.html CHICAGO (AP) — The city's public schools will stay closed for at least one more day, but leaders of the Chicago Teachers Union and the school district kept talking Thursday, with both sides saying they were drawing closer to a deal to end the nearly weeklong strike. "We are optimistic, but we are still hammering things out," said Karen Lewis, the union pr... Thu, 13 Sep 2012 23:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1560388-talks-to-chicago-teachers-strike-progress.html 2012-09-13T23:56:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1559354-teacher-evaluations-center-chicago-strike.html CHICAGO (AP) — Educators in Los Angeles just signed a new deal with the city's school district. So, too, did teachers in Boston. Both require performance evaluations based in part on how well students succeed, a system that's making its debut in Cleveland. So what's the problem in Chicago, where 25,000 teachers in the nation's third-largest district have ... Thu, 13 Sep 2012 16:00:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1559354-teacher-evaluations-center-chicago-strike.html 2012-09-13T16:00:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1558716-chicago-teachers-union-president-brash-advocate.html CHICAGO (AP) — She's brash and blunt, a union leader known for her tart tongue and flip one-liners often aimed at Mayor Rahm Emanuel in a bitter contract dispute regarded as a referendum on the future of Chicago schools. But Karen Lewis — who recently referred to the high-stakes talks as "the silly part" of her day — also is a whip-smart Ivy League gradua... Wed, 12 Sep 2012 21:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1558716-chicago-teachers-union-president-brash-advocate.html 2012-09-12T21:26:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1554172-chicago-teacher-strike-poses-test-unions.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The massive teachers' strike in Chicago offers a high-profile test for the nation's teachers' unions, which have seen their political influence threatened as a growing reform movement seeks to improve ailing public schools. The reforms include expanding charter schools, getting private companies involved with failing schools and linking ... Tue, 11 Sep 2012 23:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1554172-chicago-teacher-strike-poses-test-unions.html 2012-09-11T23:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1551928-chicago-teachers-strike-bitter-contract-dispute.html CHICAGO (AP) — For the first time in a quarter century, Chicago teachers walked out of the classroom Monday, taking a bitter contract dispute over evaluations and job security to the streets of the nation's third-largest city — and to a national audience — less than a week after most schools opened for fall. The walkout forced hundreds of thousands of par... Tue, 11 Sep 2012 01:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1551928-chicago-teachers-strike-bitter-contract-dispute.html 2012-09-11T01:32:00Z