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Chicago schools chief out after run-ins with Mayor Rahm Emanuel

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Chicago schools chief out after run-ins with Mayor Rahm Emanuel Nearly four weeks since the end of the first teachers strike in 25 years, and 17 months after being recruited from Rochester, N.Y., by Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel in May 2011, Chicago Public Schools CEO Jean-Claude Brizard is stepping down.…

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Parody: Rahm Emanuel explains what he’d really like to do to Chick-Fil-A

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Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel touched off a firestorm last week when he announced his support for a local alderman’s attempt to prevent a Chick-Fil-A franchise from opening in his upscale neighborhood. “Chick-fil-A values are not Chicago values,” Emanuel said in a statement, referring to the company’s opposition to same-sex marriage.…

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Rahm backs smaller penalties for Chicago pot users

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Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel (D) said in a release on Thursday that he’s decided to back a proposal that would decriminalize marijuana possession, lowering the penalty for getting caught with up to 15 grams of the drug to a ticket instead of an arrest. Emanuel, President Barack Obama’s former chief of…

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