Articles About Rahm Emanuel

Disgraced former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich was found guilty of 17 of 20 corruption counts against him,  the majority for attempting to sell newly elected President Barack Obama’s Senate seat to the highest bidder.  After leaving the federal courthouse in downtown Chicago, Blagojevich said “Patti and I are obviously very disappointed.  I frankly am stunned.” […]

President Obama recently took a short stroll from the White House and through Lafayette Park to give a speech in what might be termed enemy territory – the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The subject was jobs and what the Chamber can do to jump start hiring by the companies that form its membership.  Noting that […]

As Chicago’s longest serving mayor leaves his post in May of 2011, Richard M. Daley leaves a legacy that includes the iconic Bean in Millennium Park to the flower-filled planters that ornament 85 miles of the city’s streets.  Whoever fills his post will find that budget shortfalls resulting from the Great Recession will collide with […]