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To mark Equal Pay Day in April, Mayor Rahm Emanuel barred city departments from asking job applicants about their salary history.
“Equality in pay between men and women has been a problem in the United States for too long,” Emanuel said in April. “By signing this executive order, we are taking action to say that this practice has no place in our city and taking a significant step towards closing the gender pay gap.”
But data on active employees from the city’s four pension funds show Chicago has a long way to go to bridge that gap. Women that work in city government are paid on average $27,572 less than males, according to the 2017 annual reports filed by the pension funds that represent municipal, labor, police and fire employees. -
Ald. Walter Burnett (27), one of a few aldermen on City Council who often presses developers to set aside more units for low- and moderate-income residents than they are required to by city ordinance, wants developers to set aside affordable commercial space as well.
A rendering of the proposed building at310 N. Sangamon St. [Department of Planning and Development] -
Chicago is at “an historic crossroads” as it works to reform its Police Department and revamp how officers are held accountable for misconduct, the man picked by the city’s watchdog to oversee public safety told aldermen Thursday.
Ald. Ricardo Munoz (22), left, consults with Joseph Lipari, who is expected to be confirmed Wednesday by the Chicago City Council as the deputy inspector general for public safety. [Heather Cherone/The Daily Line] -
JUL 20, 2018
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Aldermen unanimously approved Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s selection of Jamie Rhee to replace Ginger Evans as the head of the city’s Aviation Department.
Aldermen lavished praise on Jamie Rhee, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's pick for aviation commissioner. [Heather Cherone/The Daily Line] -
JUL 19, 2018
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Aldermen endorsed Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s proposal (O2018-4988) to impose an additional 2 percent tax on short-term rental guests in Chicago to help fund housing for victims of domestic violence.
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The former Harold L. Ickes Homes public housing development in the South Loop would be transformed into a new mixed-income neighborhood by a proposal set to be considered Thursday by the Chicago Plan Commission.
The proposed Southbridge development. [McCaffery Interests] -
A woman working as a janitor in Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas’ office earned $74,194 when she was performing duties that should have paid at most $47,134 because she was misclassified as an analyst, according to the second quarter audit by the Cook County Office of the Independent Inspector General.
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JUL 18, 2018
Mayor Rahm Emanuel weighed in Tuesday on the shooting death of a man Saturday in South Shore, saying he hoped it would become a “teachable moment” for a city. Ald. Ed Burke (14), Chicago’s longest serving alderman — and perhaps the City Council’s most vulnerable — will have no trouble financing a bid for another term, according to reports filed with state officials.
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City crews remove graffiti. [City of Chicago]
