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FILE - In this Nov. 24, 2014 file photo, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel speaks at a news conference in Chicago. Faced with an approaching deadline for the Obamas to make a decision on the site of a presidential library, Emanuel, Obama&#8217;s former chief of staff, proposed an ordinance this week that would allow the library to be built on public parkland land if the Obama Foundation chooses the favored University of Chicago proposal over rival bids by the University of Illinois-Chicago, Columbia University in New York and the University of Hawaii. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

Rahm Emanuel racks up traffic violations after red-light lecture: ‘Obey the law. Period.’

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

FILE--In this photo taken Monday, Nov. 24, 2014, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel talks about his future plan for Chicago during a visit to a city maintenance facility in Chicago. Chicago is set to become the latest U.S. city to raise its minimum wage, as Emanuel fast-tracks a politically popular plan to reach $13 per hour amid his bid for a second term and criticism that he's out-of-touch with working people. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

Rahm Emanuel’s teen son robbed near home: source

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

With all the celebration going on, Kristal Davis of Chicago, cheers while her son, Ryan, sleeps while watching the Little League World Series baseball game that was broadcast at the Salvation Army Kroc Community Center, Saturday, Aug. 23, 2014, in Chicago. The Jackie Robinson West All Stars defeated a Las Vegas team in the U.S. final in Pennsylvania, and will face South Korea in the championship game Sunday. (AP Photo/Sun-Times Media, Kevin Tanaka) MANDATORY CREDIT, MAGS OUT, NO SALES

Even in loss, Chicago celebrates Little Leaguers

By Michael Tarm - Associated Press

Traffic flows past a red light camera operated by Redflex in Sioux Falls, S.D, on Nov. 22, 2009. (Associated Press) **FILE**

EDITORIAL: Trouble in the red-light district

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

** FILE ** President Barack Obama right, talks with Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel left, as he walks off Air Force One after arriving at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Thursday, May 22, 2014. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)

Rahm Emanuel: Send illegal immigrant shelter kids to Chicago

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Two young girls watch a World Cup soccer match on a television from their holding area where hundreds of mostly Central American immigrant children are being processed and held at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Nogales Placement Center on Wednesday, June 18, 2014, in Nogales, Ariz. CPB provided media tours Wednesday of two locations in Brownsville, Texas, and Nogales, that have been central to processing the more than 47,000 unaccompanied children who have entered the country illegally since Oct. 1. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, Pool)

HURT: With immigration, Obama lets a crisis go to waste

By Charles Hurt

FILE - In this Nov. 16, 2013 file photo, Producer George Lucas speaks at the 2013 Governors Awards in Los Angeles. The &quot;Star Wars&quot; creator Lucas has selected Chicago to house his much anticipated museum of art and movie memorabilia, a spokesman for the mayor's office said Tuesday, June 24, 2014. The decision is a major victory for the nation's third-largest city, which was locked in a battle for the museum with San Francisco. (Photo by Dan Steinberg/Invision/AP, file)

‘Star Wars’ creator selects Chicago for museum

By DON BABWIN - Associated Press

** FILE ** Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel (Associated Press)

Chicago-style: Bill Clinton to fundraise for Rahm Emanuel

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Newly installed 20-foot-tall letters spelling out T-R-U-M-P stand on the side real estate billionaire Donald trump's skyscraper in Chicago, Thursday, June 12, 2014. The letters have triggered a war of words between Trump and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel.&#160;(AP Photo/Stacy Thacker)

‘The Donald’ clashes with Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel over 20-foot ‘Trump’ sign

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this Oct. 15, 2013 file photo, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel speaks at a news conference in Chicago. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)

Chicago’s Rahm Emanuel pushes law to limit gun buys to 1 a month

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Nov. 16, 2013 file photo, filmmaker George Lucas and his wife, Chicago native Mellody Hobson, are seen on the red carpet at the 2013 Governors Awards in Los Angeles. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is trying to persuade the “Star Wars” creator to put his planned museum of art and movie memorabilia in Chicago and is offering up a slice of real estate along the Lake Michigan shorefront where it would be located. A competing bid from San Francisco seems a more natural fit: it’s Lucas’ hometown, it’s a premier center of technology and innovation and it’s closer to the nation’s movie-making heartland. (Photo by John Shearer/Invision/AP)

George Lucas museum Chicago’s next big attraction?

By JASON KEYSER - Associated Press

Emanuel says Wrigley plan needs further study

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Chicago mayor offers gun store law, critics pounce

By DON BABWIN - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 1, 2013, file photo, Chicago Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts speaks in Chicago about proposed renovations at Wrigley Field. The owners of the Chicago Cubs say they’re moving forward with plans to renovate and expand Wrigley Field, despite the threat of lawsuits by the owners of the adjacent rooftop venues overlooking the 100-year-old ballpark. Ricketts, whose family owns the north-side Chicago team, said Thursday, May 22, 2014 that the Cubs will submit a revised expansion plan to the Commission on Chicago Landmarks that includes the team’s original proposal to add several outfield signs and additional bleacher seats. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty, File)

Chicago Cubs-rooftop owners rivalry heats up

By DON BABWIN and JASON KEYSER - Associated Press

Mayor supportive of Cubs owners’ moves on Wrigley

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FILE - In this March 2, 2014 file photo, Jimmy Fallon, host of &quot;The Tonight Show,&quot; exits the icy waters of Lake Michigan during the &quot;Polar Plunge&quot; in Chicago. Fallon was joined Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel in the event. Emanuel will now appear on &quot;The Tonight Show&quot; with Jimmy Fallon on June 3, making good on his promise after Fallon came to participate in the event. (AP Photo/Andrew A. Nelles, File)

Chicago Mayor Emanuel to appear on ‘Tonight Show’

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FILE - This May 17, 2013 file photo shows spectators watching a Chicago Cubs baseball game from several of the rooftop bleachers across the field from Wrigley Field in Chicago. The owners of the Chicago Cubs say they’re moving forward with plans to renovate and expand Wrigley Field, despite the threat of lawsuits by the owners of the adjacent rooftop venues overlooking the 100-year-old ballpark. Chairman Tom Ricketts, whose family owns the north-side Chicago team, said Thursday, May 22, 2014, that the Cubs will submit a revised expansion plan to the Commission on Chicago Landmarks that includes the team’s original proposal to add several outfield signs and additional bleacher seats. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

Cubs to proceed with Wrigley plan, risk lawsuits

By HERBERT G. McCANN - Associated Press

Durbin, AG Madigan to co-host Clinton fundraiser

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Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, left, toasts with some of the cities top chefs including Grahm Elliott, center, and Gale Gand, lower right, at a news conference Tuesday, May 20, 2014, in Chicago. Susan Ungaro, President of the James Beard Foundation, and Emanuel announced that after 24 years in the New York, the James Beard Foundation awards ceremony is moving to the Windy City next year. The foundation — which is based in New York and honors the nation's best chefs, restaurants and food media — says several cities had asked to host the annual awards ceremony, but Chicago's offer of marketing and sponsorship support was too good to turn down. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

For 25th anniversary, Beard awards move to Chicago

By J.M. HIRSCH - Associated Press

Chicago mayor addresses minimum wage in city

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