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Friday, October 01, 2010  Stepping into Emanuel's role will be Pete Rouse, a deeply trusted senior adviser to Obama who has made much of his living as a chief of staff.

Thursday, September 30, 2010  Rahm Emanuel will resign as White House chief of staff on Friday and will begin his campaign for Chicago mayor by meeting with voters in the city on Monday, two sources familiar with Emanuel's plans said.

Tuesday, September 07, 2010  Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, who has presided over the nation's third-largest city for 21 years, like his father did before him, announced Tuesday that he will not run for a seventh term, saying the time "just feels right."

Friday, July 30, 2010  Chicago Mayor Richard Daley is demanding a criminal investigation into an oil spill that dumped a million gallons into a waterway leading to Lake Michigan.

Friday, July 02, 2010  Chicago Mayor Richard Daley has introduced what city officials say is the strictest handgun ordinance in the United States with the city's handgun ban certain to be overturned.

Thursday, July 01, 2010  Chicago mayor outlines proposal for strict gun ordinance in wake of Supreme Court decision

Tuesday, June 29, 2010  A Supreme Court ruling finding that Americans have the right to bear arms anywhere they live almost certainly means the end of Chicago's decades-old handgun ban.

Wednesday, March 17, 2010  Chicago Law Department spokeswoman Jennifer Hoyle says the mayor cooperated with the investigators and there's no indication Daley was "anything other than a witness."

Monday, March 08, 2010  Daley says Maggie Daley will seek rehabilitation for her leg.