http://kunc.org en http://kunc.org/post/goats-head-sent-cubs-owner-not-rahm-father While many in Chicago immediately thought of the famous "Billy Goat curse," when a severed goat's head was delivered to Chicago Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts at Wrigley Field this week, I immediately wondered if it was a message from the "Rahm-father," Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel.<p>After all, Ricketts is in the midst of intense negotiations with Emanuel's administration over renovating the iconic 99-year old ballpark, <a href="http://www.npr.org/2013/04/05/176368265/a-battle-for-rooftop-views-near-chicagos-wrigley-field">as I reported last week</a>.<p>The famously short-tempered Emanuel may be gr Fri, 12 Apr 2013 20:04:00 +0000 David Schaper 42827 at http://kunc.org Goat's Head Sent To Cubs Owner Not From The 'Rahm-Father' http://kunc.org/post/love-roughhousing-and-fifth-position-brothers-emanuel The brothers in the Emanuel family are known for their success and for their chutzpah. The youngest is Ari Emanuel, a high-powered Hollywood agent. The HBO show <em>Entourage</em> actually based a character on Ari, and that character is a bit, well, blunt — threatening, for example, to rip out someone's tongue and serve it to his son's pet lizard.<p>Then there's middle brother and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, a famously tough, foul-mouthed former White House chief of staff and congressman. "Rahm was, for many years, the quiet brother," eldest brother Ezekiel tells NPR's Rachel Martin. Sun, 24 Mar 2013 12:05:00 +0000 NPR Staff 41960 at http://kunc.org Love, Roughhousing And Fifth Position In 'Brothers Emanuel' http://kunc.org/post/chicagos-mayor-emanuel-asks-court-order-teachers-back-school Following through on <a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/09/16/161226399/chicago-teachers-to-meet-about-new-contract-possibly-end-strike" target="_blank">what he said he would do</a> if the city's teachers didn't end their week-old strike and return to their classrooms, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has asked a judge to intervene.<p>"Lawyers for Chicago Public Schools filed a lawsuit in Circuit Court this morning seeking a preliminary injunction to immediately end the teachers strike," <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-chicago-teachers-union-meets-on-con Mon, 17 Sep 2012 16:30:00 +0000 Mark Memmott 33753 at http://kunc.org Chicago's Mayor Emanuel Asks Court To Order Teachers Back To School http://kunc.org/post/head-chicago-teachers-union-rose-ranks Transcript <p>AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: <p>From Rahm Emanuel now to his formidable foe in these negotiations, Karen Lewis, the head of the teachers' union. Lewis in recent weeks has called the mayor a bully and of his leadership style has said, quote, "The whole idea of an imperial mayoralty where you wave a magic wand or cuss someone out and things happen is untenable."<p>To learn more about Lewis, we turn to Joel Hood. He's a reporter at the Chicago Tribune. Welcome, Joel.<p>JOEL HOOD: Thanks for having me.<p>CORNISH: So tell us a little bit more about Karen Lewis. Wed, 12 Sep 2012 21:10:00 +0000 33560 at http://kunc.org http://kunc.org/post/chicago-mayor-emanuel-does-not-nickelback-spokesperson-says The strike going on in Chicago is serious: 350,000 students are locked out and we brought you the news <a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/09/11/160929302/chicago-classrooms-empty-for-second-day">in a post from this morning</a>.<p>We'll get back to real news in a little. Tue, 11 Sep 2012 21:47:00 +0000 Eyder Peralta 33499 at http://kunc.org Chicago Mayor Emanuel Does Not Like Nickelback, Spokesperson Says