Back in October, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel unveiled
a 2012 city budget that sliced city library branch hours from 48 to
40 each week, and threatened pink slips to hundreds of library
employees.
Today the mayor announced an almost complete reversal
of that proposal: The city’s branch libraries will return to year-round
48-hour weeks, including eight-hour Mondays. Additionally, the layoffs of 105
part-time employees has been reversed, according to Chicago Public
Library spokeswoman Ruth Lednicer. Read more »
