A power failure brought the city's entire computer
system to a halt for about two hours Thursday — causing headaches for
everyone from residents attempting to purchase city stickers to city
employees trying to access their emails.
City Clerk Susana Mendoza's aides said they didn't expect their site's operations to resume normal activity until Friday.
"Unfortunately, the entire city system is down and
in the clerk's office that means we can't offer the city stickers right
now," Kristine Williams, a spokeswoman for City Clerk Susana Mendoza,
said at about 3:30 p.m.
A spokeswoman for Mayor Rahm Emanuel said the
system went down shortly after 2 p.m., but was back on line before 4
p.m. The outage also affected the internal Internet connection,
including email and shared files.
"It was an operations issue. It was an issue with
the battery, the power system that resulted in systems going down. There
was a problem with the power system that resulted in the system going
down for a short period of time," said Sarah Hamilton, the mayor's
communications director.
She said she was "positive" the problem had nothing to do with hacking.
Wednesday, May 22 2013 6:57 PM EDT2013-05-22 22:57:32 GMT
The Chicago Board of Education made its final decision Wednesday afternoon - to close 48 Chicago Public Schools in June, with one school delayed a year and to save five others.
The Chicago Board of Education made its final decision Wednesday afternoon - to close 48 Chicago Public Schools in June, with one school delayed a year and to save five others.
Wednesday, May 22 2013 6:45 PM EDT2013-05-22 22:45:07 GMT
Illinois public schools that teach sex education will have to include information about contraception and sexually transmitted diseases instead of a curriculum focused on abstinence.
Illinois public schools that teach sex education will have to include information about contraception and sexually transmitted diseases instead of a curriculum focused on abstinence.
Wednesday, May 22 2013 5:50 PM EDT2013-05-22 21:50:46 GMT
The attorney for an 87-year-old woman who accuses Donald Trump of cheating her in a skyscraper condo deal told Chicago jurors on Wednesday that the "Apprentice" star lied on the witness stand.
Jurors have withdrawn to begin deliberations about whether Donald Trump cheated an 87-year-old who claims the "Apprentice" star cheated her in property deal.
