Beware corporate scam, State officials warn
Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White and Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan are warning businesses to beware of a scam targeting Illinois corporations.
View ArticleCHI highlights to CHA inaction; is presidential reregulation the answer?
So it has come to this. Members of the Chicago Housing Initiative (CHI), an organization devoted to preserving, improving, and expanding subsidized rental and public housing, had to sleep on the...
View ArticleCity reviews Pilsen and Little Village for development planning process
A planning process for using parks, open spaces, housing, and commercial and industrial land in Pilsen and Little Village is underway by the City of Chicago’s Department of Planning and Development...
View ArticleGaribaldi Park renovations done
Workers recently completed renovations at Garibaldi Park, 1520 W. Polk St., and the park now features a rebuilt playground with new swings, slides, and climbing equipment.
View ArticleStar Partnership program to help City College students go to college
The City of Chicago, the City Colleges of Chicago (CCC), and seven Chicago-area universities have created the Chicago Star Partnership, in which the universities have committed to providing...
View ArticleCHI activists call attention to plight of homeless with sleep-in at City Hall
Homeless activists with the Chicago Housing Initiative slept outside City Hall the night of Oct. 13-14 to draw attention to the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA), which “is currently withholding 11,000...
View ArticlePolice, privatization, and taxes discussed at 11th Ward forum
Complaints ranging from a perceived lack of police visibility and creeping privatization of public services to Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s proposed $600 million tax hike dominated the discussion at what Ald....
View ArticleSeveral new developments planned for South Loop area
Perhaps not since the 1871 Chicago Fire has the South Grant Park area gone through the kind of transformation that could be coming if four major highrise developers and their supporters have their way.
View ArticleNew West Loop residential expansion plans are unveiled
Apartments and condominiums will replace two long-term West Loop institutions. Upcoming projects will transform A&A Auto Shop, 1045 W. Washington Blvd., to a condominium development and the...
View ArticleBridgeport park to offer river rowing access via new Eleanor boat house
The Eleanor boat house, under construction on the Chicago River in Bridgeport, in the 2800 block of south Eleanor St., will provide new water recreation opportunities.
View ArticleState Representative Esther Golar passes away; championed housing, education
South Side lawmaker and champion for education and housing reform Esther Golar (D-6th District) passed away on September 21 in Chicago at age 71. Golar had been hospitalized earlier in the month and...
View ArticleDyett activists focus on LSC, elected board
Community organizers are concerned that Dyett High School, 555 E. 51st St., likely will not have a local school council for at least a year, said Jitu Brown, parent of a Chicago Public Schools (CPS)...
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