Austin Chamber of Commerce
Recent News About Austin Chamber of Commerce
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AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: Loretto CEO: Hospital to Save Big
In May, officials with Loretto Hospital, 645 S. Central Ave., announced that were laying off an unspecified number of employees and consolidating services at the nearly century-old safety net institution.
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AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: Free HIV/AIDS tests available on West Side
Walgreens and Greater Than AIDS are offering free, confidential HIV testing and counseling in 22 Walgreens locations, including several in Austin and nearby neighborhoods.
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AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: A Playground Built In A Day
Two hundred volunteers from Wells Fargo and Kidz Express joined KaBOOM!
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AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: City Wonders if Bicycling Is A Priority On The West Side
On June 6, the Mayor's Bicycle Advisory Council — a body made up of city transportation officials, regular cyclists, community activists and representatives of cycling-related community organizations throughout the city — met on the 11th floor of City Hall to discuss some of the major biking-related issues on the West Side.
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AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: IL House OKs Marijuana Legalization
The Illinois House on May 31 passed a bill legalizing adult recreational marijuana in the state.
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AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: Re-imagining North Avenue
The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) has officially released the draft of the new North Avenue Corridor Revitalization and Mobility Plan.
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AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: City Council Awards Patronage, Favors
The Chicago City Council's Transportation Committee has an annual budget of more than $467,000 to cover expenses related to its work on legislation and government oversight.
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AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: Emergency Meeting Held To Raise Opioid Awareness
On a Tuesday in April a few weeks back, at least 17 people experienced overdoses near the corner of Chicago and Homan avenues; four of them died.
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AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $10M grant up for grabs on West, South Sides
On April 16, the Pritzker Traubert Foundation announced a new grant competition designed to pour money into areas on the city's neglected West and/or South Sides.
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AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: County Eases Path To Housing For People With Arrest Records
The Cook County Board of Commissioners recently approved a measure that makes it easier for people with arrest records to secure housing in the county.
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AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: West Side high school to get IB program
Austin high school students will no longer have to leave the West Side to study in an International Baccalaureate program.
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AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: 'MOMMA's Act' to lower U.S. maternal deaths
While maternal mortality rates decline across other developed nations, the maternal mortality rate in the United States continues to rise — despite outpacing all other countries on health care spending per person.
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AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: Local Governments Want In On Tax Revenue From Online Sales
A U.S. Supreme Court decision last year allows states to collect sales taxes from online retailers, even if they don't have a physical presence in the state.
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AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: Developers update proposed North Ave. Sears proposal
It was literally standing room only at Ald. Chris Taliaferro's (29th) March 20 community meeting on the redevelopment plans for the Chicago portion of the former North/Harlem Sears site.
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AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: Waiting List For Affordable Suburban Housing Opens Up
The Housing Authority of Cook County has opened a waiting list for project-based voucher units designed to provide affordable housing to disabled residents, Housing Authority officials recently announced.
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AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: Recalling AWN's talks With The Candidates Who Will Be Mayor
In January, Austin Weekly News interviewed Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle— one of the last mayoral interviews this paper conducted in collaboration with City Bureau, the South Side-based journalism lab.
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AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: Austin nonprofit hopes to win national grant
An Austin group that has helped young mothers for more than 35 years is one of 15 finalists for The Renewal Awards, a $20,000 grant from The Atlantic magazine and Allstate that will be awarded to five organizations to celebrate innovative nonprofits across the nation.
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AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: Mayoral candidates talk West Side investment at forum
At a mayoral candidate forum hosted last weekend by the Chicago Westside Branch of the NAACP, candidate Lori Lightfoot's opening statements foreshadowed the afternoon's conversation.
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AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: State House Passes Minimum Wage Bill
A bill to raise Illinois' minimum wage to $15 by 2025 needs only Gov. J.B.
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AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: State Senate votes for $15 minimum wage
A bill to raise Illinois' minimum wage passed the state Senate on partisan lines on Feb. 7 after Gov. J.B. Pritzker made a personal appeal to Democratic lawmakers at a private caucus prior to the vote.