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AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: West Siders More Likely To Be Ticketed, Investigation Finds
Ten of Chicago's 77 community areas – Austin being one of them – have duplicate ticket rates that are more than 4.5 times the median for the city, according to a recent investigation by ProPublica Illinois and WBEZ/Chicago Public Radio.
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AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: Heroin, Opioid abuse hitting West Side Hard
One speaker talked about his uncle, whose spiral into addiction led him to steal the family's Christmas presents – twice.
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AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: Austin School Gets Funding for Performing Arts Center
The Chicago City Council recently approved a grant to help pay for an Austin performing arts center as part of the Neighborhood Opportunity Fund program.
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AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: Ford makes ballot
The Chicago Board of Elections voted to keep state Rep. La Shawn K. Ford (8th) on the ballot, overruling objections against his nominating petitions.
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AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: Food pantry delivers groceries and more
Almost three years ago, Michele Zurakowski, the executive director of the Oak Park River Forest Food Pantry, realized that people with disabilities in the 13 ZIP codes served by her nonprofit — which include parts of Austin and other areas of the West Side — often cannot get to First United Church on Lake Street in Oak Park to pick up the groceries they need.
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AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: Winona Bryant and Therese Simmons on friendship and community
Winona Bryant and Therese Simmons share a 20-year friendship.
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AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: Inside of a Petition Objection Hearing
In order to run for alderman in Chicago, it's not enough to be a registered voter who lives in a ward and hasn't been convicted of a felony.
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AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: Incumbents, Challengers Scramble to Stay on Ballot
Two West Side aldermen are facing objections to their nominating petitions while one West Side alderman could once again run unopposed despite entering the race months earlier with a half-dozen challengers.
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AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: Oak Park Arts District gets a bookstore
Bill Fletcher and Don Moss, two of Oak Park's newest residents, admittedly have a little bit of a problem.
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AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: Connecting the dots
Most of us are against gun violence, but why do so many of us who oppose gun violence support gun violence by giving money to criminals who then use the money to buy guns?
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AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: From rapping to selling shoes: Success is in the details
Sabrian "Boo" Sledge, 38, the co-owner of Flee Club, a high-end resell shoe store at 121 S.
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AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: West Side alderman, mayoral candidates face challengers
Challenges have been filed in all of the West Side aldermanic races.
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AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: After School Matters taking applications for spring '19
After School Matters is now taking applications for its spring 2019 lineup of programs, which will start the week of Feb. 12, according to a statement the organization released Dec. 3.
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AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: Nonprofit job training program headed to Austin
The Chicago City Council recently approved a zoning change that would allow the nonprofit Heartland Alliance to setup a job training program for former prisoners in a portion of a shuttered elementary school in Austin at 815-831 N.
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AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: Looking for ways to save money?
How to save money? Surprisingly, a lot of people really don't know. From reusing a glass jar that jelly came in, to shopping at Goodwill, to the "I hate five" challenge, I will find a way to save a dime to a dollar.
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AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: Farewell
It has been the great honor of my life to represent you as your Commissioner on the Cook County Board.
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AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: Alderman denies role in alleged attack on campaign volunteer
Ald. Jason Ervin (28th) strongly denied that he had anything to do with an alleged attack on two campaign petition circulators who were collecting signatures for rival 28th Ward candidates.
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AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: Residents chime in on North Avenue
Residents and business owners from the Galewood and Oak Park sides of North Avenue got a chance to share what they think should happen to the major corridor during a Nov. 15 public hearing held at Galewood's Redeemer Church, 6740 W.
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AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: N. Lawndale now has a quality of life plan
After two years of collecting ideas and planning, the North Lawndale Community Coordinating Council and their partners unveiled what they are billing as "the next chapter" of North Lawndale's history — a community-wide Quality of Life Plan.
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AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: At health fair, Black Panthers recall famous legacy
Black Panthers and Black Panther Cubs from all over the city and country gathered at Stone Temple Baptist Church, located at Central Park and Douglas Blvd., for an all-day health fair on Nov. 3.