Two lakefront wards, one north and one south, demonstrate the political shifts that are looming over Chicago with election season heating up. The elections in…
Posts tagged as “Politics is Local”
Terry Clark has lived at the Prairie Shores apartment complex in Bronzeville for 43 years. For the last couple of weeks though, his allergies have…
A plan to charge $1 per hour to park along Chicago’s lakefront will move forward despite the protests of several aldermen who say the fees…
UPDATE added on July 30, 2009: Via e-mail from Rebecca Blazer, Director, Forest Preserve Initiative, Friends of the Parks Tel 312-857-2757 x17. “In the City…
June 23, 2009 – Some Cook County Board members are questioning the ethics of Cook County paying millions of dollars for land co-owned by 15th…
By Dylan Heath of The Urban Coaster June 11, 2009 – After a period of sometimes heated community discussion, an Aldi grocery store is set…
Feb. 24, 2009 – Chicago Public Schools' plan to close, phase out and turnaround up to 16 schools next year could be stopped under legislation being considered…