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Aldermen Approve Emanuel’s $580M Property Tax Increase
The City Council on Wednesday approved Mayor Rahm Emanuel‘s $7.8 billion budget, the centerpiece of which is a 4-year, $580 million increase in property taxes. Aldermen supporting the budget said it was the city’s only viable option to deal with its structural deficit. Aldermen not supporting the bill cited the tax hit to property owners […]
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Chicago City Council Approves Emanuel Budget
October 29, 2015 Comments Off on Chicago City Council Approves Emanuel Budget
Chicago Alderman Wednesday passed Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s $7.8 billion budget that includes a massive property tax hike as well as a variety of other taxes all aimed at addressing the city’s underfunded pension system. The budget, which includes an incremental $543 million property tax increase, a separate $45 million property tax hike for schools, a […]
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Cubs’ Magical Postseason Run Attracted Many, Inspired Belief
October 28, 2015 Comments Off on Cubs’ Magical Postseason Run Attracted Many, Inspired Belief
The Chicago Cubs did more than bring postseason baseball back to the friendly confines; they united baseball fans across the nation. It’s hard to believe the Cubs won 97 games this season after only winning 73 games in the previous year. The Cubs were on a mission in October. The team full of youngsters made […]
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Man Pleads Guilty to Shipping Cocaine to Illinois
October 23, 2015 Comments Off on Man Pleads Guilty to Shipping Cocaine to Illinois
A 38-year-old Mexican citizen living in Oregon pleaded guilty Wednesday to his involvement in a conspiracy to ship more than 500 grams of cocaine to be distributed in the Chicago area in 2013. Eitel Mendoza initially entered a plea of not guilty for the crimes but later agreed to plead guilty to one count of […]
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Crime in Pilsen Drawing Residents’ Attention
October 20, 2015 Comments Off on Crime in Pilsen Drawing Residents’ Attention
Pilsen residents said they are noticing an uptick in incidents of violent crime taking place in the Lower West Side neighborhood. Kenia Ballina, a student at Instituto Health Sciences Career Academy, has lived in Pilsen for over eight years and she sometimes hears gunshots from the park near her home. “It’s kind of sad [not […]
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Fall Means the Return of Lunch and Sunday Brunch at Maxwell’s at the Club
October 20, 2015 Comments Off on Fall Means the Return of Lunch and Sunday Brunch at Maxwell’s at the Club
As autumn begins, with the promise of hearty new seasonal foods, there is no better way to celebrate the season than by dining at Maxwell’s at the Club, inside the East Bank Club (500 N. Kingsbury St., Chicago, IL; 312-527-5800). Lunch service has returned for the fall season, and is served from 11:30 a.m. to […]
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Parents Criticize Special Education Cuts at CPS Board Meeting
October 18, 2015 Comments Off on Parents Criticize Special Education Cuts at CPS Board Meeting
Parents, students and teachers protested cuts in special education funding before the Chicago Board of Education. Angie Chavero, whose 8th grade daughter Daisy Chavero, has a learning disability, denounced the plan. “I was saddened to hear the news about the proposed cuts to special ed,” Chavero said. “When I went to school, I didn’t have the […]
