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Submitted on Fri, 08/31/2007 – 21:17. Story by Rachel Green Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, along with other lawmakers and public officials, attended the Thursday opening of UNO’s Officer Donald J. Marquez Charter School to show their support and criticize recent cuts Gov. Rod Blagojevich made when approving the state’s new budget earlier this month. […]
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Submitted on Thu, 08/30/2007 – 22:21. Story by Michael Pasternak About 50 protesters marched outside the Chicago Public Schools headquarters Aug. 22 demanding the district demolish two buildings in their Little Village neighborhood. The protesters say the buildings, the former Washburne Trade School building and a former ROTC building on the Telpochcalli Elementary School’s campus, […]
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Submitted on Wed, 08/29/2007 – 13:15. Story by Keri Lynch Security in Iraq is “horrible” and the troop surge is a “failure,” U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-9th District) said at a Town Hall meeting last weekend on the city’s North Side. Back from a visit to the Middle East earlier this month, Schakowsky told the […]
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Submitted on Tue, 08/28/2007 – 13:56. Story by Keri Lynch Lawyers for the Chicago Police Department filed a motion last week in U.S. District Court that could have a “chilling effect” on the approximately 800 members of a class-action lawsuit, attorneys for the group of protesters say. Attorneys from the People’s Law Office filed a […]
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Submitted on Mon, 08/27/2007 – 02:13. Story by Jamie Morgan The 1112 district beat leader on Chicago’s West side calls his CAPS volunteers the “eyes and ears” of the community. Every month, members bring lists upon lists of addresses where they suspect drugs are being sold, descriptions of suspected cocaine, crack, and marijuana dealers, and […]
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Submitted on Thu, 08/23/2007 – 12:49. Story by Rachel Green States will have more flexibility in testing students with learning disabilities because of recent changes made to the No Child Left Behind Act. Illinois educators and administrators hope this change will help level the playing field for learning disabled students. The change stems from the […]
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Submitted on Tue, 08/21/2007 – 13:50. Celebrating its one-year anniversary this summer, the Grant Bark Park was a longtime dream turned reality for South Loop resident Gail Merritt. Now, if she can only get other dog owners to notice it’s there. The 18,000-square-foot doggie oasis is tucked just north of the 11th Street pedestrian bridge, […]
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