Action Now community members, Englewood residents, religious leaders and Alderman Toni Foulkes are holding a candlelight vigil February 28th, 2012 at 6 p.m. for the 13 year old girl that was raped while walking to school in West Englewood. The vigil will be held on the corner of 59th and Wood St. Then there will be a...
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On Feb. 13, Ald. Rick Munoz of the 22nd Ward introduced the Free Speech and Protection of the Press ordinance at city council. It prohibits police from blocking access to social media and cell phone networks during the G8 and NATO summits in May.  He is putting his ideas, and suggestions from voters and constituents...
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UPDATE: The Chicago Tribune has posted side by side maps to allow you compare the old ward boundaries to the new ward boundaries. If voters learn to use these kinds of resources and to call for them, instead of waiting for diligent news organizations to post them, the whole approach to redistricting in the...
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Andrew L. Wang, reporting for Crain’s details a proposal in front of the Chicago City Council to approve a tax-increment financing grant to Experimur LLC, from the Emanuel administration. The novel idea is to use TIF money like venture capital. The city is making a bet on Experimur’s future with what city officials call a...
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Northwest Mental Health Clinic will close next year along with five other city-run facilities across Chicago, leaving therapists worried about what will happen to their Spanish-speaking patients. “I think this is a big loss to the community,” said Ava Navarro, clinical therapist at the Logan Square clinic. “We’ve been here a long time.” The Latino...
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A proposed retail development that includes a Mariano’s Fresh Market grocery store on a Sears parking lot in Ravenswood is inching closer toward approval.
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  The Chicago Department of Public Health would consolidate its 12 city mental health clinics into six sites, under Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s proposed 2012 budget. The city is facing a $635 million shortfall in next year’s budget and Emanuel is proposing that staffing for the Department of Public Health be cut by $7.2 million...
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Do you know where your tax dollars are going? There’s a new Mayor and Grassroots Collaborative and Allies don’t want Rahm Emanuel and the City Council to the be like the old mayor. According to Grassroots Collaborative, The Mercantile Exchange got $15 million in our tax dollars to remodel their bathrooms, despite making $457...
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With a new Mayor taking office , the Mayoral Tutorial website is being retooled. The site aims to educate the public on good public policy, critique the performance and policies of our Mayor and the City Council, maintain an investigative function on all of the Mayor’s campaign investors and their work with the city. From guest posters like...
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