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Just a handful of the 63 higher education institutions in Cook County appear to be following a law that requires all Illinois colleges and universities to adopt safety policies and procedures meant to keep students safe. The Illinois Campus Security Enhancement Act, approved unanimously by the Illinois General Assembly just weeks after the Northern...
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Getting a ticket for possession of 10 grams of marijuana or less, instead of getting arrested, could come to Cook County because of recent change to the cannabis possession ordinance. The Cook County Board of Commissioners expanded the jurisdiction of marijuana ticketing for possession of 10 grams or less, ordinance to cover Ford Heights....
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Cook County Board Commissioners approved an ordinance last week that will overhaul the county’s procurement process as well as raise all board-approval contracts to $150,000. The ordinance–which was unanimously approved– re-organizes and modernizes the county’s purchasing process with outside vendors, while also using taxpayers’ dollars more efficiently, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle said...
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By Sarah Ostman Illinois has no more money for the funerals and burials of poor people reliant on public aid, state officials say. But deceased indigents must be buried somehow, and it appears the burden will fall to local government, though in Cook County, the office charged with those burials appears woefully underfunded for...
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A National People’s Action report released in 2009, with Senator Dick Durbin, showed that 2009 was the worst year ever for foreclosures in Chicago, with the crisis deepening in middle class communities. The New Bottom Line campaign, a coalition of grassroots community, faith and labor organizations is releasing an update of the research report...
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A 25-year-old Chicago man was found guilty of first-degree murder at a trial on Monday for causing a man to fall to his death on the high voltage third rail of the CTA red line. Maurice Evans, who may face up to 60 years in prison, was charged for the murder of Daniel McKenzie, who was...
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A news report from Lorraine Swanson, Lake Effect News Two former political workers for Ald. Berny Stone (50th) were sentenced to jail terms after both were found guilty on multiple misdemeanor counts of attempted mutilation of voting materials and attempted absentee ballot violations stemming from the 2007 aldermanic election in the 50th Ward. Anish Eapen,...
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Lakeview Action Coalition (LAC) organizer Eve Shapiro reported on the outcomes of the recent local action assembly, held at Temple Sholom on Tuesday, June 22. The most important items from LACs perspective are: Alderman Tunney and Alderman Daley agreed to co-sponsor the Sweet Home Chicago Ordinance, which will require 20% of TIF funds to...
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For anyone who’s paid a traffic ticket, filed a lawsuit in small claims court or checked online to find the next court hearing, the circuit clerk’s role is integral. But that could change, as all 102 circuit clerks across Illinois, including Cook County Circuit Clerk Dorothy Brown, face 10 to 20 percent salary cuts...
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Be good to Mother Nature without leaving city limits. Friends of the Parks (FOTP) is asking for volunteers to Spicebush Woods on Saturday, August 1 at 9 a.m. to help with the second cleanup of the summer. Rebecca Blazer, Director, Forest Preserve Initiative, at FOTP said the aim of the clean up is to...
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