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Early voting in Chicago kicks off this week. Here's what you need to know
Voters in most of Illinois have begun casting their ballots for the 2024 general election, but those hoping to make their voices heard in Chicago will get their chance to do so soon. Early voting in Illinois gets underway 40 days before an election, meaning that most of the state...
Rogers Park Residents Forced Out Of Affordable Housing After Developer Buys Building
ROGERS PARK — Rogers Park tenants are being forced out of their affordable apartments after a prominent developer on the Far North Side bought the building and didn’t offer lease renewals due to required repair work. Becovic, a Chicago-based real estate company, bought a four-story building at 1546...
2024 Northern Cook County Ability Fair on 10/2
The Harper College Learning and Career Center will be holding the Northern Cook County Ability Fair on Wednesday, October 2 from 1 PM to 3 PM CT. This job fair is open to anyone that is looking for work that has any type of disability. Sign language interpreters will be present on Wednesday afternoon.
Neighbors want city to find homes for residents of encampment in Gompers Park
CHICAGO (CBS) -- It was a packed house Monday night as Northwest Side residents gathered to figure out what the city is going to do about the homeless encampment they say is taking over Gompers Park.At the meeting at the Salvation Army Mayfair Community Church, 5020 N. Pulaski Rd., Residents of the 39th Ward—which includes the park and the adjacent North Mayfair neighborhood—called on top city officials to demand that the city find homes and services for the growing number of homeless in the encampment."I don't even walk in the park any longer. I don't. It's disgusting," said Olga Maria...
Organizers hold concert in middle of Logan Square pothole they want to save
CHICAGO (CBS) -- Some Logan Square neighborhood residents want a pothole in the middle of an intersection to stay right where it is, and now, organizers of the "Save the Hole" campaign are making their pleas into a song.A viewer, Emmanuel Ramos-Barajas, sent video taken out a window of a pop-up concert performed right in the middle of the pothole at Belden and St. Louis avenues.The man who started the "Save the Hole" effort also plays in a band—so he and his bandmates decided the middle of the roughly 16-by-16-foot crater would be the perfect place to play.Residents report that high speeds have long been an issue on the block. So when the large hole emerged earlier this month, so did an online campaign, complete with the hashtag #SaveTheHole, as neighbors believe it has been forcing drivers to slow down.But city officials say a traffic circle set to go into the intersection soon will serve the same purpose—and will look much better aesthetically. The traffic circle is expected to be completed by mid-October.
Chicago Teachers Union holds "walk-ins" at 150 schools to demand more funding for CPS
CHICAGO (CBS) -- The Chicago Teachers Union staged "walk-ins" at more than 150 schools on Monday as part of a nationwide movement to call for more funding for public education.The demonstrations came as approximately $200 billion federal COVID relief funding is coming to an end nationwide, and school districts across Illinois are looking at big budget issues as a result."The funding from the federal government has had such a positive impact, and to have it taken away with no plans to replace or supplement means we will halt the incredible growth our students have made since bouncing back from COVID,"...
Chicago Red Cross volunteer describes destruction in Florida from Hurricane Helene
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (CBS) -- Hurricane Helene has taken the lives of more than 130 people in six states—and hundreds more are missing.In parts of Western North Carolina, more than 2 feet of rain fell. Electricity will not be restored for days in the city of Asheville—and help has been slow to arrive.Parts of Florida, where Helene made landfall last week, have also been devastated. A Chicago area volunteer for the American Red Cross, Al Lopez, has been assisting in two towns in Taylor County in the Big Bend region of Florida—Perry and Keaton Beach."Perry wasn't too bad—a lot of downed...
Parents Alarmed by Dumpsters Filled With Discarded Books Found Outside Chicago High School
CHICAGO — Carl Schurz High School on the Northwest Side is facing criticism after dumpsters filled with discarded books were discovered outside the campus. The books, ranging from Shakespeare to science textbooks, were spotted on Friday, echoing similar incidents across Chicago Public Schools (CPS) in recent years.
Tourney: Most annoying intersections in Chicago
Chicago has no shortage of traffic jams, but we all know some intersections are worse than others.State of play: For this month's Axios Chicago tournament, the worst of the worst will duke it out to be crowned the most annoying intersection in Chicago.Methodology: As with every tournament, this is unscientific. It's a collection of anecdotal experiences, reader suggestions and common knowledge.Yes, the city collects data on traffic delays, but time is just one of the factors we weighed while trying to create a geographically diverse list.We also tried to account for snarls that affect multiple intersections like the one connecting Fullerton/Ashland and Clybourn and Armitage/Ashland and Elston. Ugh!Bracket: Axios visuals The intrigue: We'll send the results to the city. Maybe officials will listen and move some of the most annoying ones up the list for fixes.Paging Fullerton/Damen/Elston? That intersection would have won this bracket 10 years ago, but city engineers have since successfully rebuilt it.The second round is open until 4 pm Tuesday.
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