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As City Prepares to Close 3 Shelters, Advocates See Shifts in Migrants’ Needs
Three city-run migrant shelters are set to close in Chicago next month. Shelters in Pilsen and the West Loop will close Oct. 1, while a shelter in Hyde Park will close Oct. 24. All of the residents will be offered space in one of the 14 shelters the city will continue to operate, officials said.
Chicago rideshare drivers take safety demands to City Hall
(The Center Square) – Chicago Gig Alliance organizer Lori Simmons vows to keep the pressure on city officials as the group pushes for legislation aimed at keeping rideshare drivers across the city safe and protected. Simmons and others recently marched on City Hall to amplify demands laid out in the group’s Rideshare Living and Safety Ordinance. “It’s three main parts,” Simmons told The Center Square. “It's pay, it's driver safety...
Pritzker announces new quantum business investment
(The Center Square) – Gov. J.B. Pritzker has made quantum computing a priority for his administration and for Illinois taxpayers. The governor joined officials from quantum manufacturer EeroQ Wednesday at the company’s headquarters on Chicago’s West Side. “Illinois is on a mission to be at the center of this industry. We’re one of the few states in the nation to develop, actualize and invest in a plan for the quantum...
After CPS Slashes Funding, Chicago Debates Asks For Help Keeping Beloved Program Alive
BRONZEVILLE — A longtime program introducing students to the art of debate is looking to the public for help after Chicago Public Schools scaled back its funding this year. Chicago Debates works with CPS to enroll fifth- to 12th-grade students in competitive academic debate while helping schools build their own debate teams to participate in its debate league, bringing on teachers to act as coaches, according to its website. The nonprofit also organizes dozens of debate tournaments each year and runs a two-week summer camp for up to 150 middle and high school debaters.
Chicago school board election 2024: Here are the candidates running in District 9
Sign up for Chalkbeat Chicago’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the latest education news.District 9, which extends from Morgan Park to Englewood, including parts of Roseland, Pullman, Beverly, and Auburn-Gresham, has 95 CPS schools serving 34,128 students.The district is predominantly Black, with 76% of residents identifying as Black, and CPS enrollment reflects that, with 81.6% of CPS students in the area identifying as Black.All across Chicago, Black students face lower graduation rates and higher drop-out rates and suspensions than any other racial group. Data also shows that more Black students travel over 6 miles to school than any...
Explore Wicker Park’s Polish History During Free Walking Tours Next Week
WICKER PARK — For decades, the Wicker Park area was known as Chicago’s “Polish Downtown,” where hundreds of stores, taverns and civic organizations set up shop to serve the neighborhood’s massive Polish and Polish-American populations. While many of those businesses and groups have since shut...
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