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Challenges have been filed in all of the West Side aldermanic races. The public had until Monday, Dec.
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The Cook County Board of Commissioners - including newly elected 1st District Commissioner Brandon Johnson - begin their four-year terms Monday. The public school teacher and community organizer defeated incumbent Richard Boykin in the March primary and ran unopposed in the November general election.
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Several more candidates filed to run for the 28th, 29th and 37th Ward seats in the Feb. 26th election.
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Five candidates seeking the 28th, 29th and 37th Ward seats filed their nominating petitions Monday morning with the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners - the first day they could do so. Citywide, dozens of candidates seeking a seat on the 50-person Chicago City Council submitted their petitions, as did some of the candidates running for mayor, city clerk and city treasurer.
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On the corner of Central Avenue and Ohio Street, the hot pink and white Victorian house sticks out from the other surrounding brick houses, capturing the vibrance of Austin on a single lot. The pink house and its co-owner, Yolanda Anderson, were profiled for the Everyone's A Designer/Everyone’s Design exhibition, which recently made a stop in Austin.
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Candidates running for mayor and the Chicago City Council will begin filing their petitions on Monday. State Rep. La Shawn Ford, who officially announced his bid for mayor last week, needs to collect at least 12,500 signatures, as do the other mayoral candidates.
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The Third Unitarian Church will celebrate its 150th year as a congregation Nov. 11 with a special service that will be attended by Unitarian and Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and U.S. Rep. Danny Davis.
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U.S. Rep. Danny Davis will continue to represent Austin and the rest of the 7th District for the 22nd year following a blow-out election against Republican challenger Craig Cameron. The win was one of a number of Democratic victories Tuesday, including the party winning majority control of the U.S. House of Representatives and Democrat J.B. Pritzker’s ousting of Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner.
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A top Chicago Police official says the department is willing to do whatever it takes to work with residents and improve training practices. “There’s no versus them in this,” Kevin Johnson, deputy chief of the Education and Training Academy, said at a recent community forum.
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One hundred purple balloons floated up into the air to symbolize an end to domestic violence. Over 50 men gathered earlier this month to sign a pledge against domestic violence at the Westside Community Triage Center, 4133 W. Madison Ave.
