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La Grange Park pastor Tim Hoekstra will join Austin residents as they participate in Saturday’s World Vision 6k – which is roughly the distance many living in Africa must walk to get clean water.
CPS officials released school-by-school budgets in April, three months earlier than last year.
Officials results from last month’s two-day election won’t be available until June, CPS officials say.
The good neighbor campaign will host the free events every two weeks in partnership with the Westside Health Authority and the Institute for Nonviolence Chicago.
Parents, teachers and school staff will be able to vote Wednesday at elementary schools and Thursday at high schools. In Austin, there will still be vacancies on 12 of the 17 LCSs, which will be filled before July 1 when all members begin serving.
The public is invited to testify April 11 at a public hearing, being held by Chicago Public Schools.
Lawmakers La Shawn Ford and Camille Lilly discussed the proposed Lethal Violence and Order of Protection Act last weekend at a town hall organized by Congressman Danny Davis.
Dwayne Truss hopes to raise at least $100,000 for his campaign. The incumbent, Ald. Chris Taliaferro, plans to seek reelection in February 2019.
On Saturday at the Chicago Public Library’s West Chicago Avenue branch, Markell Mooney read from his recently published collection of poems, Words of Life.
Nearly a week after the March 20th primary, the first-term incumbent called his opponent Monday to say he “will do what I can to ensure he has a smooth transition.”