affordable care act
Sign up starts Nov. 1 for Obamacare
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Enrollment for 2018 coverage under the federal Affordable Care Act begins Nov. 1 and runs through Dec. 15. Enrollment for Medicare began in mid-October and ends Dec. 7.
Opinion
Economic justice needed now
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State Rep. La Shawn Ford praises Austin business owners and urges banks to do a better job of supporting West Side businesses.
Opinion
Our state budget, the saga continues
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State Rep. La Shawn Ford invites the Austin community to a town hall Aug. 31 to discuss the impact the new state spending plan will have on West Side residents and businesses.
Opinion
The importance of colors
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State Rep. La Shawn Ford urges all of us to work together for a more united and colorful community and country.
AIDS
Today’s heroin epidemic similar to HIV/AIDS scourge in the 1980s
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West Side residents can take action to protect their friends, family and neighbors from this sweeping problem that’s more deadly than gun violence and motor accidents.
Austin
Time for a new Austin high school
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A community meeting to discuss the consolidation of Austin Polytechnical, Austin Business and Entrepreneurship and VOISE Academy will be held Jan. 13.
Opinion
Honoring the anniversary of Brown v Board of Education
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State Rep. La Shawn K. Ford (D-Chicago) urges residents to keep fighting for equal education for all.
News
West Side schools to get money for capital projects
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The funding will pay for play lots, air conditioning and other improvements.
Community
Win a free ticket to governor’s state of the state
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Friday, Jan. 17 is the deadline to enter the contest put on by state Rep. La Shawn Ford.
Opinion
It’s time for change in 2013
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State Rep. La Shawn Ford urges the governor to establish a commission to create a plan to address poverty.