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Mitts holds first listening tour meeting

By Reema Amin | June 9, 2015

The 37th Ward alderman will hold two more gatherings June 11 and 18 to discuss issues important to residents.

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Fifteen-year incumbent reelected in historic runoff

By Reema Amin | April 8, 2015

Ald. Emma Mitts defeated challenger Tara Stamps in a closely watched race.

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Ald. Emma Mitts says her work not yet done

By Reema Amin | April 4, 2015

Three-term alderman wants to represent the 37th Ward for another four years.

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Tara Stamps says she’s the independent voice for the 37th Ward

By Reema Amin | April 3, 2015

The first-time candidate hopes Tuesday to beat the 15-year incumbent.

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Ald. Mitts, Stamps duke it out in first debate

By Reema Amin | March 27, 2015

The 37th Ward candidates drew distinct differences between themselves during the AustinTalks/Austin Weekly News-sponsored event.

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Ald. Mitts flip-flops on gay rights, apologizes for comments

By Reema Amin | March 25, 2015

Her opponent, Tara Stamps, calls on Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s Chicago Forward PAC to withdraw its financial support.

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West Side candidates meet again

By Reema Amin | March 23, 2015

The 29th and 37th Ward candidates discussed the issues Saturday at a forum sponsored by the League of Women Voters.

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Ald. Emma Mitts forced into runoff

By Reema Amin | February 25, 2015

The 15-year incumbent will face CPS teacher Tara Stamps.

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A final take of the 37th Ward

By Reema Amin | February 20, 2015

Four candidates including the incumbent hope for voters’ support on Tuesday.

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One last look at the 29th Ward

By Reema Amin | February 19, 2015

Eight candidates are vying for the right to represent Austin, Galewood and other parts of the West Side.

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  • Expungement, record sealing event helps West Siders get jobs after leaving prison

    Austin resident Anthony Jefferson has been working over the past six years to expunge his criminal record. With help from the Monroe Foundation, he's moving toward the clean slate he wants to achieve to secure employment.

  • Get free groceries, other help from these Austin groups

    On a recent Thursday, volunteers from What About Us Charitable Enterprises spent the morning filling dozens of grocery bags with fresh food and staples that soon filled the arms of West Side residents in need. Dorin “Pastor Mac” McIntyre, executive director and co-founder of What About Us Charitable Enterprises and pastor of Mount Olivet Missionary Baptist Church, is one of many helping Austin residents struggling with food insecurity.

  • 29th Ward residents invited to holiday events on Tuesday

  • 29th Ward residents invited to propose how to spend $450,000

    Austin residents are invited to participate in this year's participatory budgeting cycle. The annual process lets ward residents ages 14 and up decide how to spend a portion of the aldermanic menu money.

  • Forty Acres Fresh Market marks important moment this week in bringing store to Austin

    Austin moves one step closer this week to getting a new grocery store with the groundbreaking of Forty Acres Fresh Market in the heart of the Soul City Corridor. Another effort to expand food offerings on the West Side continues with the Austin Community Food Co-op, which held a virtual info session last week on its efforts to bring a grocery store to the area.

  • Healing in nature workshop set for Saturday

    The Westside Cultural Alliance continues its "See, Feel and Heal" nature series Saturday at Garfield Park Nature Area, 100 N. Central Park with a workshop on making memory boxes. The workshop sessions focus on art and nature as vehicles of healing through art therapy, which provides wholistic healing for the body, mind and spirit.

  • Illinois residents can apply for help with paying gas, electric bills

    Applications are now open for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) for qualified residential customers who are over the age of 60, have a disability or have children under the age of 6 to receive financial assistance to pay their energy bills. LIHEAP is a federally funded bill payment assistance program that helps low- and fixed-income families pay their utility during the winter heating season.

  • West Siders turn out for chili cook off in Austin’s Soul City

    Over a dozen local chefs competed in the second annual "It’s Getting Chili in Soul City" event on Saturday. A team of five who make up the Austin African American Business Networking Association board – Malcolm Crawford, Shirley Fields, Sharmine Rickett, Ronald Smith and Marshawn Felton – created the chili contest last year.

  • Chicago Marathon runner raises money for West Side girls

    Over the last 20 years, Ashley Graham has run 56 marathons - including the Chicago Marathon five times. Several of those marathons she raised money for charity - and this year was no different.

  • Stop by Austin farmers market this week

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