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Organization uses dance to raise awareness about domestic violence
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Movement therapy sessions help women work through the problems in their abusive relationships and provide support.
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Families find summer weather at Garfield Park Conservatory
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The Garfield Park Conservatory is the largest of three Chicago Park District facilities that preserves and displays exotic plants from around the world.
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Residents, architects gather to discuss Austin’s redevelopment
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At the Sweet Homes Chicago creative workshop Dec. 15, attendees learned about and critiqued the contests’ top entries, which propose ways to create a more self-sufficient community.
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Austin residents ready to fight closures
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One woman urges residents at a recent community meeting to take more dramatic action to prevent West Side students from losing their schools.
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Almost 90 percent of voters say Chicago should have an elected school board
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Advocates and some elected officials hope this will lead the legislature to change the law that allows the mayor to appoint all seven members.
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Austin legislator says getting laws passed to help the West Side may prove difficult
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Rep. La Shawn Ford will push for legislation to help ex-offenders and get an elected school board, but winning approval of these measures will be challenging even with a Democrat-controlled legislature.
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Local voters will get chance to weigh in on school board selection
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In many precincts across Austin, voters will be asked if Chicago should have an elected school board.
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West Siders attend Second Chance Banking event
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Last week’s financial literacy program was the first of multiple citywide events aimed to help residents learn to rebuild credit, buy homes and reduce dependency on currency exchanges. The next event is in Englewood Oct. 27.
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Reward now $10,000 for any information leading to Yasmin Acree
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The Austin girl is still missing after nearly five years, but her family holds out hope that she will be found.
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Austin has second most fatal and serious pedestrian accidents
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Experts say the size and structure of specific streets, along with attitudes could be the cause.