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Art imitating life: West Side youth create mural in response to violence
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The “Interrupt the Violence, Not Our Future” project was officially unveiled recently at Spencer Elementary Technology Academy.
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Rally gets residents ready for 5K walk/run
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Early registration for the late September event ends Aug. 15.
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Austin residents kept out a of top cop’s “listening tour” meeting
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Some question Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy’s commitment to openness and transparency after the July 15 gathering at Mars Hill Baptist Church.
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Budget crisis starting to hit Austin
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The Democrat-controlled legislature and Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner still don’t have a new state spending plan.
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Mother/son team honored for child care work
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Vision Builders Early Childhood Learning Center was awarded the “unsung hero” award by the Women’s Business Development Center.
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Austin student wins Bank of America award
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Recent Frederick Douglass Academy High School graduate Dontae Burton will work an eight-week internship and travel to Washington, D.C., this summer before heading to college in the fall.
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Rally spoiled by budget veto
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State Democratic lawmakers say they’ll fight Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner’s proposed cuts and remain hopeful a new spending plan will be approved this week.
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Participatory budgeting in 29th Ward put on hold
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New Ald. Chris Taliaferro says that kind of citizen input will have to wait for next year’s budget.
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Gun violence summit gets mixed reactions
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Many who attended the June 13 meeting agreed with Commissioner Richard Boykin’s plan to enforce the curfew law and get weapons off the streets, but some objected to his idea to charge defendants as domestic terrorists.