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Just two CAPS officers are working in the 15th District of the Chicago Police Department, down from five before this fall’s cuts. That’s causing some Austin residents to question the city’s commitment to the nearly 20-year-old program that brings officers and citizens together to fight crime.
As a member of the Westside Ministers Coalition, AustinTalks has been offered two free tickets to the Nov. 18 performance of Romeo and Juliet at the University of Illinois-Chicago.
The 7th District congressman who easily won reelection Nov. 2nd received the backing of the recently created Chicago Coalition for Mayor Saturday after private meetings and much back and forth.
The Democrat incumbent defeated Green candidate Ronald Lawless in Tuesday’s election, earning another four-year term on the board.
Y officials tell The Chicago Tribune there are plans to tear down the building, sell it or close the facility at 501 N. Central Ave., but they stopped short of making any blanket assurances. This news comes after the non-profit’s executive director, Cyril Nichols, left his position and a housing program for the mentally ill was shut down.
Many anonymous calls made from Austin to the state’s abuse hotline were not deemed valid. In its new issue, The Chicago Reporter also finds that black families are more likely to be investigated by the state for sexual child abuse – yet the allegations are less likely to be found valid.
Polls opened today at 6 a.m., where voting for the Illinois governor’s race and the U.S. Senate contest is expected to be close. There are local races, too, that voters won’t want to miss.
Weiman is challenging Democrat incumbent Danny K. Davis in U.S. House District 7. Davis wasn’t available for an interview before the Nov. 2 election.
In an interview with AustinTalks, the politician says he’s not sure he’s out of the running to be the Chicago Coalition for Mayor’s consensus candidate. He and 10 others interviewed with the coalition earlier this month to win support for their campaigns to succeed Mayor Daley.
Debra Crump says the Austin high school has faced many challenges but not received the support it needed from top brass at Chicago Public Schools.