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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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Austin celebrates one-year anniversary of Mandela Road designation
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More than 100 attended the July 18 street party outside Westside Health Authority’s offices.
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Austin churches call for community-wide prayer
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Members of several Austin churches have been gathering at intersections throughout the neighborhood this summer to pray for an end to the violence.
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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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Low-income Chicagoans eligible for $5 Divvy membership
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But there’s still no bike station in Austin or several of the city’s South and West side neighborhoods.
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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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Food programs provide meals to youth during summer
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Free breakfast and lunch are available on the West Side for those 18 and under this month and next.
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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.