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West Side aldermen join call to oust police chief

By AustinTalks | October 7, 2015

The Chicago City Council’s Black Caucus wants Mayor Rahm Emanuel to fire Superintendent Garry McCarthy.

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West Side aldermen start to weigh in on mayor’s 2016 budget

By AustinTalks | September 25, 2015

The Chicago City Council will hold hearings next month before voting on the spending plan.

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Participatory budgeting in 29th Ward put on hold

By T.J. Kremer III | June 18, 2015

New Ald. Chris Taliaferro says that kind of citizen input will have to wait for next year’s budget.

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After victory party, real work in 29th Ward begins

By T.J. Kremer III | May 20, 2015

More than 100 people attended Ald. Chris Taliaferro’s reception hours after he’s sworn into the Chicago City Council.

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Not clear how outgoing alderman has spent 2015 menu money

By T.J. Kremer III | May 13, 2015

Ald.-Elect Chris Taliaferro says he’s interested in giving 29th Ward residents more of a say in how the $1.3 million is spent each year.

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Public invited to reception for new alderman

By AustinTalks | May 12, 2015

The event will be hosted by Chris Taliaferro May 18, hours after he’s sworn in to represent the 29th Ward.

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Public invited to reception for departing Ald. Deborah Graham

By Ald. Deborah Graham | May 6, 2015

Light refreshments will be served from 6:30 to 8 p.m. May 6 at Columbus Park Refectory, 5701 W. Jackson.

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Austin’s new alderman offers thoughts on the future

By AustinTalks | April 14, 2015

Our partners at the Austin Weekly News interviewed Chris Taliaferro, who will represent the 29th Ward starting next month.

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Regime change in the 29th Ward

By T.J. Kremer III | April 8, 2015

Chicago Police Sgt. Chris Taliaferro will succeed Ald. Deborah Graham in May.

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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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  • 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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