News
Collins refuses furlough days; county employees slated for lay offs
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She was one of four Cook County Commissioners who didn’t take any or part of the unpaid days, a measure they agreed on when the 2011 budget was passed last February.
Community
Not enough police in high-crime areas
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The Chicago News Cooperative reports some South and West Side neighborhoods have twice as many violent crimes per officer than North Side communities.
News
Austin TIF has done little to revitalize West Side
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The Chicago News Cooperative takes an in-depth look at one of Austin’s tax increment financing districts.
News
West Side high school celebrates a milestone
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The first class of graduates at Austin Polytechnical Academy earned their diplomas last month. Read the final installment of the Chicago News Cooperative’s year-long series that chronicled the journal of three seniors.
News
Chicagoans hearing a lot or a little about crime, depending on where they live
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Before you go to the polls Tuesday, you’ll want to listen to this story by Chicago Public Radio reporters Chip Mitchell and Odette Yousef.
News
Austin population drops by thousands
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New figures from the 2010 Census show that while Austin remains the largest of Chicago’s 77 neighborhoods, it has just over 100,000 residents.
News
Rev. Marshall Hatch drops out of 29th Ward race
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The Chicago News Cooperative’s Hunter Clauss reports today that the minister has dropped his bid to challenge Ald. Deborah Graham in the Feb. 22nd election.
News
The New York Times spotlights Austin Polytechnical Academy
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A reporter for the Chicago News Cooperative will be following three honors students from Austin Polytechnical Academy this school year as they near graduation from the West Side high school.