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Find out how your lawmakers voted in Springfield

By Deborah Kadin | December 2, 2010

The legislature approved proposals to expand gambling and extend some protections to gay couples.

Opinion

Update your real status

By John W. Fountain III | December 1, 2010

One way to commemorate World AIDS Day is to get tested. That’s what commentator John W. Fountain III advises.

Opinion

Will the West Side be part of the “new Chicago?”

By Austin Weekly News | October 31, 2010

Rev. Marshall Hatch writes in this week’s Austin Weekly News that residents must get involved and demand much from Chicago’s next mayor.

News

Congressman Davis says no Hispanic candidate can win Chicago’s mayoral race

By Hunter Clauss | October 28, 2010

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.

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Chicago Coalition for Mayor unveils its list of four finalists

By AustinTalks | October 25, 2010

Former U.S. Sen. Carol Moseley Braun, Congressman Danny Davis, Rev. and Sen. James Meeks and Commissioner Larry Rogers will be interviewed again before the coalition decides which person to back in the Feb. 22, 2011, election to replace retiring Mayor Richard Daley.

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Mario’s Butcher Shop settlement could impact Austin residents

By Angelica Jimenez | October 25, 2010

Customers of the store at 5817 W. Madison St. have until Oct. 29, 2010, to file a claim as part of a class-action lawsuit.

News

The Sounds of Austin debuts today

By Karl Klockars | October 19, 2010

Don’t miss our interview with Cook County Board candidate Ron Lawless, who’s challenging Commissioner Earlene Collins in District 1.

Business

Business owners on Madison Avenue could be eligible for city grants

By Kelsey Duckett | August 18, 2010

Business owners must apply for the $750,000 fund in the next month.

Opinion

Please take a ride to my block

By John W. Fountain III | August 17, 2010

Commentator John W. Fountain III shares where he gets some of his ideas and why he likes his neighborhood.

Opinion

Birthdays are becoming even more special

By John W. Fountain III | August 7, 2010

Chicago’s violence warrants a deeper celebration of birthdays because some of youth have celebrated their last, writes commentator John W. Fountain III.

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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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