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Cook County Board of Commissioners

Commissioner Brandon Johnson sworn in Monday

By AustinTalks | December 3, 2018

The newly elected commissioner and the rest of the Cook County Board is being sworn in Dec. 3 for four-year terms.

Opinion

Commissioner Boykin bids farewell

By AustinTalks | November 26, 2018

Brandon Johnson will begin representing the 1st District on the Cook County Board of Commissioners Dec. 3.

BUILD Chicago

Plans continue for Austin community court

By Connor S. Carynski | September 5, 2018

Another meeting will be held Sept. 19 at BUILD’s offices. Cook County Commissioner Richard Boykin has been leading efforts to gauge support for such a court in Austin.

Austin

West Siders will meet again to discuss creating community court in Austin

By AustinTalks | August 26, 2018

Cook County Commissioner will host the meeting 6 p.m. Aug. 27 at BUILD, 5100 W. Harrison St. Please RSVP by email or phone.

Community

West Side women invited to pre-Mother’s Day celebration

By AustinTalks | May 3, 2018

The event – sponsored by Cook County Commissioner Richard Boykin, the Park District of Forest Park and Roman Morrow – will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. May 4th at 7501 W. Harrison St. in Forest Park.

Small Business

Democrat nominee Brandon Johnson meets with Austin small business owners

By Ian Karbal | May 2, 2018

Johnson spoke to members of the Austin African American Business Networking Association at their monthly meeting. The former teacher and union organizer defeated the incumbent, Cook County Commissioner Richard Boykin, in the March 20 Democratic primary

Election 2018

Race to be next Cook County commissioner still in flux

By Analisa Trofimuk | March 23, 2018

With votes from all but a few precincts counted, challenger Brandon Johnson is declaring victory over first-term incumbent Richard Boykin. But Boykin is not conceding defeat.

Cook County Board

Union organizer Brandon Johnson ahead of Cook County Commissioner Boykin

By AustinTalks | March 21, 2018

With all but 13 precincts reporting votes, the Oak Park incumbent was losing to Johnson, a union organizer and first-time candidate. The winning Democrat is expected to win this fall’s general election, as no Republican sought that party’s nomination in the predominantly Democrat district.

Brandon Johnson

Voting Tuesday? Here’s what you need to know about Cook County’s 1st District race

By Matthew Hendickson | March 20, 2018

The board candidates – incumbent Richard Boykin and challenger Brandon Johnson – and their supporters have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on the primary contest.

News

1st District candidates spar over jobs, gun violence at Austin debate

By Matthew Hendickson | February 6, 2018

Cook County Commissioner Richard Boykin and challenger Brandon Johnson squared off at a raucous candidates forum Saturday. Both men appear on the Democrat primary ballot; early voting begins later this month for the March 20 election.

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News

  • 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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