Community
Learn how to appeal your property taxes
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Attend a free workshop with Cook County Commissioner Larry Rogers Jr. and state Rep. La Shawn Ford from 2 to 4 p.m. Dec. 9 at the Austin public library, 5615 W. Race Ave.
Community
30,000-plus properties in Cook County’s first tax sale in more than 2 years
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Local residents are being urged to check the Cook County treasurer’s web site to make sure they don’t have unpaid taxes needing to be paid. Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas will conduct the first sale in more than two years of delinquent property taxes on Nov. 5.
Community
Austin homeowners could lose their property at tax auction
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There are more than 3,000 properties in Cook County’s District 1 – much of it on Chicago’s West Side – in danger of being sold at the annual tax auction that begins May 3.
Community
New Cook County soda tax to be discussed Wednesday in Austin
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The Austin Chamber of Commerce and Westside Branch of the NAACP is holding the town hall discussion 6 p.m. Oct. 4 at the North Austin library branch, 5724 W. North Ave.
resource fair
What can government do for you?
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Cook County Commissioner Richard Boykin invites residents, other stakeholders to a resource fair May 20 at Austin Town Hall.
Austin Town Hall
County officials pledge $4 million to Austin, South Side for job training for youth
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South Shore, Back of the Yards also will receive money as government officials look to address unemployment, violence in Chicago.
Community
Boykin proposes free homes for teachers, police living in ‘endangered communities’
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The Cook County commissioner plans to introduce the legislation Feb. 8th.
Community
Community discussion this weekend
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Enjoy a free hot breakfast while discussing priorities for Cook County in 2017 with Commissioner Richard Boykin.
News
Report: West Side “epicenter” of heroin crisis in Illinois
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State Rep. La Shawn Ford and others are pushing for more funding for treatment rather than incarcerating addicts caught with low amounts of the drug.
1st District
Deadline extended for entering essay, art contest
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Cook County students in grades 3 through 12 have until May 13 to submit their work.