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NAACP holds first primary election candidate forum

By Ellyn Fortino | February 15, 2012

The event gave residents the opportunity to learn more about those running for Cook County positions that will be on the March 20 ballot.

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29th Ward alderman kicks off her committeeman campaign

By Ellyn Fortino | February 8, 2012

She says challenger, U.S. Rep. Danny K. Davis, can’t do the job from his office in Washington, but she’ll be working daily with residents on the West Side.

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Davis challenges Graham to be West Side’s political leader

By Patrick Smith | January 23, 2012

The March 20 election for committeeman could increase the congressman’s power and provide greater protection for his current position if he defeats the alderman.

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West Side congressman has to pay election fines

By AustinTalks | December 12, 2011

U.S. Rep. Danny K. Davis and other candidates running for election must settle up if they want their names to appear on the March 20th ballot.

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Chandler in, Dixon out in the 24th Ward

By Sarah Ostman | April 6, 2011

The former three-term alderman will return to the Chicago City Council in mid-May, along with many other new members.

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The 24th Ward’s next alderman picked today

By AustinTalks | April 5, 2011

Voters will choose between Ald. Sharon Dixon and challenger Michael Chandler. Polls close at 7 p.m.

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Ousted alderman trying for comeback in 24th Ward

By Sarah Ostman | April 3, 2011

Michael Chandler hopes to regain his seat in Tuesday’s runoff. He wants another shot at representing South Austin and Lawndale.

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Few hundred complaints reported Feb. 22 in Austin-area wards

By Sarah Ostman | March 25, 2011

The Chicago Board of Election Commissioners said the issues they learned about were not out of the ordinary. Officials will be taking calls again April 5 when the runoff in the 24th Ward takes place.

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Election continues in the 24th Ward

By Sarah Ostman | March 21, 2011

The ballot has been narrowed from 18 candidates to two. The current alderman, Sharon Dixon, faces Michael Chandler, who used to represent the area.

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Incumbents win in 28th, 29th and 37th Wards

By Sarah Ostman | February 23, 2011

West Side voters backed recently appointed Alds. Jason Ervin and Deborah Graham, and reelected Ald. Emma Mitts.

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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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