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Community

Public invited to discuss proposal to recall mayor

By AustinTalks | January 5, 2016

A town hall meeting will be held Jan. 9 in Austin to talk about Illinois House Bill 4356.

28th Ward

March primaries could secure power for West Side politicians

By T.J. Kremer III | December 9, 2015

State lawmakers won’t see much competition this election cycle, but committeemen races could get interesting now that the Nov. 30th filing deadline has passed.

News

State lawmakers push for an elected school board

By Terry Dean | November 23, 2015

Reps. La Shawn Ford and Camille Lilly met recently with West Siders who don’t want the mayor to continue appointing members of the Chicago Board of Education.

News

Budget crisis starting to hit Austin

By T.J. Kremer III | July 14, 2015

The Democrat-controlled legislature and Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner still don’t have a new state spending plan.

News

Rally spoiled by budget veto

By T.J. Kremer III | June 29, 2015

State Democratic lawmakers say they’ll fight Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner’s proposed cuts and remain hopeful a new spending plan will be approved this week.

Community

West Side lawmaker wants to ban red light cameras

By AustinTalks | February 5, 2015

Rep. La Shawn Ford recommends that a task force be created to study the best practices and require Chicago to show it can improve its system.

News

Plenty of debate, few solutions at town hall

By T.J. Kremer III | January 5, 2015

Community comes together to discuss plans to move forward in 2015

News

Nursing homes push for legislative proposal

By AustinTalks | May 5, 2014

The Health Care Council of Illinois held an event Sunday at Jackson Square Nursing Center.

Community

Local candidate forums start Saturday

By AustinTalks | January 31, 2014

Those running for the vacant 1st District seat on the Cook County Board will participate Feb. 1.

Community

Win a free ticket to governor’s state of the state

By Rep. La Shawn Ford | January 16, 2014

Friday, Jan. 17 is the deadline to enter the contest put on by state Rep. La Shawn Ford.

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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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