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Illinois laws passed to reduce prison overcrowding, improve public safety

By AustinTalks | June 25, 2012

Most of the legislation takes effect immediately.

Opinion

Why education cuts doom reforms, students

By Sen. Kimberly Lightford | June 13, 2012

Sen. Kimberly Lightford (4th) says money is available, but school funding continues to be cut.

News

Mandatory STD disclosure among inmates may become law

By Ellyn Fortino | May 29, 2012

The bill sponsored by West Side Illinois State Sen. Kimberly Lightford passed both the House and Senate; now it’s up to Gov. Pat Quinn to sign it.

News

Illinois students may soon have required recess

By Ellyn Fortino | May 21, 2012

The bill’s sponsor, state Sen. Kimberly Lightford, is also working on a measure to increase the drop out age from 17 to 18.

News

Austin lawmaker leaves today for Cuba

By Rep. La Shawn Ford | September 6, 2011

Rep. La Shawn K. Ford is one of six legislators making the trip with the aim of increasing Illinois exports.

News

Controversy erupts over who should get credit for education reform law

By AustinTalks | July 14, 2011

The head of Stand for Children takes credit for getting the legislation passed, causing lawmakers and other lobbying groups to cry foul.

Opinion

Let freedom ring

By Rep. La Shawn Ford | July 4, 2011

State Rep. La Shawn Ford wants independence – and jobs – for all.

Opinion

The billionaire boys club and public education

By AustinTalks | January 6, 2011

Dwayne Truss urges West Side residents to stop the Illinois General Assembly from acting on a bill he says will hurt Austin schools. Attend an emergency meeting this Saturday at 10 a.m. at 5660 W. Madison St.

News

Teen moms will have another place to go

By Ann McArthur | December 22, 2010

A New Moms Inc. facility is set to open in the spring at 5327 W. Chicago Ave. State officials have applied for federal money to provide comprehensive sex education.

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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