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Applications are being accepted for the federal Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). More than $200 million has been set aside to help eligible residents pay their heating bills this winter.
Eligible students must apply by the June 11 deadline.
Learn how the Austin Green team will be affected.
The settlement, that will affect Austin’s Nash Elementary, was made to prevent court action against CPS.
The Chicago Tribune recently reported many alderman don’t refuse optional annual pay increases and some haven’t taken furlough days along with city workers who were required to do so through last June.
Earlean Collins, who represents Austin on the 17-member Cook County Board, reversed her earlier decision. Most of the county’s 23,000-some workers are taking furlough days to help balance the budget.