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Election Day is here

By AustinTalks | April 2, 2019

Voters will be choosing Chicago’s next mayor today and a new treasurer, too. Polls will be open until 7 p.m.

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State Rep. Ford, other mayoral candidates to begin filing petitions next week

By Blair Paddock | November 16, 2018

Candidates wanting to replace Mayor Rahm Emanuel or serve as one of the 50 members of the Chicago City Council have until Nov. 26 to file their petitions.

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Rep. La Shawn Ford building support for a mayoral run

By Blair Paddock | October 9, 2018

Supporters gathered last week on the South Side to discuss a mayoral bid for the Austin lawmaker; another meeting will be held tonight.

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Chicago homeowners get extension to apply for tax break

By AustinTalks | November 30, 2016

About 155,000 households are eligible for a rebate of up to $200 and can apply through Friday, Dec. 30th.

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CPS strike averted with minutes to spare

By AustinTalks | October 11, 2016

Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis announced the tentative contract agreement late Monday night.

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Former governor brings mayoral term limit petition drive to Austin

By Terry Dean | July 15, 2016

Pat Quinn asked members of the South Austin Coalition Community Council to sign onto his referendum ballot proposal that seeks to limit Chicago’s mayor to two terms.

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Residents launch grassroots campaign for mayoral recall bill

By Terry Dean | January 15, 2016

Austin state Rep. La Shawn Ford and dozens of others gathered last week to discuss the recently proposed legislation, which faces several hurdles.

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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.

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Activists demand, denied police meeting over last weekend’s shootings

By Terry Dean | December 31, 2015

Community members renew their call for Rahm Emanuel to resign while the mayor promises reform.

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Austin aldermen split on new city budget

By Terry Dean | October 29, 2015

Jason Ervin and Chris Taliaferro rejected the spending plan, while Emma Mitts and Michael Scott supported it.

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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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