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New movie highlights foreclosure epidemic
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Filmmaker David Schechter and others discussed “Plunder: The Crime of Our Time” at its premier held earlier this month at Columbia College Chicago.
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State employment program extended through the holidays
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Thousands of Cook County residents will remain in their $10-an-hour jobs through Jan. 15. Gov. Pat Quinn will tap money from the state’s tobacco settlement to keep the program going another six weeks.
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Foreclosure continues to hurt West Side
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Holding the property owner/s responsible can be challenging, housing and neighborhood advocates say.
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Free worker safety training to be held Monday
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It’s not too late to sign up for the one-hour session being put on by the South Austin Coalition.
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Austin church doing work one block at a time
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More than 100 members of Hope Community Church have helped residents within a 23-block radius of the West Side church.
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New report criticizes Bank of America for its foreclosure rate
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National People’s Action and the South Austin Coalition say the banking giant isn’t doing enough to help keep people in their homes and demand action.
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Protest held outside Austin woman’s house after police visit
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Protesters say the Chicago Police Department mishandled the serving of a search warrant at the home of a disabled woman. But police defend their actions, saying they seized guns and narcotics.
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Austin on track to being undercounted in 2010 Census
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Between 48 and 63 percent of Austin households mailed in the 10-question survey – one of the lowest rates in the city. Census workers will be going door to door until July 10, trying to get more people to respond.
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Elderly woman upset that bank officials didn’t begin work on foreclosed building
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Volunteers from the South Austin Coalition and Westside Health Authority plan to clean up the property in the 5300 block of West Congress Parkway. Delia Ewing is hopeful US Bank will step in.
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Bank officials attend lively town hall meeting on foreclosure
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West Side residents pushed US Bank to set up a fund to deal with the growing problem, but officials say they can’t promise $25 million right now.