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Austin TIF has done little to revitalize West Side

The Chicago News Cooperative takes an in-depth look at one of Austin’s tax increment financing districts.

East Garfield Park experiment could be a model for saving energy.

Ten positions were to be created by an emergency room renovation and expansion.

Just one Austin project- the Coca-Cola distribution facility at1401 N. Cicero Ave. – has been completed over the last decade.

Only one has been completed, and details about some of the others are hazy.

Austin Weekly News columnist Arlene Jones reflects on Richard Daley’s 22-year tenure and what it meant for the black community.

Tax increment financing of private-sector projects bypassed parts of the West and South Sides, though some funding was approved for Austin.

Shanika J. Finley is one of six candidates vying to represent North Austin.

Jason Ervin, newly appointed to serve out the rest of retired Ald. Ed Smith’s term, aims to beat opponents Carmelita Earls and William Siegmund.

Our partners at the Austin Weekly News talked with candidate Beverly Rogers. She’s challenging Ald. Deborah Graham in the Feb. 22nd election.