News
Austin TIF has done little to revitalize West Side
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The Chicago News Cooperative takes an in-depth look at one of Austin’s tax increment financing districts.
News
Ald. Ervin wants TIF dollars to fund green projects
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East Garfield Park experiment could be a model for saving energy.
News
Loretto Hospital’s TIF project has yielded no jobs
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Ten positions were to be created by an emergency room renovation and expansion.
News
TIF program designed to benefit struggling neighborhoods does little to help Chicago’s most-populated community
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Just one Austin project- the Coca-Cola distribution facility at1401 N. Cicero Ave. – has been completed over the last decade.
News
Just a handful of private-sector TIF projects approved in Austin over the last decade
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Only one has been completed, and details about some of the others are hazy.
Opinion
Goodbye Mayor Daley – and good riddance, writes one local commentator
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Austin Weekly News columnist Arlene Jones reflects on Richard Daley’s 22-year tenure and what it meant for the black community.
News
Most TIF money since 2000 went to companies, nonprofits in the heart of Chicago
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Tax increment financing of private-sector projects bypassed parts of the West and South Sides, though some funding was approved for Austin.
News
Alderman’s neighbor challenging her in the 37th Ward
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Shanika J. Finley is one of six candidates vying to represent North Austin.
News
Former village manager wants to make permanent his new job as 28th Ward alderman
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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.
News
Retired Chicago police officer wants to be the next 29th Ward alderman
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Our partners at the Austin Weekly News talked with candidate Beverly Rogers. She’s challenging Ald. Deborah Graham in the Feb. 22nd election.