Chicago police release images of suspects in Loop Red Line robbery, attack
Chicago police are searching for three people accused of attacking and robbing a passenger on a CTA Red Line platform.
Gentrification isn't inevitable: How conflicts among residents play a factor
Conflicts among residents over neighborhood reputation are an important factor in whether a neighborhood becomes gentrified ...
Gentrification isn’t inevitable − it can hinge on how residents view their neighborhood
A case study of a mainly Latino neighborhood in Houston shows that when residents value a neighborhood as it is, they can ...
Chicago weather: Much needed, ‘significant' rain moves in, along with chance of storms
Some much needed, "significant" rain was on the way for the Chicago area for the first time in over three weeks.
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Chicago Board of Education adopts new 5-year plan prioritizing neighborhood public schools
The Chicago Board of Education has approved a plan that maps out Chicago Public Schools’ priorities for the next five years ...
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Mayor Johnson Launches $230M Affordable Housing Developments in Chicago's West Garfield Park and Near South Side
Mayor Brandon Johnson announces two Chicago housing developments funded by new HED bonds, enhancing affordable housing in the ...
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Opinion: This policy change supports small biz and reduces crime, too
Look at any map of Chicago measuring crime or poverty ... Diverse stakeholders who have watched the same cycle of violence ...
Young writers put Oak Park on the poetry map of Illinois
Four grade schoolers from Oak Park were among winners of the 2024 Gwendolyn Brooks Youth Poetry Awards, a statewide contest.
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Explaining Chicago Public Schools: The buildings
The average age of a Chicago public school is 83 years and 70 schools have facilities built before 1900. It would cost $14.4 ...
Around the Southland: Beverly Art Walk set, Evergreen Park school honored, more
An art walk and garden program in Beverly, Palos parade to shut down roads and more things happening in the south suburbs.
Chicago board votes to pass CPS' new 5-year plan aiming to create ‘equity-driven' schools
The future of Chicago Public Schools was in the hands of the Chicago Board of Education, as a critical vote over the district ...
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Explaining Chicago Public Schools: The types of schools
Chicago families have a lot of options when it comes to public education: magnet schools, language academies, public Montessori, gifted centers, STEM schools, International Baccalaureate programs, and ...