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West Side Kids, Some Who Just Learned To Swim, Take On Chicago Triathlon
3+ week, 3+ day ago (470+ words) — A group of West Side students are getting ready to run their first triathlon this weekend, with many in the group learning to swim in the process after growing up with limited access to pools and swimming lessons. Fifteen young…...
Chicago's TIF Program Helped Downtown — But Not Poorer Neighborhoods, New Study Shows
2+ week, 4+ day ago (852+ words) TIF cause the value of the surrounding properties to rise, fueling more growth. But the new study argues...runaway development tool with little accountability to the public.” The researchers spent more than a year...successful in poorer areas, which have…...
Will Supreme Court’s Order On Mail-In Ballots Impact Voting In Illinois?
2+ week, 5+ day ago (849+ words) conferring with Attorney General Kwame Raoul’s office to determine how Illinois could be affected by a U.S....Supreme Court order allowing the Trump administration to proceed, at least for now, with implementing an executive...executive order that could greatly restrict access to…...
Illinois Promised To Protect Immigrants. Local Officials Helped Deport Them Anyway
2+ week, 5+ day ago (1685+ words) Torrez’s name and date of birth on his squad car laptop to confirm his identity. His search tripped a federal...Customs Enforcement warrant, meaning ICE was seeking to arrest him for deportation. Griffin was with the...limits Illinois law enforcement…...