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First hearing on CPS admission changes Sat.

11/12/2009 3:15 PM

Chicago Public Schools announced major changes to admissions prodcedures at CPS magnet schools and those with selective enrollment programs Tuesday. The first of six public hearings about the new procedures will be held Saturday on the Near West Side, at Andrew Jackson School.
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End of the road for YWCA building

11/12/2009 1:35 PM

The YWCA building at 830 S. Michigan will be demolished, leaving a gap in the Michigan Boulevard streetwall. The building's facade will not be saved, a lawyer for the building's owner said in Cook County Circuit Court this morning.
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Davis leaving county board president race

11/09/2009

Congressman Danny Davis has announced he'll seek another term representing the 7th District in Washington rather than run for president of the Cook County Board of Commissioners.
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Women's Park sale, medical district buying land

11/04/2009 2:33 PM

The city will sell the South Loop's Women's Park to the Chicago Park District, according to the November Community Development Commission agenda. The Illinois Medical District is purchasing land from the city at Hastings and Paulina, the agenda says.
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Who's in for the 7th District race -- for now

11/03/2009 10:59 AM

The deadline for filing signatures to be on the Feb. 2, 2010 ballot for the 7th District Congressional seat was yesterday, and 13 candidates from three political parties have tossed their hat in the ring.
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Northerly Island's next steps

10/29/2009

The future of Northerly Island will be discussed at a meeting on November 10, according to the Grant Park Advisory Council.
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Demolition starts at Reese and other links

10/28/2009 3:33 PM

In Bronzeville today, city contractors started demolishing the Michael Reese Hospital campus. Hotel workers are due to take a strike vote today.
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Seeking tips on hit and run

10/26/2009 3:11 PM

Martha Gonzalez, 36, was hit by a car at 18th and Halsted and killed shortly after 5 p.m. on Oct. 13. Friends and family of Gonzalez are raising funds for anyone who offers information leading to the driver, who sped away after the incident. Read more...

Plea references South Loop's biggest vacant parcel

10/22/2009 1:14 PM

Alonzo "Lou" Monk, once an advisor to indicted ex-governor Rod Blagojevich, discussed the the vacant 62-acre parcel at the southwest corner of Roosevelt and Clark, according to his plea deal. Monk has pleaded guilty.
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Trawling through the Reader document dump

10/22/2009

Chicago Reader investigative reporters Ben Jorvasky and Mick Dumke write about what they call the city's "shadow budget" this week. They've posted tax increment financing documents about TIF districts in the 2nd Ward.
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