CPS can't say if board will hear school access issue

Parent, aldermanic concerns 'under review’'

09/08/2010

Chicago Public Schools cannot guarantee that the Chicago Board of Education will discuss or see a recent request from the 2nd and 25th wards’ leadership, seeking an expanded magnet school option for hundreds of kids in the University Village and surrounding areas, in time for the next board meeting.
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Local 73 negotiations begin

Three units begin bargaining talks with UIC this week

09/08/2010

Three bargaining units of Local 73 of the Service Employees International Union this week began another round of talks with leadership at the University of Illinois-Chicago.
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Fioretti needs a few weeks to decide

09/08/2010

Ald. Robert Fioretti (2nd) on Tuesday told NBC’s “Ward Room” blog that he needed 10 days to decide whether or not to announce a bid for Chicago mayor shortly after Mayor Richard M. Daley dropped a surprise announcement that he would not seek a seventh term in office.
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The harvest is here

Colder nights and shorter days push farm fields to yield for neighborhood markets

09/08/2010

This time of year, if you ask farmer Jeannine Kalvaitis what was good at her Streeterville market stall, she will tell you it’s all fresh-picked and delicious. But, if pressed, she’ll admit it’s the candy onions, the watermelon and the tomatoes that are best this week. That the northeast Indiana family farm has vine-ripened tomatoes and perfectly toned watermelon to bring into Chicago’s city and neighborhood markets this year is a minor miracle.
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More people paying cash

The Home Front

09/08/2010

With home-loan interest rates at a 50-year low, mortgage market analysts were expecting an avalanche of loan originations for refinancing and purchases of homes and condos this year.
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Summer Dance ends this year's program with a big swing in Grant Park

Last dance

09/01/2010

The dance day started Sunday in Grant Park with a couple of hundred people working out the steps for East Coast Swing as instructors from the Fred Astaire Dance Studio demonstrated from the stage.
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Aldermen ask CPS for magnet school access

Expanded Jackson program touted as solution to neighborhood complaints

09/01/2010

Responding to community wishes, two Chicago aldermen last week recommended that Chicago Public Schools CEO Ron Huberman expand the Andrew Jackson Language Academy to address claims of a poor choice in neighborhood schools by some residents in areas of the 2nd and 25th wards.
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Chicago entrepreneur makes a go in the online coupon business

Small-scale success

09/01/2010

It’s hard to image that a desire for inexpensive sushi and hairdos would drive a small business to success by topping electronic coupon searches in the South Loop. But one neighborhood entrepreneur is linking urban dwellers with the deals they seek.
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Swim. Bike. Run.

09/01/2010

Web Extra! Slideshow
Thousands battled 90 degree temperatures to compete in the Chicago Triathlon along the shores of Lake Michigan on Sunday. A wave of swimmers dot the shore as they complete the two mile swim.
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Thousands beefing up business skills in Chicago MBA programs ... before economic recovery begins

Waiting for change

09/01/2010

If you are planning to take the GMAT, or Graduate Management Admission Test, in order to join over 18,000 MBA students in Chicago who are beefing up their skills for a rough job market, you may want to reconsider – for the sake of the economy.
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