Chicago

Study Stirs Debate on Future of Chicago Waterways

Mon, 01/02/2012
A new Army Corps of Engineers study of Chicago-area waterways has stirred the debate over whether to sever the connection between Lake Michigan and inland waterways that were created by the construction of canals a century ago. The study, released on Dec. 7, is part of the Corps’s nearly decade-long process aimed at preventing invasive species,...
Army Corps of Engineers, Asian Carp, Chicago Waterways, coal, Fish, Government, Great Lakes, Indiana, Invasive Species, Lake Michigan, Manufacturing, Metro, Midwest, News, Northwest

Race to the Top Results 'Baffling' to Illinois Education Advocates

Thu, 12/29/2011
Illinois finally crossed the finish line first in the latest “Race to the Top” competition for federal education grants, a cornerstone of the Obama administration’s reform agenda. After coming up empty-handed three times in a row, the state was awarded $42.8 million from the United States Department of Education last week in a fourth round of Race...
Arne Duncan, Chicago Public Schools, CPS, Early Childhood Education, Education, Education Reform, Illinois Race to the Top, Metro, New Teacher Project, News, Obama, Race To The Top, Race to the Top Judging, Robin Steans, School Reform, Tim Daly

Warren: Only Divine Intervention Can Spare Blagojevich

Tue, 12/06/2011
Seventy-three men and women appeared to be staring at Rod Blagojevich from the walls of the ceremonial courtroom in the Dirksen Federal Building Tuesday. If the pictures on those walls could talk, their collective judgment would be damning. The daylong start to the convicted former governor’s sentencing hearing was pure Blago, even if he himself...
Blago, Blagojevich, Blagojevich Sentencing, Blagojevich Trial, Rod Blagojevich

Groups Aim to Seize Foreclosed Homes in Holiday Protest

Thu, 12/01/2011
Even if the winds of winter blow the Occupy Chicago protesters and percussionists off the corner of LaSalle Street and Jackson Boulevard, civil disobedience is not going into hibernation. A coalition of community organizations, including Occupy Chicago and Occupy the Hood Chicago have been holding training sessions in recent days to prepare for a...
Chicago Anti-Eviction Campaign, Chicago Foreclosures, Chicago Protests, Foreclosures, Occupy Chicago, Occupy Movement, Occupy Wall Street

State Lawmakers Reverse Cuts to Homeless Aid

Wed, 11/30/2011
Cuts to emergency aid for Chicago’s homeless were reversed late Tuesday after the Illinois General Assembly approved a measure to restore funding for state grants for emergency and transitional housing. The budget reallocation measure prevents the proposed $4.7 million reduction of state financing, a 52 percent cut, for emergency and transitional...
Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, City Council, Family and Support Services, General Assembly, Homeless Outreach, Homeless Services Cuts, Mayor Emanuel, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Pat Quinn