By Lorraine Swanson, Editor, Lake Effect News In a packed auditorium at Swedish Covenant Hospital,…
Category: Today’s Talk
Englewood Pastors Excluded From CPS Anti-Violence Plan, Millions Go to Out-of-State Group
In an effort to push a $30 million anti-violence plan, the Chicago Board of Education…
Parents, Faculty Desperate For New Addition To Jam-Packed Edgebrook Elementary School
When students at Edgebrook Elementary School need help learning English, they report to an unlikely…
Chicago Waits: One Week Until Olympic Announcement, Site of Potential Olympic Village Set for Demolition
The countdown is on. In less than a week Chicagoans–and the rest of the world–will…
Northwest Side to Get Another Library As West Side Fights to Keep Branches Open
One of the wealthiest neighborhoods in Chicago will start work on a third public library…
DePaul Professor: Second Wave of Foreclosures Coming, Need for Affordable Housing Grows
By Dimitrios Kalantzis, Contributing Editor, Lake Effect News Last month the Institute for Housing Studies at…
News and Notes from the 2nd Ward, Town Hall Meeting This Week Will Address Housing Issues
Ald. Robert Fioretti (2nd) will hold a Town Hall Meeting Wednesday evening to discuss critical,…
Desire to Go Green Drives Chicagoland Car-Free Day Sept. 22
The Active Transportation Alliance is partnering with RTA, CTA, Pace and Metra to encourage people…