Fewer kids may spend their days sipping sugary juice and lounging in front of “Blue’s…
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Advocates Hope Change in New Law Will Save More Abandoned Babies
A new Illinois law that will extend the time a women has to legally abandon…
Not Trash After All
Literally nothing was thrown away at the GreenTown Conference, held Oct. 15 at Columbia College…
Pilsen Parents Keep Pushing for School Improvements
Parents of Whittier Elementary School (1900 w. 23rd St, Chicago) students and members of the…
Money No Longer a Motivator for CPS Students
A controversial program that paid over $2 million to students for good grades has been quietly scrapped due to…
Potential Closing of Ravenswood Hospital Angers Local Officials
By Lorraine Swanson, Editor, Lake Effect News The Chicago Institute of Neurosurgery and Neuroresearch Medical Group…
Charting the Future of Rogers Park? Neighborhood Group Tries to Reach Out
For many years Rogers Park has been known as one of Chicago’s most diverse neighborhoods,…
Preservationists, Neighbors “Sickened” by City’s Removal of Trees, Landscaping at Michael Reese Hospital
Sharon K. Jackson was looking out her eighth floor window at the Prairie Shores apartments…