Parents, students and teachers protested cuts in special education funding before the Chicago Board of Education….
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Aldermen Setting Tasks for Chicago’s Safety
Alderman knocked the head of the city’s emergency management programs for not doing a better…
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Illinois will have to be pension reform pioneer
Illinois has to look beyond the 50 United States, to Puerto Rico, when searching for…
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Illinois mental health funding likely facing more cuts, despite Quinn’s promise of increase
Rita Winkeler thinks her developmentally disabled son has a bright future, but she worries it…
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Funding cuts upset disabled and elderly
Herman Byrd’s prostate cancer diagnosis hit him hard. With Medicare paying for his radiation treatments,…
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Murray Center’s closing leaves more than 250 developmentally disabled residents with tough choice
Just like any toddler, Karen Kelly’s son can throw a powerful temper tantrum. The only…
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Uptown takes next step in participatory budgeting
In 2007, Maria Hadden’s landlord abandoned the building she lived in in Rogers Park,…
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47th Ward Residents Voice Concerns About Libraries, Police Cuts at Budget Town Hall
More than 60 North Side residents upset with Mayor Emanuel’s proposed 2012 budget–which includes cuts to close the city’s $600 million shortfall–attended a budget town hall meeting sponsored by Ald. Ameya Pawar (47th) at McPherson Elementary School last Wednesday evening.