Chicago Tribune
The Kenwood Oakland Community Organization began its City Hall sit-in Wednesday hoping to land a meeting with the mayor and save neighborhood schools from the chopping block. But like a previous camp-out last fall in front of the mayor's office, it...
Chicago Tribune
In a further splintering of views on how best to redraw Chicago's wards, a prominent Latino civil rights group Wednesday put forward a map to compete with two others submitted by blocs of aldermen. The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational...
Chicago-Sun Times
City Hall Reporter/fspielman@suntimes.com January 4, 2012 4:18PM City Council Rule Committee Chairman Richard Mell (left) and Ald.Matt O'Shea (19th) speak during a public hearing in November to discuss the redrawing of ward boundaries. A new map...
Chicago Tribune
And it will be moved to mid-July, losing Independence Day as its anchor. The changes were announced last week during the holiday season, when fewer people are paying attention to the news. It was time to rethink the festival "after 20-plus years of...