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Record Number of Chicago Public Schools Graduates Enroll in College
The University of Chicago’s To and Through Project Convening, the UChicago Consortium of School Research released two new reports –one on college enrollment and one on degree attainment –showing a… Read more
Community Savings Bank Holds Customer Appreciation Days
Community Savings Bank held its annual “Customer Appreciation Days” at the main office on September 29th and 30th. The bank took this opportunity to thank its customers for their patronage,… Read more
New Report: growing Latino population needs more educational, economic resources
By: Ashmar Mandou Members of the Chicago City Council Latino Caucus; Ric Estrada, President and CEO of Metropolitan Family Services; José Miguel Acosta-Córdova, Research Assistant at the UIC’s Institute for… Read more
Commissioner Rosales Elected President of Organization of PJM States (OPSI)
The Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) is pleased to announce that Commissioner John R. Rosales has been unanimously elected to serve as President of Organization of PJM States, Inc. (OPSI). The… Read more
Chicago Public Schools Opens Applications for the 2018-19 School Year on GoCPS
Beginning this week, Chicago families can apply to schools for the 2018-19 academic year using GoCPS, the district’s new online application platform to simplify the process, as well as make… Read more
Rally ‘Chicago is not our sanctuary’
Caption by Ashmar Mandou Representatives of the Organized communities Against Deportations (OCAD) and Black Youth Project 100 (BYP100) blocked traffic outside of City Hall Tuesday afternoon with life size art… Read more
Around Town
Compiled by Ashmar Mandou Chicago Architecture Foundation The Chicago Architecture Foundation’s Open House Chicago is a free public festival that offers behind-the-scenes access to more than 200 buildings across Chicago…. Read more
CPS Forms Near South Community Steering Committee
Chicago Public Schools announced that it has taken the next step in the process to expand high-quality neighborhood school options for the near south community by bringing together a group… Read more
Congratulations to Tony Diaz
A big congratulations are in order to our very own Lawndale Bilingual News family member Tony Diaz who participated in the Bank of America Chicago Marathon on Sunday, Oct. 8th…. Read more
There Will Be No Wall
by Daniel Nardini When Republicans demanded that the U.S.-Mexico border be virtually militarized, then U.S. President Bill Clinton more than doubled the U.S. Border Patrol and strengthened those parts of… Read more »