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CPS Budget Invests $4B to Strengthen Classroom Instruction, Resources
Chicago Public Schools (CPS) released the 2022-23 school budgets that aim to strengthen rigorous standards-based teaching and learning following the past two challenging years of the COVID-19 pandemic. The $4… Read more
CDPH Removes Seven States from its Travel Advisory
The Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) on Tuesday removed seven states from its weekly COVID-19 Travel Advisory – Alabama, California, Montana, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, and Oregon… Read more
Illinois Humanities Launches Envisioning Justice RE:ACTION
This week, Illinois Humanities’ Envisioning Justice RE:ACTION, a virtual exhibition and interactive toolkit, opens to the public. Designed to generate action, reflection, and community conversation around mass incarceration, the exhibition… Read more
Pappas: Certified notice out on 45,000 properties with unpaid taxes in Cook County
On May 12, 2022, Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas will begin the sale of unpaid 2019 property taxes that were originally due in 2020. Property owners can avoid the Annual… Read more
Mole de Mayo Returns as a Live Festival
Pilsen-based nonprofit, Economic Strategies Development Corporation (ESDC) announces the return of its largest event, Mole de Mayo Festival. Now in its 13th year, the only three-day outdoor mole cook-off event… Read more
McDonald’s USA Surprises Fans with Unexpected Szechuan Sauce Drop
It has a cult following, partly because McDonald’s fans never know when…or if it will ever return. And just when they were beginning to wonder if they’d ever be able to dip their… Read more
American Writers Museum to Host Janelle Monáe for Book Tour Stop at Harris Theater
As part of its fifth year anniversary celebration, the American Writers Museum (AWM) will host Janelle Monáe, artist, rapper, singer, and actor, for a discussion about her debut book The… Read more
Representative Hernandez Holds Food Drive to Honor Cesar Chavez
State Rep. Elizabeth “Lisa” Hernandez, D-Cicero, will honor labor rights activist César Chávez’s 95th birthday, by collecting non-perishable food at her district office located at 6117 W. Cermak Rd. in… Read more
Gas Giveaway Procedures
The Office of Emergency Management and Communications (OEMC) and the Chicago Police Department (CPD) have coordinated with Dr. Willie Wilson and his staff to provide City and department resources to… Read more
DFSS, Home Run Inn Celebrate Anniversary by Feeding Chicagoans
As the oldest family-owned pizza brand that has captured the hearts of Chicagoans since it opened its first tavern on the South Side, Home Run Inn is celebrating 75 years… Read more
