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Getting creative with TIFs

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Progress Illinois looks at ways the millions in TIF funds might be released for paying the City's bills.

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hughadam posted 21 weeks ago

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Englewood native struggles to become unlikely country music star

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"Growing up in Englewood, Liz Toussaint straddled a musical divide. More... (175 views)

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hughadam posted 23 weeks ago

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Nachos for lunch every day at CPS schools

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Tribune food writer Monica Eng looks at CPS school lunches and the national effort to improve kids' health, pointing out that making nachos available every day might not be a great idea in a distri More... (258 views)

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hughadam posted 23 weeks ago

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Elevated rail line could be 2.7 mile long park

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A plan to turn an old elevated rail line into a 2.7 mile long public greenspace is underway. I will connect Bucktown, Wicker Park, Logan Square, and Humboldt Park.

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hughadam posted 23 weeks ago

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Bankrupt Sun-Times Looks To Pay Bonuses To 20 Executives

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"Sun-Times Media Group Inc., which has been slashing jobs and closing down newspapers to cut costs, wants to pay 20 employees up to $1.8 million in bonuses if the company is sold for a certain amou More... (175 views)

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hughadam posted 23 weeks ago

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Beaches, architecture & ice cream on bike trip to the Indiana Dunes

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"Relax. Camp out Saturday night, cook over a fire, drink some whiskey from your flask and fall asleep to coyotes howling along with a distant train whistle.

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hughadam posted 24 weeks ago

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Obama's speech: The view from sweet home Chicago

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GlobalPost talks to Middle East expert Dr. Rachel Bronson, vice president of programs and studies at The Chicago Council on Global Affairs.

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hughadam posted 24 weeks ago

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Obama names "Great Lakes Czar"

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Cameron Davis, president and CEO of Chicago-based Alliance for the Great Lakes, has been tapped by the Obama administration to serve as special advisor to the U.S.

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hughadam posted 24 weeks ago

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Uncovered Chicago Defender archives featured in NYT

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"The collection has some 4,000 photographs, including unpublished shots of the boxer Jack Johnson and the bandleader Duke Ellington, as well as letters from every United States president from Truma More... (198 views)

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hughadam posted 25 weeks ago

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Microcredit used to help Chicago entrepreneurs

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"After being turned away by bank after bank, Best resigned herself to a grim routine of working two jobs and racking up credit card debt.

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hughadam posted 25 weeks ago

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