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December, 2004 Federal cutbacks leave young workers out in the cold.

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	Drop in the Bucket Sarah KarpFederal cutbacks leave young workers out in the cold. > Read More

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	Off Days With the exception of weekdays preceding or following holidays like Christmas, New Year's Day, Easter, Thanksgiving and Presidents' Day, city workers were most often absent on Tuesday, February 25, 2003, Chicago's Municipal Election Day, and March 16, 2004, the date of the last General Primary Election in Illinois. Some city workers say they perform electioneering duties on those days as a favor to those who helped get them hired.> Read More
	Inside Stories Stand Up Guys Every Election Day, thousands of city employees skip their jobs to do political work. And some say they're forced to.> Read More
	Where the Jobs Are Teenagers on Chicago's North Side are more likely to be working than those on the South Side. Experts say there are more businesses on the North Side, and that professional parents have more connections.> Read More
	Top 10 Job Placements, 2000-2003 Top 10 Job Placements> Read More
	Hanging On While more than 3,000 young people participated in the city's year-round employment program last year, most of them remained in the program for a second year--without jobs.> Read More