affordable housing
What you need to know about Pilsen’s proposed historic landmark district
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Will creating a landmark designation help or hurt longtime residents’ ability to stay in the neighborhood?
Criminal Justice
Watchdog: Seriously flawed Chicago gang database undermines public trust in police
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A report by the inspector general’s office calls on the police department to make immediate changes to its list of 134,000 mostly Black and Latinx individuals unfairly designated as gang members.
Chicago Election 2019
What do we do with all those campaign signs? Young Chicago artists have an answer
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The city normally removes campaign signs from public property, but otherwise they become eye sores that residents have to clean up themselves.
Chicago Election 2019
Latinx voters could determine the next mayor of Chicago, if they show up
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Both the Lightfoot and Preckwinkle campaigns are courting Latinx voters, who have historically voted along identity politics in recent Chicago elections.