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After Intense Debate, City Council Passes 2025 Budget
Dec 17, 2024 · This story was co-published with The TRiiBE.. O n Monday, the City Council passed Mayor Brandon Johnson’s proposed 2025 budget in a 27–23 vote. It was the Johnson …
Illinois Lawmakers Say They’re Ready to Stand Up for …
Jan 16, 2025 · I llinois lawmakers in predominantly Latinx communities vow to stand up for their constituents against President-elect Donald Trump’s mass deportation plans.. Trump has …
The Chicago Housing Authority Explained – South Side Weekly
Feb 25, 2022 · O riginally intended to replace overcrowded, deeply impoverished neighborhoods, Chicago’s midcentury public housing developments initially offered significantly better living …
Studio Freelove Makes Practicing Art Accessible
Oct 18, 2024 · Valdez created Studio Freelove with a focus on accessibility. The studio offers three ways for artists to pay for the collective after being selected: a full pay model where …
The Complicated History of the Globetrotters – South Side Weekly
Nov 7, 2024 · M any of us know about the Harlem Globetrotters, a South Side all-Black basketball team, and Abe Saperstein, its Jewish, Chicago-based promoter. The Globetrotters had its …
Best of the South Side 2024
I f you’re thinking, “Huh, it’s been a while since I saw one of these…” you’d be right. Our last Best of the South Side issue, which celebrated ten years of BoSS, came out in 2022. After iterating …
Mayoral Working Group Recommended Keeping ShotSpotter
Dec 23, 2024 · The working group hotly debated the question of ShotSpotter’s accuracy. Some members of the group voiced their support for the technology. One said, “Gun violence is …
Public Meetings Report — January 16, 2025 – South Side Weekly
Jan 16, 2025 · At the Chicago City Council Budget Hearing for the Department of Law, the city’s corporation counsel, Mary B. Richardson, introduced the office’s fourteen staff members …
Chicago Fashion Week Threads Together Community and Culture
Oct 24, 2024 · T he inaugural Chicago Fashion Week (CFW) made a citywide impact with more than fifty events across both the North and South Sides and extending into nearby suburbs. …