Mayor Rahm Emanuel officially announced the appointment of Forrest Claypool as the new CEO of Chicago Public Schools on Thursday. Emanuel’s announcement comes three months after the mayor tapped Claypool to be his chief of staff.
CivicLab, a co-working space dedicated to promoting social justice and civic engagement through collaboration, closed on June 30. However, the group also launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise $5,000 in one month to fund the continuation of its TIF Illumination Project.
While writing his new book, “Unlock Congress: Reform the Rules – Restore the System,” Michael Golden spent two years researching the inner workings of the United States Congress and identifying the institution’s structural defects that contribute to the public’s negative opinion of congressional performance. In the book, Golden outlines what he found to be the systemic flaws in Congress’s work and provides suggestions for reform.
The Illinois Finance Authority Board of Directors on Thursday approved $685 million in bond sales for five projects designed to spur economic development and create at least 690 jobs.
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro, with Mayor Rahm Emanuel and local housing leaders present, announced a federal rule to promote equality in public housing during a press conference at Park Boulevard on Chicago’s South Side Wednesday.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Tuesday announced the Divvy bike sharing service will offer $5 annual memberships under a new program for low-income Chicago residents.
Chicagoans who do not have a credit or debit card and have household incomes below 300 percent of the federal poverty level will be eligible for the discounted memberships. Standard annual Divvy memberships are $75 and require the rider to register a credit or debit card.
Stage 18, a non-profit media and filmmaking initiative, is partnering with Cinespace Chicago Studios to provide a shared work environment for local filmmakers and media enthusiasts to collaborate and develop their projects.
Cinespace is a 1.45 million square foot studio in the Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side of Chicago. Some of Cinespace’s current clients include the critically-acclaimed TV shows “Empire” and “Chicago Fire.”
The Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center selected Howard Tullman to serve as CEO of 1871 in November 2013, and since that time his dedication to the 1871’s success has been undeniable.
An advisory question on the February 24 ballot asked Chicago voters if the city or state should reduce the influence of special interest money in elections by financing campaigns through small voter contributions and limited contributions from public funds. The question received a “yes” vote from 79 percent of voters after Common Cause Illinois’s Fair Elections campaign led the effort to get it on the ballot. Now the group is preparing to launch a campaign to turn the voter mandate into law.
While speaking to the City Club of Chicago on Tuesday, Illinois State Board of Education Chairman Rev. James Meeks called on members of the public to support the board’s goal of helping all students read at grade level by the time they leave third grade.
