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About 1,700 of the county's health-system employees formally changed their union membership about a week ahead of negotiations. The workers are trying to avoid job cuts as budget woes loom over Cook.
1 day ago | Adrian G. Uribarri
The city's Department of Public Health will enact wide-ranging cuts to services like STD testing and mental health treatment if the state's budget impasse continues.
1 day ago | Alex Parker
The store would be located on the corner of West Diversey Parkway and North Orchard Street. About 75 residents turned out at a recent meeting to discuss how the store would affect traffic.
2 days ago | Seth Maxon
The former Village North Theater, which closed more than six months ago, reopened last night ats the New 400 Theater. Owners tried to preserve some historic features while updating the venue.
2 days ago | Natasha Wasinski
The billing issues that caused four mental health centers to nearly close have been fixed, according to the state human services department.
2 days ago | Alex Parker
The cuts are an attempt to save about $100 million, a fraction of the district's deficit. Officials estimate the shortfall is at least $475 million and up to $600 million.
2 days ago | Adrian G. Uribarri
Dr. Janet Rowley made the discovery nearly 40 years ago that mutations in certain chromosomes helped cancer cells grow and spread. That changed how scientists thought about cancer and led to new treatments.
2 days ago | Peter Sachs
The report says gains on a state achievement test have little to do with improvements in student performance, and it praises charter schools as a way to educational reform.
3 days ago | Adrian G. Uribarri
The discussion also focused on Chicagoans views of the environment and how those views reflect development.
3 days ago | Samantha Liss
A midnight deadline passed this morning with no new state budget. That’s making it hard for the City Colleges to come up with a new budget, and gives no relief to students whose financial aid may be cut.
3 days ago | Peter Sachs
The Greenpeace report ranked supermarkets on how environmentally friendly their seafood sales are. Some operators with Chicago stores got high marks in the study.
3 days ago | Samantha Liss
As the closure of a popular South Side women's clinic looms, opponents of the University of Chicago's plan to close the facility gave a list of demands to UC President Robert Zimmer.
3 days ago | Alex Parker
The Chicago Conservation Corps provides training and resources to volunteers interested in launching projects to help the environment. The program started three years ago.
4 days ago | Samantha Liss
Nineteen Chicago health clinics are the beneficiaries of more than $15 million in federal stimulus funds. The money will be used to upgrade and expand their facilities.
4 days ago | Alex Parker
At their convention in Chicago today, delegates from Unite Here turned down a resolution to settle differences between their labor union and Workers United, an affiliate of Service Employees International Union.
4 days ago | Adrian G. Uribarri
