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The Rev, Jesse Jackson, the civil rights activist, is scheduled to meet with workers at Republic Windows and Doors, who lost their jobs last week and are trying to get back pay they owed.
11 months ago | Megan Cottrell
Republic Windows and Doors workers say they will continue today's sit in all weekend if that's what it takes to get their due. Meetings with the union, the bank and state officials yielded little progress.
11 months ago | Megan Cottrell
Republican Windows and Doors employees are sitting in at their plant, which is poised to close for good today because its owners can't get money from the bank to continue. Workers say they want their due.
11 months ago | Megan Cottrell
A Chicago manufacturing plant is closing because, owners say, it can't get the financing to stay afloat. Plant workers are demanding the bank give up the money to keep the plant going.
11 months ago | Megan Cottrell
Public transit is enforcing its policy against "continuous riders" and homeless advocates are worried about the effect that might have on people using the trains on winter nights.
11 months ago | Megan Cottrell
Governor Rod Blagojevich signed bill restoring funds cut from city substance abuse treatment centers, but clinics across Chicago aren't quite sure when or how much money they will see.
11 months ago | Megan Cottrell
Rogers Parks residents are trying to get a handle on crime in some pockets of the neighborhood. They are coming up with ideas to deal with problems like drug and gang activity and public drinking.
12 months ago | Tasneem Nomanbhai
The cameras are mounted on streetlights and used by police to spot illegal activity, including loitering, drug dealing and other crimes. Police will train and screen volunteers to serve as camera-watchers.
12 months ago | Marcie Hill
Gov. Rod Blagojevich has cut $137 million from substance abuse and mental health programs across the state to close a budget shortfall. A Daily News slideshow illustrates the impact at one facility.
12 months ago | Megan Cottrell
Early next year, half of the residents at LeClaire Courts will have to leave their homes. Leaders say they shouldn't have to go without knowing what will be there if they choose to return.
1 year ago | Megan Cottrell
Bronzeville residents are trying to improve access to their community, hoping it will spur development and help residents gain better access to rest of the city.
1 year ago | Megan Cottrell
CHA will start requiring all public housing residents to get a job come January. They'll get more hlep finding day care for their children as they head off to work.
1 year ago | Megan Cottrell
Gov. Rod Blagojevich cut millions from the city's substance abuse and mental health treatment programs. Health advocates are urging him to restore funding.
1 year ago | Megan Cottrell
The committee hearing on the proposed city-wide mobile billboard ban has been delayed twice since it was introduced back in September. It's unclear whether the committee will take it up this month.
1 year ago | Megan Cottrell
Eighty-seven percent of Bronzeville voters casts votes urging the mayor and the 2016 Olympic Committee to set aside 26 percent of the 1,800 vacant lots in the neighborhood for middle-income homeownership.
1 year ago | Megan Cottrell
