Democratic Cook County Commissioner Forrest Claypool and Libertarian candidate for Lt. Governor Ed Rutledge filed petitions to be listed on the November general election ballot earlier this week. Claypool, a resident of Graceland West, filed 90,000 signatures, a number a spokeswoman for Cook County Clerk David Orr indicated may be a record for an...
Democratic Cook County Commissioner Forrest Claypool, in a press release today, said the campaign will file 90,000 signatures to appear on the November general election ballot as an independent running for Cook County Assessor. Claypool’s campaign manager, Thomas Bowen, said the campaign will file the petitions this afternoon at the Board of Elections. The...
With a Pat Quinn stand-up next to him, and his family nearby, Scott Lee Cohen kicked off another phase of a remarkable political campaign Sunday at his campaign headquarters on Chicago’s Near West Side. Cohen’s act of submitting petitions sets the stage for two local campaigns for independent office to offer new challenges to...
Lincoln Avenue will see some lane reductions throughout a construction project between Devon Avenue to Catalpa Avenue. This is due to the construction of median flower and traffic barrier. Northbound Lincoln: two travel lanes; no parking allowed. Southbound Lincoln: one travel lane, one parking/travel lane. The Raven Festival June 18, 19 & 20, 2010 4701 N. Ashland Ave....
Room 602 is a “raggedy-ass” courtroom, according to a woman who sat with friends on the wooden benches of the gallery. High ceilinged and stone-walled, the floor has cheap plastic tiles and the overhead lights give everything inside a yellow hue. The old wooden benches are hard. A metal grate looks like the only...
Lane Technical High School, 2501 W Addison St., made the Newsweek annual ranking of top US public high schools, the magazine announced this week. Lane ranked number 711 on the list and was among 50 area schools and eight Chicago Public Schools on the list. Newsweek ranked the schools based on the percentage of...
