Illinois
New Chicago trend: charter school teachers unionize
March 25, 2010One hundred teachers at four Chicago charter schools filed for union recognition March 19, joining 123 others who won their first contract last year.
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Women leaders call for urgent action on Illinois budget crisis
March 16, 2010More than 200 women leaders call for a "sensible" tax rate to overcome budget crisis of "epic proportions."
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Lorraine Hansberry home gets landmark status
February 11, 2010Chicago's City Council has given landmark status to the home of the author/activist who wrote "A Raisin in the Sun."
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Against the odds, independent politics advance in Illinois election
February 3, 2010CHICAGO -- Voters in the Feb. 2 Illinois primary election seemed to send a message to politicians: We're fed up with corruption; we want solutions.
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Chicago youth to Obama, Congress: We want to work!
February 1, 2010CHICAGO - A group of African American youth and community organizers who gathered to watch the State of the Union address were most interested in what the president had to say about jobs.
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