By Sarah Severson

As part of the Chicago Transit Authority’s recent cutbacks, on Feb. 7 the 103-year-old Archer Garage at 2600 W. Pershing Rd. ceased operations. Also last month, the CTA cut service by implementing less frequent runs on 119 bus routes and seven of the CTA’s eight rail lines; reducing hours on [...]

Chicago, Jan. 18, 2010

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A coalition of public workers targeted several locations in Chicago’s Loop to dramatize the areas of the public sector that are being dismantled by corporation-controlled government.

To commemorate Martin Luther King day, on Jan. 18, 2010, Public Workers Unite began at Chicago Transit Authority headquarters, then marched [...]

We are living in a time of great crisis, but also great opportunity.   It can be hard to wrap your head around the twin crises of the economy and the environment.   Especially if your job is at stake, the bills are mounting, and it is just harder getting by.  However, there is opportunity if we [...]

Residents across the seven-county region helped to “Invent the Future” from May to September 2009 via public outreach by the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP), which is developing GO TO 2040, the official comprehensive plan to guide development and infrastructure.

Click here to read a CMAP news release summarizing this phase of public input. [...]