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Forest Park, Oak Park and River Forest are now a part of a statewide effort to have mental health professionals respond to certain 911 calls, instead of local police.
In 2021, Gov. JB Pritzker signed the Community Emergency Services and Supports Act into law. The law requires mental health referrals instead of police response in some situations. Since the law pass...
For a long time, the story of Austin was defined almost entirely by what left. Residents, businesses, investment, population. The numbers made for grim reading year after year. But something has started to shift, and the housing data is one of the more honest ways to see it.
According to a price index maintained by DePaul University’s
Real estate agent Shantel Franklin will be the first ever female state representative from the 8th House District after a surprisingly strong performance in a four-candidate field in her first political race.
Franklin, 32, who also served as an aide to Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul, for six years, had 5,997 votes, nearly 46% of the total, with around 88% o...
Oak Park Trustee Brian Straw was the only defendant in court Thursday morning when U.S. Judge April Perry approved the defense’s request that any record of White House officials encouragin...
Oak Park and River Forest favored progressive candidate Kina Collins in the March 17’s 7th Congressional District primary election.
Collins finished behind State Rep. La Shawn Ford, Chicago City Treasurer Melissa&nb...