Posts by Tim Hadac
Pols fail private-school kids
. By Rich Miller . I don’t know whether or not the legislative Democratic leadership would have allowed a vote, but it is puzzling to me that the people behind the extension of the state’s Invest in Kids Act program didn’t at least try to run a bill that would have wound the program down…
Read MorePolice Reports
. Crime reports courtesy of swchicagopost.com. Police report information is provided by law enforcement agencies. Charges are not evidence of guilt. They are a record of police actions taken, and people charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Triple slaying in Scottsdale Three men were shot and…
Read MoreHundreds march against migrant plans
. Rip Johnson, Ramirez over tent encampment . By Tim Hadac Hundreds of Brighton Park residents—most either immigrants or children of immigrants—took to the streets last week to rip Mayor Brandon Johnson, as well as 12th Ward Ald. Julia Ramirez, over plans to erect a tent encampment for as many as 2,000 migrants on a…
Read MoreSalute to those who served
. Three members of a rifle team fire a salute skyward to honor all military veterans. The salute was part of a Veterans Day program held Saturday, Nov. 11 at the Rhine VFW Post 2729. – Greater Southwest News-Herald photo by Cosmo Hadac
Read MoreCHA’s LeClaire Courts will be rebuilt, developer vows
. Long-delayed project may break ground in 2024 . By Tim Hadac Four years after officials announced the coming rebirth of the LeClaire Courts CHA housing projects—and two years after construction was supposed to begin–no shovel has even touched dirt. “I know you’ve heard this before [in past public meetings], but we are making tremendous…
Read MoreKennedy grid star is all-city
. In Kennedy High School’s first year in the Chicago Public Schools’ newly-revived flag football league, junior Andrea Íñiguez earned all-city honors. A wide receiver on offense and a safety on defense, she finished with one touchdown reception, two interceptions and 10 flag pulls (tackles) for the Crusaders. She is a 2021 graduate…
Read MoreIntroducing a new neighborhood correspondent
. By Alexis Bocanegra Your correspondent in Clearing and Garfield Ridge (773) 949-1509 • grcl.alex23@gmail.com , (Editor’s note: this week we are most pleased to welcome a new, monthly correspondent to the Clear-Ridge Reporter & NewsHound. We’ve asked her to introduce herself with a few paragraphs. Our other monthly correspondent, Patti Tyznik, is taking this…
Read MorePolice Reports
. Crime reports courtesy of swchicagopost.com. Police report information is provided by law enforcement agencies. Charges are not evidence of guilt. They are a record of police actions taken, and people charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. . Triple homicide in Brighton Park Three men were…
Read MoreSchool board spat erodes confidence in Springfield
. By Rich Miller . Chicago Teachers Union lobbyist Kurt Hilgendorf told the Illinois Senate Executive Committee on Nov. 7 that the union had only “one problem” with Senate President Don Harmon’s elected Chicago school board bill. Hilgendorf praised much of the bill during his testimony. But the Chicago Teachers Union has claimed for years that…
Read MorePols care more about Israel than seniors, vets
. By Ray Hanania . In 2022, the Social Security Trust Fund had a $22 billion deficit, which shows you how little Congress cares about seniors compared to how they care about some foreign countries. When the deficit was announced, no Republican or Democrat members of Congress rushed to resolve their across-the-aisle political differences. Instead,…
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