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Jan 30, 2019
Mayor Emanuel And Chicago Animal Care And Control Announce Record-High Live Release Rate In 2018
Sep 11, 2018
Annual CPS Academic Progress Report Shows Record-Breaking Student Achievements
Aug 21, 2018
Mayor Emanuel And City Colleges Of Chicago Recognize The Hundreds Of Star Scholar Graduates Transferring To Four-Year Institutions
Jul 17, 2018
Mayor Emanuel And Beam Suntory Launch New Beverage Management Pathways At City Colleges
Jun 20, 2018
Mayor Rahm Emanuel And City Colleges Of Chicago Team Up With Facebook To Equip A Tech Ready Workforce
Jun 21, 2024
Chicago Department of Public Health confirms Chicago's first West Nile virus-positive mosquitoes of 2024
May 22, 2024
Chicago Poet Laureate avery r. young Announces Free Workshops and Creative Opportunities for Chicagoans
Apr 29, 2024
2024 Chicago Farmers Markets Schedule
Oct 30, 2023
Inaugural “City Civics Day” Offers How-Tos on Community Engagement
Oct 16, 2023
Uptown School to Receive $5.6 Million in Facility Upgrades
Oct 16, 2023
Uptown School to Receive $5.6 Million in Facility Upgrades
Oct 4, 2023
North Park School Bus Complex Proposed for Property Tax Incentive
Oct 4, 2023
TIF Funding Proposed for School Improvement Projects
Oct 4, 2023
TIF Funding Proposed for School Improvement Projects
Sep 13, 2023
TIF Funding Approved for School Improvement Projects
Aug 18, 2023
Chicago Department of Public Health hosts Healthy Chicago 2025 Symposium and Healthy Chicago Equity Zones (HCEZ) Showcase
Aug 15, 2023
City of Chicago to spray insecticide on Wednesday to kill mosquitoes
Jul 28, 2023
City of Chicago And Community Partners Announce Heat Watch 2023 Activation Day
Jan 4, 2023
City of Chicago to Host Annual Holiday Tree Recycling at 26 Citywide Locations, January 7 to January 21
Jul 14, 2021
City of Chicago Releases Anticipated Waste Strategy
Jul 1, 2020
CCHR Quarterly Newsletter
Jun 18, 2020
CCHR Statement on Selena Reyes-Hernandez
Jun 5, 2020
CCHR Statement on the Killing of George Floyd
May 29, 2020
Hate Crime Educational Video
Jul 26, 2019
Mayor Lightfoot Announces a Major Increase in Accessible Pedestrian Signals at Intersections Across Chicago
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