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Mayor Brandon Johnson Launches Workers’ Rights Campaign for Creative Workers
Jan 30, 2024
Mayor Johnson Announces $8 Million in City Support for Historic Preservation Projects
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Mayor Johnson Announces $8 Million in City Support for Historic Preservation Projects
Oct 18, 2023
DFSS 2023 Homeless Services Strategy Book
Oct 4, 2023
Former Washington Park Fire House Proposed as Youth Training Facility
Oct 4, 2023
Former Washington Park Fire House Proposed as Youth Training Facility
Sep 8, 2023
DFSS 2023 Annual Homeless Report
May 24, 2023
Land Sale Would Enable $42 Million Mixed-Use Complex in Grand Boulevard
Jan 31, 2022
Chicago Resilient Communities Monthly Cash Assistance Pilot RFP
Oct 18, 2021
Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot and City of Chicago Announce Parade and Rally to Celebrate 2021 WNBA Champion Chicago Sky
Feb 24, 2021
Chicago City Council confirms Nancy Andrade as Commissioner for the Chicago Commission on Human Relations
Feb 23, 2021
Free Financial Navigator Program to Help Residents Tackle COVID-19 Financial Challenges
Dec 30, 2020
City Seeks Input as Planners Launch Study of North Western Avenue
Sep 21, 2020
Peace Day 2020
Sep 8, 2020
2019 CCHR Annual Report
Jul 17, 2020
City of Chicago selects CURB to manage the City’s Centralized Wheelchair Accessible Vehicle (WAV) Taxicab Dispatch Service
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
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