Photo by velo city . The recent economic crisis has exacerbated what was already becoming a huge problem for the city of Chicago: our municipal budget deficit. Barrels of ink and gigabytes of pixels have been published about both the shocking cuts and tax hikes needed and enacted to close the city's gaping budget hole; almost as much has been written about Daley's hoarding of tax dollars in the ...
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Chicago State University is the latest local school to jump on the iPad bandwagon. The South Side university next week will decide whether to provide all full-time freshmen, and the faculty who teach them, with free Apple iPads this fall. It is expected to cost about $335,300 for 700 of the devices. Chicago State is expecting about 500 freshmen this fall. University President Wayne Watson said ...
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The City of Chicago has just $2.7 million in the bank as it closes the books on its 2009 budget. Thats 10 times the $200,000 it had in the bank at the end of 2008.
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Chicago native Brian Vaszily, a bestselling author, speaker and editor in chief of one of the world's most popular personal growth publications, has launched the free "Personal Growth Chicago Book Club." The mission is to bring those in the Chicago area who love reading for personal and professional development together in engaging and enlightening discussions.
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Mayor Daley closed the books on 2009 with just $2.7 million in the bank, having added $461 million to the mountain of debt piled on Chicago taxpayers, year-end audits show. As low as the unreserved cash balance is, it's more than ten-times higher than the $200,000 the city had left after 2008.
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LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Walt Disney Co. said Friday that it has agreed to sell its Miramax Films business to Filmyard Holdings for over $660 million. The sale includes rights in over 700 film titles such as Chicago, Shakespeare in Love and No Country for Old Men, as well as other assets including books and development projects, Disney said. Partners in Filmyard include Los Angeles businessman ...
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The reward offered for the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the slaying of Chicago Police Officer Michael Bailey has been raised to $129,450, police said this afternoon. The reward--which was offered at $100,000 last weekend--was raised by 12 law firms, including three, Andrew M. Hale & Associates, Dykema and Daley, Mohan, Gorble, P.C., who each pledged $5,000 to the reward. Also ...
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Have you ever wondered what books in the library are numbered 745.61? Before I go on, let me tell you that Im excited to be going on an odyssey this summer - more specifically, a calligraphic odyssey.
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Tribune/WGN poll: 77 percent said they made changes to their daily routines to be more 'environmentally conscious' From his bucolic farm on the south side of Naperville, Steve Tiwald can see the imprint of the country's "green movement" on the faces of eager patrons as they arrive each week to collect their boxes of tomatoes, spinach and summer squash.
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The "Jersey Shore" cast have various business negotiations going on, including book deals and clothing lines, as the second season of the show gets under way.
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