Cook County Government: President Preckwinkle Launches New System To Streamline Public Records Requests Cook County

. The new FOIA system uses GovQA software to allow requestors to track their public records requests online. The new system helps standa ...

Let's Deliver Our Mail with the Illinois National Guard, Today!

The Chicago Post Offices Which Have No Staff to Deliver Mail Today ... Must Have the Illinois National Guard Deliver That Mail ... TODAY!

Let's Stop Throwing Out the Vaccines, And Get Them Into People!

The Vaccine-Priority System Needs to be Ended Today ... it is hurting, not helping!

Mayor Lightfoot: Please pick up the phone now

Chicago's Parents of Children Killed this Weekend Want a Stop to This Killing ... You must call the Governor and the President Now

My Open Letter To the University of Chicago

The University Needs to Re-Activate Its Summer Youth Activities for Nearby Youth

Fireworks, M-80s Every Night: My Open Letter to Mayor Lightfoot

Fireworks and Bombs Are Exploding Every Night in America's Largest Cities

The U of Chicago Police Department Is Now Occupied By UC Students

Here is the Statement from the University of Chicago ... And the Twitter Link from the Protestors

GOP Women Reps Call on Governor to Convene Legislature

Pritzker Shouldn't Continue Excluding General Assembly During COVID-19 Crisis

Nurses Strike Is Called Off, and Tentative Agreement Is Reached

"the Medical Center and the National Nurses United reached a tentative agreement early Saturday morning"

Level 1 Trauma Services Are Now Closed at UofC Medical Center

Statement by UChicago Medical Center Is Here

Without a Public Budget, Zimmer and Polonsky Must Both Resign Now

OPINION: Students and Patients Pay Too Much Money to Not Know Where Their Money Goes, Especially for Needed Nurses and for Needed Counselors

An Open Letter for More Cooperative Planning for the Comer Race

Hyde Park Residents Want to Take Part in the Planning Through Their Community of the 2020 Comer Race

UChicago's Nurses Have Returned To Work At 7:00am This Morning

Here Is a Statement by The University of Chicago Medical Center

My Open Letter To Administrators and Nurses of The Medical Center

OPINION: Too Many Patients and Too Few Un-Tired Staff ... Are the ONLY Issues!

Here Is The University of Chicago Medical Center's Summary

This is the Statement by The University of Chicago Medical Center on Its Negotiations With Its Nurses

Sid's Plan To Improve and Redevelop Stony Island Avenue

Especially if the Obama Center Is Built in Jackson Park ... Here is Sid's Plan For Redeveloping Stony Island Avenue and Other Streets Nearby

East- and West-Bound Midway Plaisance To Be Re-Paved Next Year

The City Will Listen to Your Suggestions for Alterations to Signage, to Slow Traffic and Improve Pedestrian-Crossing Safety

OPINION: Can't Anyone Here Be Accurate and Knowledgeable?

Too Many Monopolies, With Their Lack of Incentives To Be Polite and Helpful ... Are Costing America Billions

The Madness of Perfectionism Needs to Stop, At Once

The UChicago Administration, Together With Graduate Students United ... Must Start With a Blank Page In Order To Achieve an Agreement

An Open Letter To The University of Chicago On Crime Reporting

Opinion: The University Is Inappropriately Using Its "Guidelines" To Hide Essential Information from The Community About Crimes

Commentary: UofC Web-Posts "Secretly" Its "News"

Is the U of C Still in the Dark Ages of Communication??

Analysis: Leslie Hairston Has Won the 5th's Alderman Race

There Are Not Enough Mailed-In Ballots Remaining to Switch Hairston's 170-Vote Lead to a Deficit With Calloway

My Endorsement for Mayor; and for Alderman of 5th and 20th Wards

Chicago's Run-off Election Is Two Weeks From Tuesday, on Tuesday April 2nd: Alderman for the 20th Ward; 5th Ward; and Mayor To Be Elected

Is It Time To Stop Insulting the Other Candidate?

An Epidemic of Negative Campaigning Succeeds in Making Voters Want to Vote For No One For Mayor

Commentary: Jewel-Osco Opening's Great Lessons for Obama's Center

The Jewel-Osco Shows that Buildings Spread Through Our Neighborhoods Are Best; And President Obama Needs to Pull the Plug and Start over!

6:00am: Thur March 7: Jewel-Osco Opens at 6014 S. Cottage Grove

And UChicago Hopes to Sign a Lease This Month for the Treasure Island Space ... Is Amazon Next?

Runoff Likely In 5th Ward Election: Hairston At 48 Percent

Incumbent Leslie Hairston is likely headed for a runoff against challenger William Calloway, but 3 precincts were still out Tuesday night.

"We must all hang together, or ... we shall all hang separately."

Your Patch Mayor for Hyde Park, Sid Colton, endorses Toni Preckwinkle to be the next Mayor of Chicago.

Judge OKs Lawsuit Aimed At Halting Obama Library

Protect Our Parks is fighting to stop construction of former President Barack Obama's $500 million presidential center in a South Side park.

Opinion: You Can Volunteer and Help Chicago

Your Volunteering Can Help Make for a Better Chicago In Many Many Ways

The Patch Mayor Endorses Gabriel Piemonte for 5th Ward Alderman

Election Day in Chicago is in 2 1/2 Weeks, On Tuesday, February 26th

Opinion: An Open Letter About UPS Poor Service to the U.S. FTC

Are your packages being thrown at your building by UPS instead of being delivered properly? Does UPS Not Use Your Buzzer or Intercom?

Opinion: More Cameras Need To Be Put into Hyde Park by the City

My Open Letter to Alderman Leslie Hairston

Local Jewel-Osco To Open In 6 1/2 Weeks, On Thursday March 7

Jewel-Osco writes, "We are so excited!! Please join us for the ribbon cutting at 10am on March 7th!"

Opinion: Can Chicago Leave the 19th Century Behind?

Illinois Needs to Re-Write Parts of Its Constitution to Require a Special Election for Each Vacancy-during-a-term

OPINION: U of Chicago Needs To Sell The Hyde Park Shopping Center

Replacement for Treasure Island Will Not Appear Prior to September 2019; The Jewel on Cottage Just North of 61st Will Be Open By March 2019

3 File Petitions To Challenge Hairston In 2019 5th Ward Election

5th Ward candidates in the 2019 city of Chicago election are Leslie Hairston, Gabriel Piemonte, William Calloway and Shelly Quiles.

Which Of These Six Stories Is Most Important?

Click https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/7TBV9TB to take this one-question survey!

Today: 2-4pm Saturday Coffee Hour for Teen Halloween Planning

Today Saturday Nov 17th 2-4p @Sanctuary Cafe; then December 1st, 2-4p @Sip & Savor (5301 S Hyde Park Blvd) Are the Two Upcoming Coffee Hours

Activist Who Helped Release McDonald Video Running For Alderman

William Calloway has announced his intention to run for 5th Ward Alderman in the 2019 City of Chicago election.