George Cardenas

Ald. George Cardenas has fired back at the city's latest plan for Bus Rapid Transit on Ashland.

The van is available to shuttle seniors and jump dead car batteries.

The teacher-led group remains hopeful its school will be approved by CPS this month.

Kids lined up in the McKinley Park field house to grab toys and cookies.

Chicago would join more than 100 cities nationwide in banning the products if the ordinance is enacted.

The teachers hoping to open an independent charter school in Bridgeport presented their plans.

An estimated 5,000 kids are expected to turn out for the annual holiday event.

But a joint City Council committee advanced new restrictions on flavored cigarettes, especially menthols.

The rehab work shored up the "deteriorating" bridge, city officials said.

The $13 million road reconstruction project will continue for about a year.

Colon will replace Ald. Danny Solis (25th) as chairman of the fourteen-member caucus.

Transportation officials say the cameras will be activated later this week along Pershing Road.

The alderman suggested using so-called "unmanned aerial vehicles'' to protect students.  

The schools stand to lose millions in funding next year, officials said.

Latino politicians and community leaders said it sewed "confusion and chaos" in Hispanic neighborhoods.