Toni Foulkes

Foulkes is hosting her first-quarter 2016 16th Ward community meeting at Claremont Academy.

“Affordable housing is incredibly needed,” said Steve Rappin, co-developer of the new housing.

An "Army of Moms," the filming of "Chi-Raq" and top-rated Dixon elementary all made headlines this year.

The meeting will take place from 10 a.m.-noon at Providence Elementary School, 6515 S. Ashland Ave.

The facility will provide high-quality training for children and adults all year round, the city said.

The governor's proposed cuts include human services, health and family services.

The Hermitage Street Community Gardens group was created in 2011, and it's currently expanding.

Engineering students began building a community garden and a veterans' garden that they designed.

The Chicago Startup Boot Camp is a new program to help small businesses.

Raymond Lopez vowed to take care of his neighborhood above any other constituency.

The Board of Election Commissioners continued to process absentee ballots as they arrive in the mail.

Incumbents were the clear beneficiaries as the Election Board counted absentee ballots.

The candidate has not conceded to Toni Foulkes and says she won't until all the votes are counted.

The seven remaining members of the Progressive Reform Caucus all won re-election.

"We did it," Foulkes said. "We'll fight until the end," Coleman's campaign manager countered.