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Union Stock Yards, Chicago, 1947. The Union Stock Yard & Transit Co., or The Yards, was the meatpacking district in Chicago for more than a century, starting in 1865. The district was operated by a group of railroad companies that acquired marshland and turned it into a centralized processing area. By the 1890s, the railroad capital behind the ...
The City Colleges of Chicago is the public community college system of the Chicago area. Its colleges offer associate degrees, certificates, free courses for the GED, and free English as a second language (ESL) courses. The City Colleges system has its administrative offices in the Chicago Loop. [2] As of 2021, the system has a yearly count of ...
Public officials are vowing to strike a balance between keeping order and allowing free speech. Yet tensions remain high over the prospect of a Democratic National Convention in Chicago this ...
Chicago. / 41.88194°N 87.62778°W / 41.88194; -87.62778. Chicago [a] is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. With a population of 2,746,388 in the 2020 census, [8] it is the third-most populous city in the United States after New York City and Los Angeles.
Shimer College (1853–2017, Mount Carroll, Waukegan, Chicago), merged with North Central College in Naperville in 2017 Solex College (1995–2018, Chicago, Wheeling) Westwood College (1953–2016, Calumet City, Chicago, Woodridge)
The strike began on October 17, 2019, when both unions failed to reach a contract agreement with Chicago Public Schools over compensation, benefits, staffing, wrap-around services such as counselors, nurses, and librarians, and caps on class sizes. [2] [3] On October 31, the strike officially ended when the mayor and the Chicago Teachers Union ...
Chicago Public Schools teachers are still not in the classroom Thursday despite Chicago Teachers Union delegates approving a tentative deal.
Pullman, one of Chicago's 77 defined community areas, is a neighborhood located on the city's South Side. Twelve miles from the Chicago Loop, Pullman is situated adjacent to Lake Calumet . The area known as Pullman encompasses a much wider area than its two historic areas (the older historic area is often referred to as "Pullman" and is a ...