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Paper Moon in downtown Mascoutah offers thoughtfully curated gifts, locally made products, handcrafted candles, and an array of creative classes for all ages.
What began as owner Kimberly Kilgore's passion project has grown into a vibrant boutique that offers unique gifts and a community connection.
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MAR 23, 2020
Approximately 300 Chicago business owners applied for emergency loans in the hours after Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced a new program designed to keep small businesses afloat while the city is under a statewide stay-at-home order, officials said.
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MAR 23, 2020
When employees in the Cook County Clerk’s office report back to their offices after the coronavirus pandemic, they could be under the microscope wielded by a new federal watchdog.
Local government reform fixture Michael Shakman answers questions from reporters. [A.D. Quig/The Daily Line]
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MAR 23, 2020
Fresh off a win in the Democratic primary in her bid for a second term, State’s Attorney Kim Foxx announced her office will not prosecute people charged with non-violent, low-level drug offenses amid the spreading Coronavirus pandemic.
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MAR 20, 2020
Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi told property owners on Thursday not to worry about their assessments for the next tax year — for now, at least.
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MAR 20, 2020
Mayor Lori Lightfoot sought to reassure Chicagoans Thursday that she and her administration were taking steps both to protect residents from the spread of the Coronavirus and soften the economic crash it caused.
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Chicago officials will stop ticketing, booting and impounding cars that do not pose a public safety threat through April 30 as part of an effort to help Chicagoans facing a cash crunch caused by the Coronavirus pandemic, Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Wednesday.
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot addresses the news media. [Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago]
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MAR 19, 2020
Ald. Ed Burke (14) listens at the May 29 City Council meeting. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]
When State Rep. Aaron Ortiz (D-Chicago) was born in 1991, 14th Ward Ald. Ed Burke had been the highest-ranking Democratic Party official in the Southwest Side ward for 23 years.
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From U.S. Congress to the Illinois House and the Cook County court system, women dominated the Democratic Primary on Tuesday.
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MAR 18, 2020
State Sen. Iris Martinez (D-Chicago) was snubbed by party leaders, lagged in fundraising and was mostly ignored during debates. And she’s likely going to be the next Clerk of the Circuit Court for Cook County.
But Tuesday night, Martinez appeared to win a decisive victory on Tuesday in the four-way race to succeed circuit court clerk Dorothy Brown, according to unofficial early returns.
Martinez won approximately 34 percent of the vote with approximately 98 percent of precincts reporting.
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MAR 18, 2020
The Chicago City Council chambers. [Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago]After insisting for days that the Chicago City Council had to meet Wednesday to pass crucial measures designed to halt the spread of the Coronavirus, Mayor Lori Lightfoot indefinitely postponed the meeting Tuesday, acknowledging that the risk of spreading the disease was too great.
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MAR 17, 2020
Federal recommendations to limit large gatherings did not stop aldermen on Monday from approving three cannabis-related proposals and dozens of other zoning changes during a three-hour meeting at City Hall.
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MAR 17, 2020
Poll workers process voters Monday at the Loop Super site. [Heather Cherone/The Daily Line]
At least some Illinois voters will head to the polls Tuesday amid a global pandemic that has altered nearly every aspect of life in Illinois, with schools, bars, restaurants and casinos shut down for the foreseeable future.
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MAR 17, 2020
Cook County closed the public gallery in an effort to stop the spread of COVID-19. [Twitter/@CookCountyBoard]Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle suspended normal operations of Cook County government on Monday and directed some employees to work from home in an effort to reduce the number of people in the Cook County building.
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MAR 16, 2020
Aldermen are set on Monday to approve a South Side cannabis cultivation site and to give a Southwest Side dispensary the green light to expand, further boosting Chicago’s nascent weed industry.
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MAR 16, 2020
Mayor Lori Lightfoot will ask the Chicago City Council to allow as many employees to work from home as possible and to expand the city’s sick leave policies as officials take emergency actions to attempt to stop the spread of coronavirus.
