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Maurice Cox is a planning commissioner with a plan. If it works, and early returns are promising, he’ll be making headway against one of Chicago’s most intractable economic problems.
It’s how do you get investors, developers and contractors interested in working in low-income neighborhoods where the long cycle of disinvestment still rules? And a corollary: How do you get Black and Brown people involved to prove that when construction starts, it’s not some gentrification plot?
Cox is the commissioner of planning and development for Mayor Lori Lightfoot. As part of her Invest South/West effort, Cox’s agency has posted requests for proposals involving 11 stretches of well-traveled commercial streets with more to come.
In honor of Black History Month, The Miami Student sat down with several Black student leaders to discuss the impacts of last summer’s civil unrest, the election of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris and the future that lies ahead.
Express Briefing: Probe in airman s death finds failures at Lackland jail
Dec. 15, 2020
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An Air Force investigation into Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland’s jail found multiple failures in policies and procedures that contributed to the death of a suicidal airman held there last year.
Released Monday, the report identified “significant concerns” that presented “an unacceptable level of risk” at the Lackland Confinement Facility.
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Families line up to participate in a Christmas shopping spree sponsored by Milas Williams’ nonprofit World Lolei where each family was given $1,000 to use at Walmart on Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020, in San Antonio.Matthew Busch /ContributorShow MoreShow Less
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Milas Williams, founder of the nonprofit World Lolei, left, speaks to 10 families who each received a $1,000 shopping spree at Walmart on Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020, in San Antonio.Matthew Busch /ContributorShow MoreShow Less
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Milas Williams, founder of the nonprofit World Lolei, center, can’t wait to see the fun start as 10 families that each received a $1,000 shopping spree from the nonprofit get ready to shop.Matthew Busch /ContributorShow MoreShow Less