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Tyler Solorio, 25, plans to run for alderman of the 33rd Ward in the Albany Park and Edgewater neighborhoods in February 2015. (Photo courtesy of Tyler Solorio)

DePaul student Tyler Solorio runs for alderman

Amanda Crane September 15, 2014

DePaul student Tyler Solorio, 25, will be running for 33rd Ward Alderman in February 2015 which encompasses the Albany Park and Edgewater neighborhoods. Solorio is a transfer student from Oakton...

Chicago police officers gather in the Dirksen Federal Building Plaza. The organization is open to
emerging ideas about the inclusion of body cameras on officers. (Photo courtesy of ALLAN J. AGUILAR)

Chicago Police considers use of body cameras

Amanda Crane September 15, 2014

Chicago police spokesman Marty Maloney told the Chicago Tribune that the police department is considering testing the use of body cameras on its officers. The department stated it has started looking...

Chicago celebrates Jackie Robinson West with Millenium Park parade

Chicago celebrates Jackie Robinson West with Millenium Park parade

Matthew Paras, Editor-in-Chief August 27, 2014

For Jay Readey, the best way to spend time with his 11-year-old son is through baseball. When he’s not an adjunct professor at DePaul or a civil rights lawyer, Readey is the coach to his son’s...

Protesters arrested Wednesday rallying against Boeing's business partnership with Israel

Protesters arrested Wednesday rallying against Boeing’s business partnership with Israel

Megan Deppen July 17, 2014

Four to six protesters were arrested for civil disobedience Wednesday after playing dead in the lobby of the Boeing Company downtown to protest Boeing's business partnership with Israel. In fake-blood...

Gaza violence hits home in Chicago

Megan Deppen July 15, 2014

"Free, free Palestine! Free, free Palestine!" Hundreds of protesters, donned in black and white checkered scarves called Keffiyeh, rumbled into Federal Plaza Wednesday, calling for the U.S. to end...

(AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)

Democrats push for referenda-heavy ballot this November, hope for increase in voter turnout

Megan Deppen July 9, 2014

Yet another public advisory question has been added to Illinois' November ballot, lengthening the list of attempts by the current administration to appeal to voters in the country's unhappiest state. A...

Charlie Gurion, left, kisses David Wirk at the 45th Annual
Chicago Pride Parade during the parade on Broadway Street
Sunday, June 29, 2014. The event, the first since Illinois' law
allowing same-sex marriage went into effect, has 200 registered
entrants, with about 1 million expected to participate.
(AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Pride Parade draws in millions, celebrates Illinois same-sex marriage law

Amanda Crane July 6, 2014

Last Sunday’s 45th Annual Chicago pride parade celebrated the city’s first parade since same-sex marriage was legalized in Illinois this past February. The four-mile parade kicked off at noon...

Bruce Rauner, the GOP candidate for governor, has tried to shape his image as a moderate to attract undecided voters. Photo courtesy of AP

Rauner ads target moderate voters

Megan Deppen June 2, 2014

Illinois Republican governor candidate, Bruce Rauner, targets Democrats and "on-the-fence" moderates in his fleet of campaign ads, hoping to win votes in the Chicago suburbs, according to one expert. In...

Companies like Lyft no longer have to worry about the legality of ridesharing in Chicago. Photo courtesy of Lyft.

Ridesharing ordinance passes City Council

Danielle Harris, Former news editor June 2, 2014

"Don’t get in a car with strangers.” While this collective guidance may seem like common sense, ridesharing companies were approved by the City Council on May 28 as being entirely legal in the city...

A CTA representative addresses the concerns that community members have with the flyover at a
community meeting last Thursday. (Kyle Tyrrell / The DePaulia)

Neighbors flood CTA open house for ‘Belmont Flyover’

Kyle Tyrrell May 27, 2014

The CTA open house meeting for the Belmont Flyover Thursday night at the 19th District Police Station, 850 W. Addison St. was a like a beehive that just got shook. Everyone in the room was buzzing about...

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