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Mariah Rush

Staff Reporter
Paradegoers march in the 52nd annual Pride Parade on the North Side, Sunday, June 25, 2023.
LGBTQIA+
Pride Parade will now allow participants from schools, organizers say
A teacher says Nettelhorst School will help “coordinate” a group of schools into one entry after six schools had been denied participation when organizers scaled back the popular parade.
By Mariah Rush
 
The Catherine Cook School in the 49th ChicagoPride Parade. | Rick Majewski/For the Sun-Times.
LGBTQIA+
Chicago Pride Parade denies all previous year's school participants
All schools that participated in the 2023 Pride Parade were denied entry this year, and teachers see irony in exclusion from “one of the most inclusive places that you can go.”
By Mariah Rush
 
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Springfield
Pritzker pitches grants to open new stores in food deserts
The governor announced the second phase of the Illinois Grocery Initiative, which includes a round of grant funding for new grocers in food deserts.
By Mariah Rush
 
La Voz Chicago
Organizan gala para apoyar vivienda para migrantes durante los desalojos
La gala “Bienvenidos A Casa”, que se celebrará el sábado, servirá para ayudar a financiar las viviendas que han servido de consuelo a los migrantes recién llegados.
By Mariah Rush
 
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Chicago
Federal agency investigating after man electrocuted while working at West Side pumping station
An autopsy Friday determined Byron Conner, who was not a city employee, died from of electrocution from a high voltage transformer, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office, which ruled the death an accident.
By Mariah Rush
 
Immigration
Gala to support migrant housing that provides 'safe places' amid shelter evictions
The Bienvenidos A Casa gala on Saturday will support housing that has provided solace for newly arrived migrants.
By Mariah Rush
 
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La Voz Chicago
Comité de concejales pide más transparencia de la alcaldía sobre los desalojos de migrantes
El Comité de Derechos de Inmigrantes y Refugiados presentó el jueves una ordenanza que proporcionaría más información sobre quién se ve afectado por la política de desalojo.
By Mariah Rush
 
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Immigration
Migrant eviction statistics need to be more 'transparent,' some Chicago City Council members say
Two weeks after the migrant eviction policy went into effect in Chicago, members of the Council’s Committee on Immigrant and Refugee Rights said not enough information on migrants exiting the shelter system has been provided.
By Mariah Rush
 
The fieldhouse in Gage Park.
La Voz Chicago
Migrantes refugiados en 5 parques de la ciudad serán trasladados
Pero los residentes que viven cerca de la casa de campo de Gage Park dicen que trasladar a los migrantes convertirá el problema en “un problema para otro vecindario”.
By Mariah Rush