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Monday, May 6, 2024

Sneha Dey

A postal worker in Chicago loads packages from a wheeled orange bin into a USPS delivery truck.
La Voz Chicago
El servicio postal de Chicago es el segundo ‘peor atendido’ del país
Durante meses, los miembros del Congreso de Illinois han estado presionando para lograr mejoras y quieren un cambio en el liderazgo nacional.
By Sneha Dey
 
A U.S. Postal Service truck.
Politics
Postal delivery delays slammed at congressional field hearing in Chicago
Even after Eddie Morgan Jr. was brought in as Chicago’s executive postmaster to improve service, the city remains the second worst served postal district in the country, members of Congress were told Friday.
By Sneha Dey
 
City Colleges of Chicago and other City leaders hold a press conference to announce the grand opening of Innovation One: Technology, Training and Resource Center at Truman College. | Brian Rich/Sun-Times
La Voz Chicago
City Colleges abre un laboratorio de aprendizaje tecnológico en colaboración con Apple
Los City Colleges abrió un centro tecnológico en colaboración con Apple para los estudiantes y educadores de City Colleges y de las Escuelas Públicas de Chicago.
By Sneha Dey
 
City Colleges of Chicago and other City leaders hold a press conference to announce the grand opening of Innovation One: Technology, Training and Resource Center at Truman College. | Brian Rich/Sun-Times
Education
City Colleges opens a technology learning lab for students
In a partnership with Apple, City Colleges opened a technology center for CPS and CCC students and educators.
By Sneha Dey
 
Rebecca M. Blank, chancellor at the University of Madison-Wisconsin, has been named as Northwestern University president — the institution’s first ever woman in that role.
Education
A Northwestern University first — woman named as president
Rebecca M. Blank, chancellor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, takes the helm in Summer 2022.
By Stefano Esposito and Sneha Dey
 
Immigrant advocates cheer during a rally to demand a pathway to citizenship near the Little Village Arch.
Immigration
‘We are here to demand citizenship.’ Rally presses Congress and Biden to move on immigration reform.
“President Biden, we ask that you stop deportations and protect immigrant communities like mine,” Margot Zamora at the really Friday in Little Village.
By Sneha Dey
 
State Rep. Lakesia Collins speaks Wednesday outside Evergreen Tower II demanding that the owner of the building invest more for residents’ safety.
Chicago
Senior tenants at low-income buildings push for safer building conditions
Residents of River North’s Evergreen Towers I and II call on management to restore safety measures that they said were scaled back during the coronavirus pandemic.
By Sneha Dey
 
Robert Provenzano spins a prize wheel during the Change the Game Rally in the parking lot near Gate 5 of Guaranteed Rate Field on Monday, Oct. 4, 2021.
Chicago
White Sox fans rally at ballpark ahead of playoffs: ‘Now, we’re in the party’
Hundreds of White Sox fans rally at Guaranteed Rate Field to celebrate the team’s playoff push.
By Sneha Dey