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Burbank City Manager Mike Flad announced on Monday plans to leave the Media City and take the top post at the city of South Gate, stunning city officials who expected him to retire in the city where he had spent more than two decades building his career....

DETROIT (AP) — New U.S. Census Bureau estimates say Detroit's population remained just above 700,000 last year. The figures show Detroit lost residents between 2011 and 2012, but the decline was at a slower pace than in previous years. Most of the...

With plans to demolish 1,500 vacant houses in the next three years, Baltimore officials and the few remaining residents in largely vacant blocks are beginning the early stages of the most delicate of relationships. About 80 residents — each of...

As Joliet awaits this weekend's Electric Daisy Carnival, one of the country's biggest electronic dance music festivals, many local officials have been emphasizing economics. The festival's promoter, Insomniac, has commissioned impact studies to...

California slipped a notch in spending per public school pupil in 2011, falling to 35th among states in a year that marked the first overall drop across the nation in nearly four decades, the U.S. Census Bureau reported Tuesday. The 50 states and...

College enrollment for the nation’s Hispanics jumped dramatically in the last 12 years and has surpassed that of their white counterparts, according to a recent report by the Pew Hispanic Center.  The percentage of Hispanic students enrolling at...

When Illinois lawmakers sit down to draw new legislative maps, the two most important pieces of information are 1) how each precinct voted in the last election and 2) where the incumbents live. Using that information, the majority party sorts voters...

Finding affordable housing in Winnetka over the years has been a journey of faith for Sister Peggy McDonnell. A Catholic nun, McDonnell has found a way to stay in Winnetka for nearly 25 years — including 11 years in a coach house — despite...

Defining 'affordable' The Illinois Affordable Housing Planning and Appeal Act considers a mortgage "affordable" when a person who earns 80 percent or less of the area's median income can pay for it by using 30 percent or less of his or her income. For...

On the North Shore, where some of the Chicago area's wealthiest residents live in multi-million dollar mansions, "affordable housing" can be a matter of perspective. But not everyone who dwells there is rich. While there may be fewer lower- and middle-...

The media coverage and much of the public perception of the Los Angeles mayor's race have relentlessly focused on the money Los Angeles' labor movement is spending to elect Wendy Greuel, and on the wages and benefits of city and other employees that could...

Marshall and Paulette Gardner were residents of a senior living facility in downtown Chicago eight years ago when they decided to move back to Northbrook, nearer their children. Crestwood Place, the village's affordable housing development for seniors,...