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Cortes: 'How many American citizens get free housing, food, classes, and job training?'
League of American Workers founder Steve Cortes criticized the village of Oak Park after the announcement that the village would be moving 100 illegal immigrants from the area to a single location and give them housing, social services, and job training,
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Oak Park receives funding to resettle illegal immigrants
Oak Park has recently obtained substantial funding to facilitate the resettlement of undocumented immigrants within its community. This marks a crucial development in addressing the ongoing immigration crisis in the region. Village President Vicki Scaman highlighted the Village of Oak Park’s initiative towards rehousing undocumented immigrants in the community.
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Oak Park Scanner: ‘Last week Courageous Bakery finally had enough asking police to arrest her. Latonia Lawson’
Fifty-four-year-old Maywood resident Latonia Lawson has garnered a rather dubious reputation for her frequent interactions with local businesses, earning her the nickname “super 96” due to the relentless issuance of trespass warnings.
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Five years after promise to "welcome" them to town, illegal aliens waiting for River Forest to make good
River Forest village leaders were emphatic in 2017. If illegal aliens ever came to their town, they would roll out the red carpet for them.
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Oak Park Scanner: ‘Six robberies and violent attacks on residents and workers on the north side of Oak Park’
In a series of early morning incidents on Sunday, Sept. 24 a group of armed offenders, involving 4-5 black males, targeted victims in various locations in Oak Park.
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Oak Park Village Board recognizes April election, welcomes new and returning board members
The Oak Park Village Board recently welcomed new trustees to the board, said goodbye to departing members and reaffirmed the oaths of those who were reelected.
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Oak Park Village's Dodge on companies fleeing Illinois: 'We need to be more business friendly'
Illinois' wealthiest man, billionaire Ken Griffin, recently announced that he will be relocating the headquarters of his hedge fund firm Citadel from Chicago to Miami, citing rising violence throughout the city and the tax benefits Florida offers as the reasons for his decision.
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6.3% of households in Oak Park received food stamps in 2020
Oak Park ranked 1,061st in Illinois for the percentage of households receiving food stamps in 2020, according to U.S. Census Bureau data.
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Oak Park health director Chapple: 'March brought us a month relief from the pandemic. I was hopeful for longer'
Village of Oak Park Department of Public Health Director Theresa D. Chapple-McGruder is canceling her daughter’s birthday party amid COVID-19 fears.
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75.8 percent of people 25 or older have an associate's degree or higher in Oak Park
75.8 percent of people 25 years or older had an associate's degree or higher in Oak Park in 2020, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.
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All Oak Park police officers carrying Naloxone
Oak Park Police Department is preparing its officers to handle drug overdoses.
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To justify school masks, Oak Park Health Director Chapple cites Arizona study called "profoundly misleading," "unreliable" and "ridiculous"
As one of the last holdouts demanding students wear masks in school, Village of Oak Park Health Director Theresa Chapple took to Twitter Wednesday, citing an Arizona study she says supports her pro-mask position.
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Census Bureau: 76.2 percent of people in Oak Park were old enough to vote in 2020
Of the 52,102 citizens living in Oak Park in 2020, 39,711 were old enough to vote as of March 24, according to U.S. Census Bureau data.
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Census Bureau: 7.4% of people in Oak Park identified as multi-racial in 2020
Of the 52,102 citizens living in Oak Park in 2020, 92.6 percent said they were only one race, while 7.4 percent said they were two or more races, according to U.S. Census Bureau data obtained in March.
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Census Bureau reports Oak Park population was 52,102 in 2020
Oak Park had a population of 52,102 people in 2020, according to U.S. Census Bureau data obtained by the West Cook News.
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Pritzker Tax Hike Amendment: average retiree in Oak Park to pay up to $5,323 more in state income tax
The Pritzker Tax Hike Amendment would increase the average retiree's income tax in Oak Park by up to $5,323, a 9.3-percent tax increase.
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Trustee Arti Walker-Peddakotla encouraging Antifa behavior in Oak Park
The recent vandalism of Oak Park Mayor Anan Abu-Taleb's home as Oak Park village board members voted down a measure to defend the police is a sign of a community in turmoil.
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Oak Park Farmers' Market to reopen on May 30 at new location
The Oak Park Farmers’ Market will be back in business on Saturday, May 30, but in light of COVID-19, it will be in a new location with social distancing guidelines in place.
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28.6% unemployed in Oak Park in 2017
28.6 percent of Oak Park residents between 16 and 65 years old were unemployed in 2017, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.
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29.1% unemployed in Oak Park in 2018
29.1 percent of Oak Park residents between 16 and 65 years old were unemployed in 2018, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.