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By Ralph ZahorikSTAFF WRITERNORTH CHICAGO — North Chicago is joining Waukegan in a campaign to persuade the state to establish an enterprise zone in the two cities.Enterprise zones are special districts where businesses are offered state tax credits and other state and local incentives to encourage development and expansion.Businesses in enterprise zones, under certain conditions, don't pay state

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Until further notice, the collective will not be taking any orders at all. After we reformat the collective and make important changes, we will probably not return to selling patches, pins, or t-shirts.Thanks for all the orders which have kept us busy and able to print free literature.

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By Ralph ZahorikSTAFF WRITERWAUKEGAN — A request from Arthur Brumfield to waive a lien the city placed on his lot at 634 Kinnard St. on the South Side was rejected unanimously.The city demolished Brumfield's run-down house on the site last August after several years of negotiations with Brumfield, an unemployed man, failed to produce an agreement."If we're giving a waiver on one property, we'll

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By Ralph ZahorikSTAFF WRITERWAUKEGAN — The City Council voted last week, over the strong objections of 6th Ward Ald. Larry TenPas, to sell a vacant lot at 1022 10th St. to contractor Efrain Robles for a dollar.Robles owns an adjacent lot at the northeast corner of 10th and Jackson streets and is planning a small development on the site."I'm against $1 giveaways," TenPas said. "I consistently vote

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By Dan MoranSTAFF WRITERWAUKEGAN — Once touted as having the most movie screens under one roof in the U.S., Lakehurst Cinema appears to be on its last legs after the City Council gave the go-ahead Monday on negotiations to raze the theater and clear space for a hotel."Basically, the city has agreed to help us pay for some of the improvements necessary to make a deal to replace the movie theater

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By Dan MoranSTAFF WRITERWAUKEGAN — A Sheridan Road condominium proposal approved in January but delayed over financial issues is expected to move forward after the City Council approved a revised redevelopment agreement Monday.Officials with Libertyville-based Marquette Enterprise Group say they expect to have a sales trailer on the southwest corner of Sheridan and Washington Street — until

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By Ralph ZahorikSTAFF WRITERWAUKEGAN — U.S. Rep. Melissa Bean, D-Barrington, was taken to task this week for her support of the new Central American Free Trade Agreement.The agreement will hurt the environment, send more U.S. jobs overseas and cost consumers billions, Lake County labor leaders and activists were told by Lori Wallach of Public Citizen, a consumer research and advocacy group

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BAAM (Black Abolitionist Movement for the Mind) is hosting a poetry session and rally against racial injustice this Saturday, 12 o'clock, at the corner of South Avenue and MLKjr Ave in Waukegan.

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Revisiting law: Aldermen question discrepanciesBy Dan MoranSTAFF WRITERWAUKEGAN — At least one element of the city's controversial vehicle-seizure ordinance will go under review next month after 4th Ward Ald. A.J. "Tony" Figueroa spoke out Monday against seizing vehicles from drivers whose license has been suspended for non-criminal reasons.Figueroa told aldermen that if such a motorist is

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Traffic stops: Reflect demographics, study saysBy Dan MoranSTAFF WRITERWAUKEGAN — Renewed debate over the city's towing ordinance at this week's City Council meeting found officials refuting charges of racial profiling in traffic stops by citing the findings of a recent state study.Local activist Chris Blanks was among three speakers criticizing the towing policy before the council, saying he

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NEWS SUN STAFF REPORTWAUKEGAN — A rally to organize residents against the city's controversial vehicle seizure ordinance and $500 fine will be held Saturday from noon to 2 p.m. in the parking lot of the Mount Bethel Healing Temple, 229 South Ave.Brother Blanks, the founder of the Black Abolition Movement for the Mind, is organizing the rally and plans to hold other rallies against inequality and

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'Shifting resources': Workers in manufacturing, supportBy Long Hwa-shuSTAFF WRITERABBOTT PARK — In an unprecedented move, Abbott Laboratories said Wednesday it would immediately lay off 700 of its Lake County employees as part of a strategy to realign its global manufacturing operations.The county-based pharmaceutical giant has never been known to reduce its workforce in such a large scale and

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