Chicago

Chicago (i/ʃˈkɑːɡ/ or /ʃˈkɔːɡ/) is the third most populous city in the United States. With over 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the state of Illinois and the Midwest. The Chicago metropolitan area, often referred to as Chicagoland, has nearly 10 million people and is the third-largest in the U.S. Chicago is the seat of Cook County.

Chicago was incorporated as a city in 1837, near a portage between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River watershed, and grew rapidly in the mid-nineteenth century. The city is an international hub for finance, commerce, industry, technology, telecommunications, and transportation: O'Hare International Airport is the busiest airport in the world when measured by aircraft traffic; it also has the largest number of U.S. highways and rail road freight. In 2012, Chicago was listed as an alpha global city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network, and ranked seventh in the world in the 2014 Global Cities Index.As of 2014, Chicago had the third largest gross metropolitan product in the United States at US$610.5 billion.

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Holland’s Jaquelin Barajas named Michigan Youth of the Year

Holland Sentinel 21 Apr 2024
LANSING — For the second year in a row, the Michigan Youth of the Year hails from the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Holland ... Barajas previously earned the local honor in March. As the state honoree, Barajas earned a $5,000 scholarship and will advance to the Midwest Region Youth of the Year competition in Chicago on June 27....
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A 7,000-mile journey and a new home

Brainerd Dispatch 21 Apr 2024
Graduating from CLC in 2012, Irshad Hussain was welcomed by past instructors, students and community members in person and on Zoom as he talked about his journey as a young man from Pakistan coming to CLC to now being a software architect in Chicago ... “I was able to secure a scholarship at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago.”....
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'It changes lives.' Three Cape Cod golf caddies awarded full ride scholarships to college

Cape Cod Times 19 Apr 2024
The scholarship offers full tuition and housing for college. The scholarship program was founded in 1930 by CharlesChick” Evans, a renowned amateur golfer from Chicago, and is supported by the Western Golf Association, headquartered in Glenview, Illinois ... What is the Evans Ouimet Scholarship? ... “I’m very proud of getting this scholarship....
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Illinois attorney general sues MV Realty that's tied to Chicago's Monroe Capital

Chicago Sun-Times 19 Apr 2024
Theodore Koenig, the company's president and chief executive officer, is co-founder of Hope Chicago, a nonprofit “seeking to reduce economic and social inequity” by awarding college scholarships to Chicago Public Schools graduates and their adult family members....
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‘All worth it’: Greater Spokane League celebrates scholar-athletes at annual luncheon

The Spokesman-Review 18 Apr 2024
Gonzaga on Army ROTC scholarship ... Stanford University on basketball scholarship ... Gonzaga University on academic and athletic scholarships; undecided major ... Eastern Oregon on academic and wrestling scholarships; optometry major ... University of Chicago on National College Match Scholarship, Odyssey Scholar; pre-medicine major....
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‘The Upshaws’ Season 5 Cast and Character Guide

The Wrap 18 Apr 2024
“The Upshaws” Season 5 has officially arrived and the entire cast is ready to serve up even more laughs as the Upshaw family ... While this is Spraggins’ breakout role, she previously starred as a young Cookie Lyons in “Empire.” At the beginning of her career, she earned a scholarship from Second City Chicago ... ....
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St. Thomas More boys basketball star forward Sekou Konneh commits to DePaul University

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 10 Apr 2024
After helping lead St ... He also had scholarship offers from Miami (Ohio), Indiana State, Louisville and Loyola-Chicago, but decided to join new coach Chris Holtmann and the Blue Demons ... Thomas More. ...
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Brazile to enter draft

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 09 Apr 2024
The Razorbacks currently have no scholarship players for next season ... ESPN has Brazile No ... Brazile told ESPN he plans to take part in the NBA Draft Combine, held May 12-19 in Chicago. Brazile had been the last Arkansas scholarship player from the 2023-24 roster with eligibility who remained prior to his Monday announcement about the draft ... ....
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Efforts to improve financial literacy education in Illinois gains traction

Chicago Sun-Times 08 Apr 2024
<img class="Image" alt="Erica Wax, chair of CARE Chicago, stands inside a classroom teaching high school students." ... Erica Wax, chair of CARE Chicago, teaches a “Get Smart About Credit” seminar at Gwendolyn Brooks College Prep in Roseland ... <img class="Image" alt="Erica Wax, chair of CARE Chicago." ... Erica Wax, chair of CARE Chicago....
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Arkansas forward Trevon Brazile plans to enter NBA Draft

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 08 Apr 2024
FAYETTEVILLE — Trevon Brazile said Monday he’s entering the NBA Draft and will stay in it ... Brazile&nbsp;told ESPN he plans to take part in the NBA Draft Combine, held May 12-19 in Chicago. Brazile had been the last Arkansas scholarship player from the 2023-24 roster with eligibility who remained prior to his Monday announcement about the draft ... ....
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Number of students receiving Invest in Kids tax credit scholarships soared in program’s final year, ...

Chicago Tribune 06 Apr 2024
Empower Illinois, a scholarship-granting organization based in Chicago, awarded the largest share of money in the 2023-24 academic year, distributing more than half of the total funds collected to roughly 10,000 students across Illinois ... Students apply for scholarships, and a ......
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