Wednesday's Digital Daily Update: New Year, New Laws

Today's Trending Topics   Wednesday: January 2, 2013   New Year, New Laws Illinoisans were greeted with 150 new state laws in 2013.....Read More The City Will Split the Tab for Your Sidewalk Repair Applications for the Shared Cost Sidewalk Program are now being accepted...Read More Chicago Ends 2012 with 506 Homicides That's 71 more than the 435 committed in 2011, but less than the record high of 512 homicides in 2008.......Read More Fiscal Cliff Averted...For Now While the package provides some short-term certainty, it leaves a range of big issues unaddressed.....Read more Friend on Facebook Follow on Twitter Forward to a Friend The Story Behind Watch Night Services Black churches held Watch Night services awaiting word that Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation would take effect amid a bloody Civil War....Read More South Side Gallery Moves North The Woodshop Art Gallery is moving because customers no longer travel to Chatham because of safety concerns....Read More Wildcats Ends 46 Year Drought The Wildcats have not won a Bowl since 1949.....Read More  follow on Twitter | friend on Facebook | forward to a friend  Copyright © 2013 Chicago Defender, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: Chicago Defender 4445 S. MLK Chicago, IL 60653 Add us to your address book