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Harry S Truman College or Truman College, formerly called Mayfair College, is a part of City Colleges of Chicago.It offers multiple 2-year associate degrees, as well as occupational training in a number of fields.
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The clerk is a citywide elected office, and is one of three city-wide elected officials in the City of Chicago, along with the Mayor and the Treasurer. The current city clerk is Anna Valencia. One former city clerk is more famous for his non-political activities: The late Baseball Hall of Famer Cap Anson served one term from 1905-1907.
Generally speaking, the mayor and city departments comprise the executive branch of the city government, and the city council comprises the legislative branch. [3] However, the mayor does have some formal legislative functions such as being the presiding officer of the council and being able to break tie votes, and informally has dominated legislative activity since the late 19th century.
The University of Chicago Law School is the law school of the University of Chicago, a private research university in Chicago, Illinois.It employs more than 180 full-time and part-time faculty and hosts more than 600 students in its Juris Doctor program, while also offering the Master of Laws, Master of Studies in Law and Doctor of Juridical Science degrees in law.
Richard Jones Hamilton, First Circuit Court Clerk of Cook County, 1831–1841. On January 1, 1964, the circuit courts of Cook County were unified. [1] Before this, there were more than 200 separate courts in Cook County. [1] In its unified form, it now had a single, popularly elected, clerk of court. [1]
The court commenced operation on December 3, 1906. [2] It was seen as the first of its kind in the United States, and a model for many other municipal courts. [2] The creation of the court replaced the city's justice of the peace courts and removed the city from the jurisdiction of the remaining suburban justice of the peace courts in Cook ...
Martinez was the first Latina woman to be elected to the Illinois State Senate. [1] In her first year in Springfield, Martinez ensured that community agencies like the Children's Place, an agency that works with children and families affected by HIV and AIDS, and Concordia Avondale Community Center, which provides daycare, after-school programs and a center for seniors, received state funding ...