As the new year dawns, Austin Weekly News is looking ahead to some promising developments coming to the West Side next year. 

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The state treasurer is holding $2.9 billion in unclaimed funds that officials hope local residents will try to claim in 2020.

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SPRINGFIELD — Two of the state's largest electric utilities owe their customers a combined $543 million in refunds, according to state regulators, but there is sharp disagreement over how much time the companies should have to pay it back.

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The man hoped to become a sheriff's deputy. It wasn't until he submitted his job application that he learned he was one of nearly 200,000 people whose names appear in the Chicago Police Department's gang database.

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SPRINGFIELD — Pressure is mounting on red-light camera operators as Democratic Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza announced Monday that, beginning Feb. 6, her office will no longer assist municipalities in collecting fines for violations caught by the devices.

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On Jan. 9, Passion House Coffee Roasters held an open house at its roastery at 328 N. Albany Ave.

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