State testing trends show overall improvement
 Statewide averages increase or hold steady on all tests  Springfield, IL —The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) released...
Month: September 2010
When Sports gets exciting, ticket scams begin to surface
 (From the Better Business Bureau)  Beware of buying event tickets from private sellers  Chicago, IL - With the excitement during...
Floating World Gallery offers free Seminar
In conjunction with upcoming October Online Auction, Floating World Gallery presents an encore of "The Great Wave: An Introduction to Japanese...
UnitedHealthcare urges African Americans to know the facts about Sickle Cell
September is National Sickle Cell Awareness Month (Distributed through BlackNews.com) By Jacqueline Stiff, MD, MSPH, UnitedHealthcare vice president, Health Care Strategies  ...
Giannoulias: Kirk support policies that encourage corporations to ship jobs overseas
Says Mark Kirk's answer for American jobs being shipped to China: Let's do more of the same  Chicago, IL - U.S. Senate...
Kirk, Giuliani Propose National Gang Task Force
 Top Illinois Gangs to be Targeted: Latin Kings and Vice Lords Highlight Kirk’s strong record of combating gangs that threaten...
Miller unveils new “Sunshine-on-TIFs” initiative to help taxpayers
“Sunshine-on-TIFsâ€Â will also shine a light on the state’s 1,000 TIF Districts. Dolton, IL – State Representative David Miller, nominee for Illinois Comptroller, has unveiled...
Attorney General Madigan continues crack down on child porn; announces two arrests
DeKalb, IL – Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced her continuing crack down on child pornography statewide has resulted in two more...
Investment opportunities in Africa growing
A GROWING CONSENSUS REGARDING INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN AFRICA (Distributed through BlackNews.com) Â By Robert G. Roach, Jr. Â The excellent...
“Fourteen examples of racism in the Criminal Justice System”
Reprint from the Sentencing Project - Racial & Justice News  Since the U.S. criminal justice system records race data...
