Do grants really help small biz?
  The great grant caper… who done it?  By James R. Taylor, Executive Director Virginia Housing and Community...
Year: 2011
Five memorials honoring 260 slain children set to begin today, November 1st
 Clergy issue clarion call for peace  By Chinta Strausberg  The first of five candle-light memorials honoring more...
Immigrant Rights Groups focus on mental health of undocumented youth
“A Dream Deferred†panel will explore the mental health implications of being undocumented—urging educators, counselors, and community organizers to take...
Illinois Attorney General Madigan leads surprise sex offender checks
Attorney General, Department of Human Services make compliance visits in advance of Halloween Trick-or-Treating  Chicago, IL – Investigators for...
Lt. Governor Simon to host Classrooms First Commission hearing in Quad Cities
Will tour new Western Illinois University riverfront campus  Moline, IL – Lt. Governor Sheila Simon’s Classrooms First Commission will...
Layaway Now for Later: Better Business Bureau Advice on the Layaway Process
 Chicago, IL - The current economy has left many shoppers on a budget and searching for more affordable methods...
Reggae Artist Ainsworth Rose to perform in Chicago at the DuSable Museum of African American History
 Chicago, IL (BlackNews.com) -- Local Reggae Calypso singer/songwriter, Ainsworth Rose and his Sunshine Reggae Singers, will take center stage...
International Music Department of the Church of God in Christ releases its long-anticipated music project entitled, “The St. Louis Experience, Watch Me praise Himâ€
  Nationwide (BlackNews.com) -- A vibrant musical sound has always been a hallmark of the Church of God in...
NOAA awards FAMU $15 million to train a new generation of scientists
Florida A&M University President James H. Ammons announces that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded FAMU an education and...
Attorney General Madigan reminds parents to check sex offender registry to plan Halloween Routes
Madigan: Know your neighborhood                                                                                   Chicago, IL – As Halloween approaches, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan reminded families to  “know...
