State Senator Raoul fights marketing of illicit drug products to youth
Legislation bans flavored “blunt wraps,†smaller heroin amounts  SPRINGFIELD, IL – Illinois State Senator Kwame Raoul (D-13th) led a...
Month: May 2012
Topinka: Child Care Checks on the way
 Comptroller orders immediate distribution of funds   SPRINGFIELD, IL – Illinois Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka announced that she has directed her...
Lt. Governor Simon’s Complete College bills move forward
College Choice Reports bill advances to House, math curriculum bill moving to Governor’s desk  SPRINGFIELD, IL – Illinois Lt....
Illinois State officials join to promote summer reading and ‘Find a Book’ search tool
Governor Quinn, Secretary White and State Superintendent Koch urge educators and parents to keep children reading during summer vacation  ...
Special event with Blues Fest Weekend: Jazz & Blues Tour by Bus with Chicago Detours
CHICAGO, IL – During Blues Festival weekend, Chicago Detours is offering a tour by bus, entitled “Jazz, Blues & Beyondâ€...
Supporters to raise $300,000 for former Chicago Bulls’ Superstar Bob Love Statue
CHICAGO, IL – Supporters of former Chicago Bulls superstar Bob “Butterbean†Love are holding a press conference 11 a.m., Friday,...
Father Pfleger hails “Spiritual Flash Mob†that performed at Saint Sabina on Pentecost Sundayâ€
 By Chinta Strausberg  Many of the church members remembered to wear something red for the “Feast of Pentecostâ€...
Chicago entrepreneur turns to public to raise $2.5 million for the development of clean energy trucks
Kendall E. Coleman is so concerned about the risk that carbon emissions pose to health that he has taken matters...
Honoring Our Troops, Supporting Military Families and Commemorating American Heroes this Memorial Day
From Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr. (2nd District) Â This Memorial Day we ekend, as you gather with family, friends, and...
Black contractor seeks $12 million payout, refuses to be front firm
 By Chinta Strausberg  In business since 2003, Harold J. Davis, Jr., president of Amer-I-Can Enterprises II, who had...
