State’s Attorney Alvarez wins case before U.S. Supreme Court
The United States Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of a Chicago rapist in a case that had potential negative...
Month: June 2012
Illinois Comptroller Topinka: Developmentally disabled will be prioritized
 Comptroller orders immediate payment for programs  SPRINGFIELD, IL – Illinois Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka announced that she has directed...
San Francisco Bay Area’s Bishop Ernestine C. Reems hosts Women’s Empowerment Conference, July 12-14
"Women Shaping the World" empowerment conference encourages women to move on/push forward to next level  Internationally-acclaimed Bishop Ernestine C....
Lt. Gov. Simon: Federal grant expands Link access at farmers’ markets
 Illinois markets must apply by July 9 for free wireless Link, debit machines  CARBONDALE, IL – Up to...
Attorney Generals Madigan, Zoeller convene Inter-State Summit on Meth, Synthetic Drug Abuse
EVANSVILLE, IND – Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan and Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller convened an inter-state summit to tackle...
Cancer seminar in LA targets African-American community
CORI hosts health seminar on Cancer & the Family Los Angeles, CA (BlackNews.com) -- Statistics show a healthy family is...
Small Business Health Care Consortium Polls Small Business on the Affordable Care Act; releases results of Illinois health Care Polls of small businesses, and calls on Gov. Quinn to act no matter what the Supreme Court decides
ILLINOIS – The newly formed Small Business Health Care Consortium (SBHCC) announced the results of recent Illinois polls regarding the...
Better Business Bureau Free ‘Shred It & Forget It’ Event June 23
CHICAGO, IL - The Better Business Bureau serving Chicago and Northern Illinois, in conjunction with various government agencies, invites consumers...
Robert L. Johnson calls for new focus on wealth creation in the black community
Johnson Urges Race-Recognition Remedies to Address Wealth Gap during remarks at the Congressional Forum on the "Economic Empowerment in the...
Father Pfleger on Rodney King’s death: “America owes him a thank you’
By Chinta Strausberg  Reacting to the death of 47-year-old Rodney King who was found dead at the bottom of...
