Senators move to block Iran’s access to Foreign Exchange Reserves
 New sanctions prohibit foreign currency transactions and currency conversions for the Central Bank of Iran and designated Iranian economic...
Day: May 9, 2013
Pat Brady resigns as Illinois GOP Chairman
CHICAGO, ILÂ - Illinois Republican Party Chairman Pat Brady announced he will be resigning his position effective immediately. Carol Smith Donovan,...
No Second Class Families
By Benjamin Todd Jealous President/CEO of the NAACPÂ Â African Americans have spent much of our history fighting for equal...
Carnival worker pleads guilty in video taped sexual assaults on toddlers
A traveling carnival worker from Chicago who video recorded his repeated sexual assaults on two toddlers has pled guilty to...
Attorney General Madigan distributes $500,000 to Illinois’ eight Regional Food Banks
Pushing Lawyers Feeding Illinois Campaign to more than 3.7 million meals Funds from legal settlements to help feed needy in...
Illinois AFL-CIO President Michael T. Carrigan responds to Governor Quinn’s veto of Senate Bill 9 (Smart Grid legislation)
With Illinois’ unemployment rate still one of the highest in the nation, the AFL-CIO is extremely disappointed that Governor Quinn...
Two funerals being held for Bishop Roy A. Holmes
 Two funerals being held for Bishop Roy A. Holmes A.M.E. Bishop loved by millions  By Chinta Strausberg Two...
What’s Up With THATCamp?
 Soap Box Rants A Weekly Column to CopyLine Magazine  By Pamela Bratcher-McMillan President, Chair & CEO, of PETAL...
Illinois Senate takes first major step to passing a State Based Health Insurance Marketplace
 (From Campaign for Better Health Care)  SPRINGFIELD, IL - The State Senate Insurance Committee passed HB3227, formerly SB34,...
