Collins supports moratorium on CPS closures
SPRINGFIELD, IL – Illinois State Senator Jacqueline Y. Collins issued the following statement on legislation she co-sponsored to prevent Chicago...
Year: 2013
Attorney General Madigan: Bill requiring review of suspicious vulnerable adult deaths passes out of Committee
Measure would require review of Suspicious At-Home Deaths of Elderly, Disabled Adults SPRINGFIELD, IL – Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan...
Ribbon cutting ceremony held at Saint Sabina for safe and accessible playground
By Chinta Strausberg A ribbon cutting ceremony was held Tuesday for the building of a safe and accessible playground at...
Topinka salutes female fire service leaders
15 honored as part of Women's History Month  CHICAGO, IL  - Illinois Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka saluted 15 fire...
David Kelly of Dex One to receive Better Business Bureau Torchbearer Award
CHICAGO, IL - David Kelly will receive the Torchbearer Award from the Better Business Bureau serving Chicago and Northern Illinois...
National Veterans Art Museum to host reading of Short, Crazy Vietnam War memoir
Reading accompanied by Display of Never-Before-Shown Artist/Author’s Drawings CHICAGO, IL – On April 20, 2013 at 2 p.m., the National...
State Senator Raoul supports constitutional pension reform
SPRINGFIELD, IL – Illinois State Senator Kwame Raoul (D-13th) issued the following statement on the pension reform votes taken in...
Funeral Services set for Dr. Barbara S. Penelton for Sunday and Monday
By Chinta Strausberg Visitation for Dr. Barbara S. Penelton, 75, who died in a head-on car crash in Peoria last...
State Attorneys General support nomination of Tom Perez as Secretary of U.S. Department of Labor
Joint statement from State Attorneys General on support of Perez's nominnation “Tom Perez is a brilliant lawyer and leader, who...
Black psychologist releases new book highlighting psychology’s role in the school-to-prison pipeline
"Psycho-Academic Holocaust" by Dr. Umar Johnson discusses how ADHD and other diagnoses poorly discriminate between normal and abnormal behaviors amongst...
