ISBE Recommends Nearly $730 Million Increase in Education Funding
Board members acknowledge fiscal challenges facing state, but urge lawmakers to fully fund General State Aid commitment, increase funding for...
Day: January 22, 2015
Stop Mass Incarceration Network Chicago to Form a Defense Committee for People Arrested in Protesting Police Murder
Stop Mass Incarceration Network Chicago will meet tonight at 7 p.m. to form a Defense Committee for people arrested in...
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Terrorists Who Threaten to Disrupt the Middle East Peace Process
On January 23, 1995, by Executive Order 12947, the President declared a national emergency pursuant to the International Emergency Economic...
Attorney General Holder Statement on Supreme Court Decision to Hear Same-Sex Marriage Cases
Attorney General Eric Holder released the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear four cases on same-sex...
Spike Lee to Receive President’s Award at “46th NAACP Image Awardsâ€
Presentation to Trailblazing Film Director, Producer, Actor, Screenwriter, and Activist To Be Made During Live Broadcast on Friday, February 6,...
Cook County Board Approves Planning for Progress Strategic Plan
Planning for Progress will guide Cook County’s use of an estimated $280 million in resources over the next five years...
Bob Fertik Endorses Chuy Garcia for Chicago Mayor
Letters to Editors Cook County Commissioner Jesus “Chuy†Garcia is running for Mayor of Chicago to take the city in...
Why Daughters Need Fathers
By Dr. Jawanza Kunjufu Excerpted from Raising Black Girls and Educating Black Girls The media and the academic community provide...
Fioretti Introduces Ethics Legislation at Chicago City Council
CHICAGO, IL – Ald. Bob Fioretti introduced legislation at the Chicago City Council that would make changes to ethics rules. ...
TIF Illumination Project Delivers 30th TIF Town Meeting For 25th Ward
On Thursday, January 25 the TIF Illumination Project will present its 30th TIF town meeting, or Illumination, for the 25th...
