Preckwinkle Unveils Public Safety Legislative Agenda
Proposals aim to roll back decades of failed criminal justice policies Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle today announced her...
Year: 2016
Writer Demetrius Walker Says the Media and Others Should Use an Uppercase “B” for Black People
Launches CapitalizeTheB.com to Change Grammar Rules Houston, TX (BlackNews.com) -- Writer, Demetrius Walker, has launched CapitalizeTheB.com, a website that calls...
Thumbtack Advocates for Skilled Professionals in the Gig Economy
New Report: Beyond the Gig Economy: How New Technologies are Reshaping the Future of Work Offers Provocative Assessment of the...
Comptroller Munger Urges Taxpayers to Register for Illinois Tax Refund Alert System
Comptroller's tax refund insert outlines government spending, revenues CHICAGO, IL - As her office begins issuing state income tax...
Not Funding TCART is Costing the Black Community Hundreds of Jobs
SPRINGFIELD, IL – The budget impasse continues to hurt the black community as job programs that lift families out...
#OscarsSoWhite Becoming More Than a P.R. Headache for Hollywood
By Marc H. Morial President & CEO, National Urban League I didn’t watch the Oscars on television this year. Apparently,...
County Board President Preckwinkle Sets ‘Holdback’; Expected to Save Millions
Concerned about the harmful impact of a continued state budget stalemate, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle is taking proactive...
Former Jail Administrator from Stone County, Arkansas, Pleads Guilty to Instructing Inmates to Assault Another Prisoner
The Justice Department announced that Randel Branscum, 56, a former chief deputy and jail administrator with the Stone County Sheriff’s...
Growing Number of Illinois Graduates Excel on AP Exams
Illinois’ Class of 2015 exceeds the national average of students scoring a 3 or higher on college-level tests ...
President Obama on the Economy
Remarks by President Obama on the economy Oval Office President Barack Obama: Well, I thought it might be useful to...
