State Board Approves 29 School Districts to Receive Qualified School Construction Bonds
Selected schools can take advantage of low- to no-interest bonds for construction and building needs SPRINGFIELD, IL –Twenty-nine school...
Year: 2016
County Awards Anti-Violence Grants to Seven Organizations
Board backs President Preckwinkle’s policy to provide local services to those at-risk Cook County’s Justice Advisory Council (JAC)...
Local Spanish Television Personality Sentenced to 61 Years in Child Sexual Assault Cases
A local Spanish language music show producer previously convicted of sexually assaulting three young female music students has been sentenced...
People’s Map Chairman John Hooker’s Statement on Redistricting in Illinois
John Hooker's Statement: I have immense respect for President (Barack) Obama and we’re always excited and honored when he comes...
Economic Justice Still Elusive Long After King’s ‘I Have a Dream’
By Edna Kane-Williams On April 3, 1968, nearly five years after his famous "I Have a Dream Speech,"...
Wife of Dead ISIL Leader Charged in Death of Kayla Jean Mueller
Defendant Charged with Conspiracy to Provide Material Support to ISIL Nisreen Assad Ibrahim Bahar, aka Umm Sayyaf, 25, an Iraqi...
Attorney General Highlights Safer Internet Day
CHICAGO, IL — Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan recognized 2016 Safer Internet Day by urging parents and educators to help...
National Veterans Art Museum to open Solo Exhibition “Operation Mom’s Couch,” from Award-Winning Veteran Artist Eric J. Garcia
New exhibition highlights autobiographical veteran artist experience CHICAGO, IL — The National Veterans Art Museum (NVAM) announces the...
Black Relationship Expert Reveals the Psychology Behind Why Men (and Women) Cheat
Nationwide (BlackNews.com) -- A new book entitled, The Power Within, A Womans Worth: From Both Sexes (available on Amazon.com) tackles...
City of Chicago Announces Marketing Campaign to Promote City’s Two Official Taxi Apps, Arro and Curb
Chicago residents and visitors can now download either smartphone app to begin hailing taxi rides The Chicago Department of...
