Illinois State Board of Education Announces Board Video-Conference Meeting for June 16
SPRINGFIELD, IL – The Illinois State Board of Education announced the following schedule for its regular business meeting via video-conference...
Year: 2016
Laura Bucheit Named Assistant Director for the Security Division
FBI Director James B. Comey has named Laura Bucheit as assistant director for the Security Division. Ms. Bucheit most recently...
Illinois Department of Public Health Safety Tips for Heat
SPRINGFIELD, IL - With high temperatures expected over the next couple of days, Illinois Department of Public Health Director Nirav...
Illinois Legislative Black Caucus Foundation Hosting its Annual Scholarship Golf Outing to Help Offset State’s Inability to Help Future Leaders
CHICAGO, IL– The Illinois Legislative Black Caucus Foundation (ILBCF) is accepting registration for its Annual Scholarship Golf Outing. The event...
Experts Sound Alarm: Wall Street Banks Set to Shakedown Illinois for $870 Million Unless Springfield Acts Fast
Mayor Emanuel Paid Out Hundreds of Millions to Wall Street Banks on Swap Deals that Torpedoed Chicago and CPS budgets,...
What (Else) is the Mayor Hiding?
From: Chicago Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression The refusal of Mayor Rahm Emanuel to release Garry McCarthy's emails in...
Munger: Budget Inaction to Bring Greater Hardship
Comptroller details ramifications of status quo CHICAGO, IL – Illinois Comptroller Leslie Geissler Munger on Thursday warned that hardship caused...
Madigan: Credit Downgrade Caused by Rauner’s Desire to Cause Crisis
SPRINGFIELD, IL – Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan issued the following statement after Moody’s Investors Service downgraded Illinois’ credit...
Iberia Parish, Louisiana, Sheriff and Two Other Officials Charged with Civil Rights Violations
Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta, head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, and U.S. Attorney Stephanie A....
Hyde Park Art Center Welcomes 2016 Deutsche Bank Artist of the Year Basim Magdy for Chicago Residency
CHICAGO, IL –This July the Hyde Park Art Center (5020 S. Cornell Ave.) will welcome Deutsche Bank’s “Artist of the...
