Illinois Department of Public Health Prepares for a Public Health Emergency
Strategic National Stockpile training exercise June 14-16, 2016 SPRINGFIELD, IL – Next week, the Illinois Department of Public...
Year: 2016
Harrisburg Man Pleads Guilty To 14 Bank Robberies
HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a Harrisburg man has pled...
Chicago Organizations Deliver 150,000 Petition Signatures Opposing Illegal Airbnb Rentals in Israeli Settlements in the West Bank and Jerusalem
On global day of action marking 50 years of Israeli Occupation of West Bank, groups tell Airbnb investor Fidelity...
Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs’ Statement on Moody’s Decision to Lower Credit Bond Rating
SPRINGFIELD, IL – Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs today released the following statement after Moody’s decision to lower Illinois’ credit...
CONSUMER ALERT!!!!: Madigan Warns Illinois Charities of Elaborate Donation Scam
Attorney General’s Office Reports of Interactive Email Scam Targeting Illinois Charities CHICAGO, IL – Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan...
National, State and Local Policy Makers Headed for Black Political Convention in Gary
By Hazel Trice Edney Tuskegee Mayor Johnny Ford Co-chair National Policy Alliance Gary, Ind. Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson (TriceEdneyWire.com) -...
Ald. Burke’s Ordinance to Intimidate Movement for Police Accountability
From: Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression <contact@naarpr.org> Protesting police crime is a Hate Crime? Alderman Edward M. Burke...
Kirk Meets with McDonald to Discuss Ways to Improve Care at VA
WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R–Ill.), chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs,...
Microsoft and HBCU Connect.com Host Successful Event in Charlotte, NC to Recruit Black Tech Talent
Columbus, OH (BlackNews.com) -- Microsoft, in partnership with popular online social network HBCU Connect, recently celebrated a successful recruiting/ networking...
First 2016 Human Case of West Nile Virus in Illinois
SPRINGFIELD, DC – The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) has confirmed the first human case of West Nile virus...
