Illinois Adds 14,700 Jobs; Unemployment Rate Rises to 6.5%
Annual Growth Rate Remains Significantly Below National Average CHICAGO, IL –The Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) announced that...
Year: 2016
Senate Committee Approves Kirk Bill to Fund Veterans, Military at Record Levels
Kirk Bill Increases Vets Care by $3.4 Billion Requires New Oversight on Spending, New Protections for Whistleblowers, New IVF Coverage...
Senator Collins Votes for Budget Measure to Alleviate “State of Emergency”
SPRINGFIELD, IL – Illinois State Senator Jacqueline Y. Collins (D-Chicago 16th) has voted for legislation the Senate passed to give...
Chicago GOP Meeting Shut Down by Protesting Democrats
CHICAGO, IL -- Several Democrats who had run for Republican ward committeeman in Chicago shut down the organizational meeting of...
Online Voting: Newest Way to Vote in the 49th Ward’s Participatory Budgeting election
Letters to Editors As we approach our seventh year of Participatory Budgeting – where 49th Ward residents decide how to spend $1 million...
Woman Sentenced for Defrauding Disabled Couple of More Than $500,000
Memphis, TN – A woman has been sentenced to federal prison for defrauding a disabled couple of more than $500,000...
Illinois Resident Confirmed To Have Infection Matching Wisconsin Outbreak
Elizabethkingia cases found in Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) announced today that an...
Kirk Co-Sponsors Criminal Justice Reform Legislation
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) released the following statement after announcing his support for the bipartisan criminal justice reform...
Does the State of Illinois Have Your Money?
Search Unclaimed Property List at IllinoisTreasurer.gov SPRINGFIELD, IL – A statewide digital media and newsprint advertising push begins this week...
Chicago Immigration Office Concedes Demands to Stop One Deportation, Still Plans to Deport Father of Five This Friday
On Tuesday morning the Chicago Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) office delayed the deportation of Chicago father Noe Adan Carlos Herrera...
