2015 Report Card Released With New Features to Better Reflect School Climate and Student Progress
Changes underway to report the first Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) scores SPRINGFIELD,...
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Cook County Board President Preckwinkle Announces 2015 No Cash Bid Program Update
Thirty-six taxing districts across Cook County have so far submitted requests to Cook County’s No Cash Bid Program for the...
Attorney General Madigan Reminds Families to Check Sex Offender Registry to Plan Safe Trick-Or-Treat Routes
CHICAGO, IL— As Halloween approaches, Attorney General Lisa Madigan reminded parents to check the state’s sex offender registry and with...
Chicago Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression Responds to Op-Ed: FBI Attacks on Black Lives Matter
From: Chicago Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression James Comey, Director of the FBI has gone on record against the...
Halloween Partiers, Beware: Costumes Won’t Stop Police from Catching Impaired Drivers This Weekend
Don’t let the night get scary – keep the party off the road CHICAGO, IL – The Illinois Department of...
City Council Budget Votes Puts Interests of Wall Street Banks Above Neighborhood Residents
Letters to Editors Grassroots Collaborative CHICAGO, IL - The Chicago City Council passed Mayor Emanuel’s 2016 budget by a vote...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Kirk Again Asks Attorney General Lynch to Investigate Web Site Advertising Sex
WASHINGTON, IL – After a Streamwood, Ill., man was arrested for using Backpage.com to engage in the sex-trafficking of a 15-year-old girl, Senator Mark...
NAACP President and CEO: Video of School Resource Officer Violently Flipping, Tossing and Thereafter Banging the Head of a Young Girl in Her South Carolina Classroom is Offensive
NAACP President releases statement on S. Carolina School Resource Officer Baltimore, Md - NAACP President and CEO Cornell William Brooks...
Black Women Leaders Outraged By Police Violence Against S.C. Student
By Hazel Trice Edney (TriceEdneyWire.com) - Leading Black women across the nation are expressing outrage this week over the...
Community Organizations: Community Policing is Not the Answer
Activists and Community Organizations Release Report on Community Policing in Response to President’s Recommendations for Policing. CHICAGO, IL - On...
