State’s Attorney Alvarez Announces Top Management Appointment
Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez has appointed a new Chief of Staff in the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office....
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Attorney General Madigan Announces $1.5 Million for Pullman Affordable Housing Initiative
National Foreclosure Settlement Funding To Advance Neighborhood Rebuilding, Preservation Effort CHICAGO, IL – Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced...
Michigan Government Accused of Gender Discrimination
Michigan government agencies may discriminate on the basis of sex, i.e. "No woman should be making that kind of money"...
President Obama’s Weekly Address: It’s Time for Congress to Help the Middle Class
WASHINGTON, DC — In this week’s address, the President discussed the new monthly jobs report and the fact that our...
NAACP Takes Strong Policy Stands on Important Civil Rights Issues during 2014 National Convention
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Over 2000 voting delegates from all over the United States voted last week to pass policy positions...
The Institute of the Black World 21st Century (IBW) Issues a ‘C’ on “Report Card” of Obama Administration’s Drug Policy
IBW's "Mixed Review" Balances Praise With Criticisms and Renewed Demands Washington DC -Â The Institute of the Black World 21st...
Kirk Requests Investigation of Missing Federal Disaster Relief
Investigations of $50 Million in State Aid Ignores $5 Million of Federal Tax Dollars HUD Investigation Should Answer: Who Received...
2013 Chicago TIF Analysis: City had $1.7 Billion in Property Taxes in TIF Accounts on January 1, 2014
CITY HAD $1.71 BILLION IN PROPERTY TAXES IN TIF ACCOUNTS ON JANUARY 1, 2014 A review of the 2013 annual...
Cook County Justice Advisory Council Awards $680,000 in Recidivism Reduction Grants
Grantees include the Inspiration Corporation, WestCare Foundation, Westside Health Authority and Youth Outreach Service Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle...
Helen Prejean: The ‘Whole Death Penalty System is Botched’
New America Media Question & Answer By Viji Sundaram Editor’s Note: The recent botched executions of three death row inmates...
