President Preckwinkle Names New Deputy Chief of Staff
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle has named Anel Ruiz, currently Community Outreach Liaison Coordinator in the Office of the...
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CopyLine Magazine Interviews EWAC Officials About Proposed Medical Marijuana Dispensary Headed for the Eighth Ward
Juanita Bratcher, Editor & Publisher of CopyLine Magazine and Host of One On One TV, interviews Jerry Brown and Linda...
President Obama Signs Executive Order Making Presidential Innovation Fellows Program Permanent: FACT SHEET
“My hope is this continues to encourage a culture of public service among our innovators, and tech entrepreneurs, so that...
National Urban League Mourns Civil Rights Icon Julian Bond
National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial released the following statement on the death of Julian Bond: "The...
Civil Rights Icon Julian Bond, Dies at 75
Bond died Saturday in Fort Walton Beach, Fla. He was 75 years old. By Juanita Bratcher Civil Rights Icon Julian...
City had $1.44 Billion in Property Taxes in TIF Accounts on January 1, 2015
From: The TIF Illumination Project A review of the 2014 annual reports of the City’s 150 Tax Increment Financing Districts...
Saint Sabina’s Father Thulani Takes Peace Marchers to Crime Scene to Pray
Police say shooting was ‘gang-related’ By Chinta Strausberg As Father Thulani Magwaza began Saint Sabina’s weekly anti-violence march late Friday...
Collins’ Plan Requiring Charter Schools to Disclose Criminal Investigations Becomes Law
SPRINGFIELD, IL – Illinois State Senator Jacqueline Y. Collins (D-Chicago 16th) hailed the governor’s signing of legislation she sponsored to...
Aldermen and Organizers Continue to Push For the Passage of the STOP Act: ACLU’s Agreement with the CPD on Stop and Frisk Fails to Provide Necessary Transparency
CHICAGO, IL — Aldermen Proco Joe Moreno, Roderick Sawyer and organizers with We Charge Genocide and ChicagoVotes announced their intention...
Congressional Black Caucus Commemorates the 80th Anniversary of the Social Security Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressional Black Caucus Chairman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) released the following statement recognizing the 80th anniversary...
