Topinka: Child Care Checks on the way
 Comptroller orders immediate distribution of funds   SPRINGFIELD, IL – Illinois Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka announced that she has directed her...
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Honoring Our Troops, Supporting Military Families and Commemorating American Heroes this Memorial Day
From Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr. (2nd District) Â This Memorial Day we ekend, as you gather with family, friends, and...
Black contractor seeks $12 million payout, refuses to be front firm
 By Chinta Strausberg  In business since 2003, Harold J. Davis, Jr., president of Amer-I-Can Enterprises II, who had...
Motorola Mobility Foundation honors working women through the Eleanor Foundation
Award recognizes senior leadership and support the public grant-maker’s 10-year anniversary  CHICAGO, IL – The Motorola Mobility Foundation today became...
Congressman Rush, diverse civil rights coalition move to end predatory prison phone rates
 Seek end to kickback scheme that hurts families  By Chinta Strausberg  Leaders of a diverse civil rights...
Illinois Senate Democrats pass balanced budget
SPRINGFIELD, IL - Â The Illinois Senate passed a balanced budget for the next fiscal year that spends $255 million less...
U.S. Senator Kirk applauds Senate passage of Iran Sanctions Bill
CHICAGO, IL – U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.), a leading co-author of Iran sanctions legislation, today released the following statement applauding...
State Senator Collins seeks justice for youngest trafficking victims
SPRINGFIELD, IL – Illinois State Senator Jacqueline Y. Collins (D-16th) lauded the unanimous passage of legislation designed to make it...
Charges against two men in connection with NATO related investigations
The Cook County State's Attorney's Office released the following statement Sunday following charges against two men in connection with NATO...
Shut Down I.C.E. Pro-Immigrant and Anti-NATO advocates join forces
Dozens will travel from Chicago to Crete, IL today to face Immigration and Custom Enforcement Officials  CHICAGO, IL- Today...
