What Climate Change Means for Your Health and Family: Fact Sheet
Obama Administration Releases Scientific Assessment on Impact of Climate Change to Human Health in the United States Delivering on another...
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NAACP Statement on Supreme Court Ruling to Uphold “One Person, One Vote”
BALTIMORE – NAACP President and CEO Cornell William Brooks released the following statement about today’s Supreme Court decision on voter...
President Obama Announces Presidential Delegation to the Republic of Niger to Attend the Inauguration of His Excellency Mahamadou Issoufou, President of the Republic of Niger
President Barack Obama announced the designation of a Presidential Delegation to the Republic of Niger to Attend the Inauguration of...
City of Chicago Threatens the Chicago GOP Over Signage
CHICAGO, IL -- The Chicago Department of Buildings has issued a "Notice of Violation and Summons" to the building that...
Federal Grand Jury Indicts Two Men for Robbing Individuals at Gunpoint at ATMs in West and Northwest Suburbs
CHICAGO, IL — Two men have been indicted in connection with the armed robberies of individuals at automated-teller machines in...
Unemployment Rates Increase in All Metro Areas
Illinois continues to lag behind nation in job growth despite jobs increase CHICAGO, IL – Unemployment rates increased in...
President Obama’s Remarks on Commutations of Prison Sentences
President Barack Obama: Well, this has been an extraordinary lunch that I've had a chance to have here with some...
Youth Incarceration is Declining Sharply, but Racial Disparities are Increasing
From: Marc Mauer, The Sentencing Project There are several new publications from The Sentencing Project: A new policy brief delves...
Lovington, New Mexico Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Assault on Law Enforcement Officials
A federal judge sentenced a Lovington, NM, man to 300 months in federal prison for a crime spree during which...
Attorney General Madigan Settles Claims Against Sham Cancer Charities
Settlement Concludes Action by Madigan, FTC & States Against Charities that Bilked More Than $75 Million from Donors CHICAGO,...
