House Speaker Madigan to Convene Comprehensive Hearings on Education Funding Formula
CHICAGO, IL – Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan, D-Chicago, issued the following statement Thursday announcing hearings to be held...
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Former White House Employee Pleads Guilty To Taking Part in Time/Attendance Scheme
Defendant stole over $5,000 in false overtime claims WASHINGTON, DC – The former director of switchboard operations at the...
Munger: Illinois on Pace to Dig $6.2 Billion Deeper in Debt This Year
Comptroller says costs of impasse even higher than initially projected CHICAGO, IL - Comptroller Leslie Geissler Munger announced Tuesday that...
President Obama Proposes $1.1 Billion in New Funding to Address the Prescription Opioid Abuse and Heroin Use Epidemic: Fact Sheet
President’s Budget includes new mandatory funding to help ensure that all Americans who want treatment can get the help they...
Former Owner and Operator of California Medical Equipment Supply Company Sentenced for Their Roles in $1.5 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
The former owner and the former operator of a durable medical equipment supply company based in Long Beach, California, were...
Black Lives Matter Sues IPRA for Records of Cop Who Killed Rekia Boyd
Despite the city's paper thin promises of new transparency and accountability in policing, this morning a Black Lives Matter Chicago...
CBC Chairman G. K. Butterfield Commemorates Black History Month
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressional Black Caucus Chairman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) released the following statement in recognition of Black History...
President Obama to Award the Medal of Honor
WASHINGTON, DC – On February 29, 2016, President Barack Obama will present the Medal of Honor to Senior Chief Special...
Ken Dunkin’s $500,000 Republican Right-Wing Supporter Opposes Minimum Wage Increase, Obama Policies and Wants Massive Cuts to Chicago Schools
From: Friends of Juliana Stratton, Democratic candidate for state representative CHICAGO, IL – Ken Dunkin’s latest Republican political...
Disenfranchisement News: Maryland House Votes to Expand Voting Rights to People on Probation and Parole
From: The Sentencing Project Maryland House votes to expand voting rights to people on probation and parole The House...
