President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts
WASHINGTON, DC – President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key Administration posts: Brad R....
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Preckwinkle Praises Efforts to Upgrade Conditions at County Jail Complex
Department of Facilities Management takes lead in meeting compliance standards The Cook County Department of Facilities Management (DFM) has met...
Medical Information a Growing Target for Identity Thieves, Warns BBB
CHICAGO, IL - Medical identity theft can be one of the most devastating forms of identity theft. In 2014, it...
Without Addressing Disability We’ll Never Make Meaningful Progress In Ending Police Violence
By Rebecca Cokley and Lawrence Carter-Long Freddie Gray, Eric Garner, Kajieme Powell, James Boyd, and Ethan Saylor were all killed...
Comptroller Munger: Office Committed to Ensuring Personnel Payments
Comptroller asks Court for order to compensate state employees CHICAGO, IL - Illinois Comptroller Leslie Geissler Munger released the following...
Formerly Detained Chicagoans Join National Call to End Immigrant Detention
Immigrant families and supporters to rally in front of Chicago immigration building, joining dozens of groups around the country to...
President Obama Petitioned to Honor Ethiopian Hero
International Council Request President Obama to place wreath at historic gravesite on visit to Ethiopia Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (BlackNews.com) --...
Senator Hunter’s Nephews’ Funerals Set for Friday: Both victims of Gun Violence
By Chinta Strausberg Funeral services for Illinois State Senator Mattie Hunter’s (D-3rd) nephews, Willie Lee Hunter, 31, and his brother,...
Rep. Flowers Calls on Rauner to Back her LaSalle Street Tax Bill
Says it’ll yield $10-$12 billion a year By Chinta Strausberg Illinois State Rep. Mary Flowers (D-31st) Saturday urged the governor...
Fix the Voting Rights Act Now: Sign The Petition
Sign the petition to Congress: “Thanks to the Supreme Court, the Voting Rights Act is weaker now than when it...
