Munger Outlines Plan to Pay Bills During Budget Impasse
Comptroller seeks Agreed Order from AG to continue paying employees CHICAGO, IL - Illinois Comptroller Leslie Geissler Munger outlined her...
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President Barack Obama to Address NAACP 106th Annual National Convention in Philadelphia
President Barack Obama will address the 106th NAACP Annual Convention in Philadelphia, PA on Tuesday, July 14, 2015 at the...
IDNR Urges Public to Leave Fireworks Displays to Those Who Are Licensed and Trained
Fireworks Show Sponsors Reminded to Check Credentials of Fireworks Vendors SPRINGFIELD, IL – The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR)...
The White House Lifts Camera and Photo Ban on Public Tours
The White House is lifting its longstanding camera and photo ban on public tours. This ban has been in place...
NAACP Concerned by the Outbreak of Church Burnings
In the weeks following a church massacre in which nine people were shot dead by a white nationalist at Emanuel...
President Obama’s Statement on the Re-Establishment of Diplomatic Relations With Cuba
President Barack Obama: Good morning, everybody. Â Please have a seat. More than 54 years ago, at the height of the...
Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch Statement on the Agreement in Principle with BP to Settle Civil Claims for the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
Total Value of Settlement Would Top $18.7 Billion, the Largest Settlement with a Single Entity in American History Today, BP...
Summer Scams: The BBB’s Hot Five
CHICAGO, IL -Â Summer for most people is the perfect time to go to a concert or take a vacation....
For Second Straight Week, Rauner Administration Refuses to Attend Hearing on Misleading Claims about Staff Pay
SPRINGFIELD, IL – For the second consecutive week, officials from Gov. Bruce Rauner’s administration refused to appear at a hearing...
Urban League’s Morial to Officials Resisting Marriage Equality: “We Are Better Than This”
NEW YORK - National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial today called on jurisdictions resisting marriage equality to...
