Governor Rauner signs first Executive Order Addressing State’s Fiscal Crisis
* Review of spending, procurement & personnel decisions ordered * Halts awarding of contracts & grants * Instructs sale of...
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Vice President Biden to Host Caribbean Energy Security Summit
Vice President Joe Biden will host the first ever Caribbean Energy Security Summit in Washington, DC on January 26, 2015. ...
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle Outlines Second Term Agenda During a Speech at the City Club of Chicago
Ambitious second term agenda includes robust economic development efforts and continued reform of the county’s criminal justice and public health...
Fair Economy Illinois Responds to Governor Rauner’s Inaugural Speech
Today, Bruce Rauner begins his tenure as governor of Illinois. In his very first speech as governor of our state,...
Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office Secures 60-Year Sentence in Shooting Death of High School Student
A Chicago man who gunned down a 15-year-old Chicago charter school student who was sitting on the front porch of...
Howard Morgan Is Free – A Peoples Victory!
(From the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression) We, along with tens of thousands of other people, greet the...
Dr. King Paid the Ultimate Price for Us; What Will You Do for Him Today?
By Chinta Strausberg It was 50-years ago that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led his Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)...
America’s Resurgence Is Real: President Obama’s Weekly Address
WASHINGTON, DC — In this week’s address, President Obama discussed the economic gains we made in 2014, which was the...
Attorney General Holder Delivers Remarks at the Portrait Unveiling for Congressman John Conyers
Attorney General Eric Holder: Good afternoon and thank you all for being here. It’s a pleasure to be with you...
Letter to Congressman Steve Scalise From the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, and the National Urban League
Letter signed by officers Wade Henderson and Marc Morial: The Honorable Steve Scalise United States House of Representatives Washington, DC...
