FACT SHEET: President Obama to Host First-Ever White House Maker Faire
A Nation of Makers: Empowering America’s Students and Entrepreneurs to Invent the Future President Obama will host the first ever...
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Madigan: $968 Million Joint State, Federal Settlement With SunTrust to Provide Loan Modifications, Foreclosure Relief
Attorney General’s Latest Effort to Combat Foreclosure Crisis Will Add to $2.4 Billion in Relief Secured for Illinois Borrowers CHICAGO,...
National Urban League Statement on Voting Rights Amendment Act Hearing
National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial issued the following statement in response to the announcement by Senate...
President Obama will sign an Executive Order Prohibiting Discrimination by Federal Contractors on the Basis of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
Remarks by the President Barack Obama at a DNC LGBT Gala- Gotham Hall,New York, New York Edith, Robbie, thanks for...
CBC Chair Marcia L. Fudge Statement on the 50th Anniversary of Freedom Summer
WASHINGTON, DC - Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Chair Marcia L. Fudge (OH-11) released the following statement on the 50th Anniversary...
Delinquent Youth – Especially Girls – More Likely to Die Violently as Adults
Delinquency in youth predicts a much higher rate of being shot to death before age 30 Death rate of youth...
The Sentencing Project: Race and Justice News/Immigration
Tulsa Police: Local Immigration Enforcement Harms Public Safety The sheriff’s office and city police in Tulsa, Oklahoma disagree about how...
Lt. Governor Sheila Simon visits Murphysboro kitchen to spread the word about free summer lunches for kids
MURPHYSBORO – Saying no child should go hungry, Illinois Lt. Governor Sheila Simon visited a new site in Murphysboro on...
CBC Chair Marcia L. Fudge, Rep. John Lewis and Congressional Leadership to Mark 50th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
WASHINGTON, DC – On June 24, 2014, Congressional Black Caucus Chair Marcia L. Fudge (D-OH) and Congressman John Lewis (D-GA)...
Presidential Nominations Sent to the Senate
NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE: Erica J. Barks Ruggles, of Minnesota, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class...
