Congressional Veterans Jobs Caucus launches bipartisan, bicameral efforts to combat veteran unemployment
WASHINGTON, DC — Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Mark Kirk (R-IL) and Representatives Jeff Denham (R-CA) and Tim Walz (D-MN),...
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Lt. Governor Simon’s Firearms Working Group meets with health care professionals
Simon, members hear how gun laws intersect with trauma, health care and mental health fields  SPRINGFIELD, IL – Illinois...
White incarceration rates increase, Black rates decline
Race & Justice News The Sentencing Project  The period 2000 to 2010 was one in which prison expansion began...
Ethiopia’s Economy Benefits from Returning Diaspora
 PRI’s The World By Anders Kelto  At a salon in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, customer Erica Kanesa relaxes...
Better Business Bureau joins government partners for Consumer Protection event
CHICAGO, IL - The Better Business Bureau serving Chicago and Northern Illinois (BBB) will be featured at the 15th annual...
Minority voter rights at risk in upcoming Supreme Court Ruling
New America Media By Khalil Abdullah Traducción al español  Editor's Note: The Supreme Court hears oral arguments on a...
Lt. Governor Simon responds to House Committee passage of marriage equality legislation
SPRINGFIELD , IL – Lt. Governor Sheila Simon thanked the House Executive Committee today for passing marriage equality legislation in...
West Side preacher rips black clergy for lobbying in support of same-sex marriage
By Chinta Strausberg  Bewildered at black ministers who are headed for Springfield to lobby in support of the same-sex...
Senator Kirk’s Readout meeting with Treasury Secretary-Designate Lew to discuss his nomination
 WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) yesterday met with Treasury Secretary-designate Jack Lew to discuss his nomination.  Sen. Kirk...
U.S. Supreme Court to hear a case which could make it harder for communities of color to register and vote
A Message from Benjamin Todd Jealous President and CEO NAACP  Today, the Supreme Court will hear a case; the outcome of...
