EXCLUSIVE: Ed Gardner to meet with Evergreen Park mayor and developers
Spoke to Mayor Rahm Emanuel Wednesday via phone  By Chinta Strausberg  Despite the rumor mill, community leader and...
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Bearing caskets, South Side residents hold emergency anti-violence march
Business owners, residents, organizing for peace in Park Manor neighborhood  Wednesday, local residents and business owners in Park Manor held...
Busy Bees help to create permanent jobs for prisoners, ex-offenders in Chicago
By Joshunda Sanders America's Wire  CHICAGO, IL - Some people see a bee and want to swat it. Brenda...
State Senator Jacqueline Collins represents Illinois in Brazil
Promotes Illinois products in a large and growing market  SPRINGFIELD, IL – Illinois State Senator Jacqueline Y. Collins (D-16th)...
A huge victory for Civil Rights and Voting rights: Sometimes a “done†deal isn’t always a “done†deal
Commonwealth Court Judge halts Pennsylvania’s Voter ID law in November 6 election - Pennsylvania House Majority Leader Mike Turzai’s effort...
Illinois AFL-CIO Delegates re-elect Carrigan, Drea
Political work marks Opening Day of Convention  ROSEMONT, IL - Delegates to the 40th Illinois AFL-CIO Constitutional Convention re-elected officers...
U.S. Senators Kirk, Grassley question Treasury Secretary inaction on LIBOR, impact on U.S. borrowers
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Mark Kirk of Illinois and Chuck Grassley of Iowa today asked Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner...
Study: 1 in 3 Asian-American Voters Is Undecided
New America Media By Khalil Abdullah  WASHINGTON, IL - Asian Americans have been trending Democratic in their voting patterns...
Florida man gets 20 years in state prison for shooting car
By Kathy Ancar Nationwide (BlackNews.com) -- As he did every Saturday night for the previous four years, on August 20,...
Gardner working quietly to get blacks hired but wants Mayor Emanuel to visit sites
By Chinta Strausberg  For those who have been asking what will retired business giant Ed Gardner do after holding...
