Mother of slain teen told killer didn’t mean it
Youth to mom: ‘Keep my name out of your mouth’  By Chinta Strausberg Tonya Burch, the mother of slain...
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Topinka: Continued federal gridlock will cost Illinois
 Washington payments to state average more than $70 million a day                                                     Chicago, IL – Illinois Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka...
President Obama’s statement on debt negotiations
President Obama delivered a statement (July 29, 2011) once again calling on Congress to compromise to avoid defaulting on the Nation’s...
What happens if we don’t raise the debt ceiling?
Worth Repeating  (From the Office of U.S. Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr. Representing the 2nd District of Illinois)  July has...
Nation’s top black lawyers and judges to convene at Annual Conference in Baltimore
  Washington, D.C. - Thousands of members of the National Bar Association (NBA), one of the nation's premier legal...
Illinois Attorney General nets two arrests in child porn operation
Sangamon and Will County arrests bring total to 24 in statewide effort to combat child pornography  Chicago, IL — Illinois...
Survey: Youth employment crisis being ignored
Is enough being done about the youth employment crisis? Youth Advocates Say No! Â Washington, DC (BlackNews.com) -- A recent...
Sec’y of State Jesse White urges Illinois authors to add their names to Illinois Authors Wiki
  Springfield, IL — Illinois Secretary of State and State Librarian Jesse White is urging Illinois authors with published books...
Kirk addresses Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Task Force Report
Highlights Lessons Learned in Wake of Japanese Nuclear Crisis Proposes Six Immediate, Long-Term Safety Improvements Need to Move Nuclear Waste...
Better Business Bureau advices students: Secure your identity
 (Message from the Better Business Bureau)   Chicago, IL - College students often feel they have enough to...
