Tax refund anticipation loans provide immediate money but with high fees
   (From the Better Business Bureau)   CHICAGO, IL -  Many Americans are looking forward to the expected...
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‘On the Edge’ Artist embraces the environment
Dittmar Gallery to feature sculptures and installations by Nnenna Okore March 30-May 8Â Â Evanston, IL - Nigerian-born artist Nnenna...
National Walk to Work Day, April 1: Lace up your walking shoes
Chicagoland residents are encouraged to put the pavement beneath their feet on April 1, Walk to Work Day. Â (From...
190 North makes huge splash at Josephine’s Restaurant
Janet Davies asked "Mother Wade" who bakes her cakes. Wade praised Sue Tzoumas, a representative from the Chicago Sweet Connections...
Kirk, Rubio ask President Obama to expand free trade in Western hemisphere
Approve Colombia and Panama Free Trade Agreements  Washington, D.C. – As President Obama embarks on a trip to Latin...
Peace Groups to protest on 8th Anniversary of Iraq War and Occupation
(From the Chicago Coalition Against War and Racism) Â Speakers to include military vet who served in unit of former...
Calculation error affects Tax Increase Referendum Votes in ten Cook County communities
Ballot language underestimates amount of tax increase by as much as 70% in some cases Cook County - A slew...
Children’s Author Robert Burleigh named Prairie State Illinois Author of the Year
 To be recognized March 17 during Illinois Reading Council’s “Literacy Outside the Box†conference in Springfield  Springfield, IL...
America’s Wire releases story on the ineffectiveness of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
 Wade Henderson, President and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and the Leadership Conference Fund...
Imagine Englewood If and Legislators to confront lead-poisoning at March 26th Town Hall Meeting
 Lead Transferred during Pregnancy Emerges as Top Issue Facing Englewood Children.    Chicago, IL---- On Saturday, March 26, 2011, Imagine...
