Kirk, Enzi Introduce Student Lending Transparency & Protection Measures
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and Mike Enzi (R-WY) today introduced the Transparency in Student Lending Act which will improve the information...
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The View From The Ground: At Issue – Calls for Transparency in the Process
By Curtis Black Mayor Rahm Emanuel has agreed to changes to his police accountability ordinance to increase the independence of...
Unemployment Rate Remains Above National Average in All but Two Metro Areas
Job Growth Remains Mixed in the Metro Areas CHICAGO, IL – Again this month, twelve of Illinois’ metropolitan (metro) areas...
FBI Releases 2015 Crime Statistics
After two years of decline, the estimated number of violent crimes in the nation increased 3.9 percent in 2015 when...
CBC Holds Press Conference at DOJ and Presents Letter to AG Loretta Lynch Addressing Systematic Surveillance and Profiling of Blacks by Law Enforcement
WASHINGTON, DC – CBC Chairman G. K. Butterfield, Congresswoman Maxine Waters and members of the CBC held a press conference...
Cook County Continues to Realize Savings Through Smaller Real Estate Footprint; Warehouse Consolidation Expected to Save Another $1.5 Million
County on track to reach its goal of a 1 million square foot reduction by 2018 Continuing her efforts to...
IDOT Hiring in Preparation of Winter Weather
Temporary help needed to assist with snow-and-ice removal, public urged to apply SPRINGFIELD, IL – The Illinois Department of...
Black Lives Matter Chicago Responds to the Announcement to Hire More Police
From: Black Lives Matter Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson announced the planned hiring of 970 more cops over the next...
NAACP Statement on Fatal Shooting of Terence Crutcher During Police Encounter in Tulsa, OK
Baltimore, MD – NAACP President and CEO Cornell William Brooks today issued the following statement regarding the release of video...
Tennessee Man Charged with Threatening to Murder Member of United States Congress
A Murfreesboro, Tennessee, man was taken into custody this morning by FBI agents and U.S. Capitol Police, after a criminal...
