Kirk, Durbin & Rush To Introduce Bronzeville-Black Metropolis National Heritage Area Act
Legislation To Commemorate and Promote the Historic Cultural Resources in Chicago Mid-Southside Community WASHINGTON, D. C. - U.S. Senators...
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Additional Help Coming to Illinois in the Battle Against the Heroin and Opioid Crisis
Illinois is one of 44 states to share in $53 million in grants to reduce opioid overdoses and deaths and...
Day Laborer Released After Civil Rights Complaint
Advocates Gathered Wednesday to Call for Investigation Into Unlawful Raids Advocates gathered Wednesday at a Press conference and rally...
Kirk Statement on Secretary Kerry Urging Reporters Not to Cover Terrorism
Kerry shockingly says: “Perhaps the media would do us all a service if they didn’t cover it quite as much....
ILBCF: Ammons’ Bill Curbs Exorbitant Inmate Calling Charges
SPRINGFIELD, IL – Illinois State Rep. Carol Ammons, D-Urbana, says telephone calls placed by inmates in Illinois correctional facilities are...
NAACP Statement on the 53rd Anniversary of the March on Washington
Baltimore, MD – The NAACP issued the following statement in observance of the 53rd Anniversary of the March on Washington....
Sanders Opposes Dakota Access Pipeline
BURLINGTON, Vt. – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement in support of grassroots and legal efforts to...
Baton Rouge Man Sentenced To Lengthy Prison Term For Mailing Threatening Letters To Federal And State Courthouses
BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Walt Green announced today that BRIAN CAVALIER, age 34, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana,...
Madigan Sues Drugmaker Insys for Deceptive Sales of Opioid Painkiller
Attorney General Madigan Accuses Drug Company of Selling Cancer Pain Medication to Non-Cancer Patients to Turn a Profit CHICAGO,...
Unemployment Rates Decrease in Twelve Metro Areas
Much of Downstate still suffering job losses CHICAGO, IL –Twelve of Illinois’ metropolitan (metro) areas experienced decreases in their over-the-year...
