Mary J. Blige, Charlie Wilson, Nelly, Tyrese, and More to Headline 2026 Cincinnati Music Festival 
Black Culture Takes Center Stage as 7th Annual Jazz & Arts Festival Returns to Celebrate Legacy and Community 
28th Annual International Father and Family Practitioners Conference in the DC Area 
Drone Academy in Texas Now Featured on Daymond John’s Next Level CEO 
Historian Honored for Her Groundbreaking Research 
Seduction and slander, Christmas in Illinois, traveling salesmen, poetic Lincoln, and Civil War
 12th Annual Conference on Illinois History September 30 – October 1 in Springfield   Springfield, IL – Topics as...
Goodman Theatre’s 5th Biennial Latino Theatre Festival is an unprecedented success
Five weeks of international cultural exchange featured two critically-acclaimed productions by Cuba's Teatro Buendia during its U.S. Debut Chicago, IL...
Radebe, Fredericks to attend Beyond Sport Summit 2010
 Former South African soccer captain Lucas Radebe and multi-Olympic medallist Frank Fredericks are the latest high-profile names to confirm their...
President Obama signs Durbin’s Fair Sentencing Act into law
 WASHINGTON, D.C. – An historic, bipartisan bill to curtail the sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine was signed...
Kirk Unveils Southern Illinois Agenda
 Kirk: “We need a plan to create jobs and expand opportunities in Southern Illinois†  Carbondale, IL – Congressman...
Second conviction in ‘Operation Cookie Jar’
Theft nets former park district treasurer six years in prison   The former treasurer of a south suburban park district...
Debt Settlement Consumer Protection Bill Signed into Law
 New law cracks down on debt settlement fraud  Springfield, IL - A bill pushed by the Illinois State...
Atty. General Madigan: Illinois now has the nation’s toughest law regulating debt settlement operators
  Today, (August 3, 2010) Illinois consumers won. Illinois enacted the nation’s toughest law against the abusive practices of debt...
Long hot summer brings shorter Architecture Tours
Skyscraper Snapshots Added to Chicago Architecture Foundation Options  The Chicago Architecture Foundation, 224 S. Michigan, has added new bus,...
U.S. Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr. on Healthcare, the Economy and Unemployment Insurance Benefits extension
 Last week, I - along with 271 of my House colleagues - voted to extend federal unemployment insurance benefits...