Vivica A. Fox Stars in and Produces the New LMN Thriller “The Wrong Housemaid” 
Three Women Fighting to Preserve an Important Slavery Exhibit in Philadelphia 
63-Year-Old Black Athlete/ Track Star is Running Faster Than She Did in Her 50s 
14-Year-Old Black CEO Launches Youth Entrepreneurship Summit and $10K Pitch Competition 
Founder Rejects $15K Offer for Breakthrough Patent-Pending Software 
Jumpstart College Planning and Celebrate National 529 Day with a College Illinois!® Prepaid Tuition Plan
Hurry! Just A Few Days Before Enrollment Closes! CHICAGO, IL – Sunday is National 529 Day, (literally, 5/29!), a...
Kirk Statement on Single-Day Surge of Poorly-Vetted Syrian Refugee Approvals
WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) released the following statement in response to the drastic increase in accepted refugee...
Traveling for Memorial Day? Time to Buckle Up
IDOT, law enforcement campaign coincides with increase in traffic fatalities SPRINGFIELD, IL – The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT),...
Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch Delivers Remarks at Women’s Bar Association Annual Dinner
Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch: Thank you, President Kovarovics, for that kind introduction and for your exemplary leadership of the...
Young Immigrant Chicago Woman to Announce Lawsuit Against Department of Homeland Security
Member and co-founder of Organized Communities Against Deportation (OCAD) will be presenting a lawsuit against USCIS after being denied DACA...
Kirk, Lankford Introduce Amendment To Cut Foreign Aid for Nations Who Lose Track of Gitmo Terrorists
Amendment to National Defense Authorization Act Filed Today WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senators Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and James...
Black Union Members Seek to Flex Political Clout in 2016 Elections
45th Convention of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU) Expected to Draw 800-1,000 Workers, May 25-30, 2016, in Washington,...
Kirk Statement on TSA Administrator’s Visit to O’Hare
PEORIA, Ill. – U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) today issued the following statement after TSA Administrator, Peter Neffenger, visited O’Hare...
Illinois Receives 2016 Small Business Environmental Assistance Program Award
SPRINGFIELD, IL – Last week, the Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity Small Business Environmental Assistance Program received the...
Boston City Official Charged with Union-Related Extortion
BOSTON – The City of Boston’s Director of the Office of Tourism, Sports and Entertainment was arrested this morning after...