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 
Two Illinois High School Students Selected for U.S. Senate Youth Program
Delegates will travel to D.C. and receive $5,000 scholarship SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois State Board of Education congratulates two...
ReMARCs: Tuning Out of the Oscars and Into Diversity
By Marc Morial President & CEO, National Urban League Diversity at the Oscars Actress Jada Pinkett Smith,...
December Jobs in Illinois Decrease -16,300 while Unemployment Rate Rises to 5.9
CHICAGO, IL – The Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) announced today that Illinois’ nonfarm payroll employment lost -16,300 jobs...
State Senator Collins to Chair Senate Hearing on Small Business Impact of Predatory Lending, Lack of Access to Capital
CHICAGO, IL — Illinois State Senator Jacqueline Y. Collins (D-Chicago 16th), chair of the Senate Financial Institutions Committee, will hold...
Online Auction for Unclaimed Property
Live Auction January 25 - 29, Sale Preview Underway SPRINGFIELD, IL – Commemorative coins, stamps, and jewelry are among the...
Fioretti Condemns GOP Plan to Bankrupt Chicago Schools
Fioretti condemns forced CPS bankruptcy The plan by Gov. Bruce Rauner and other members of the Illinois GOP to bankrupt...
Madigan: Changes that Hurt the Middle Class Cannot be Allowed
CHICAGO, IL – Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan issued the following statement Thursday after Gov. Bruce Rauner and Republican...
Former Clerk at Cook County Recorder of Deeds Admits Accepting Cash Bribe in Exchange for Preparing Fraudulent Real Estate Deed
CHICAGO, IL — A former clerk for the Cook County Recorder of Deeds pleaded guilty today to accepting a cash...
FBI Releases Preliminary Semiannual Crime Statistics for 2015
Statistics released in the FBI’s Preliminary Semiannual Uniform Crime Report revealed overall declines in the number of property crimes reported...
Kirk’s Response to Reports of Administration’s Additional $1.7 Billion Payment to Iran
WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) responded to reports the Administration, in addition to giving the terror-sponsoring Iranian...