Chicago Park District Opens Summer Job Applications in Time for First of Four Teen Opportunity Fairs for Ages 13 & Up 
Former Mayor Calls for Accuracy in Water Crisis Narrative 
Marketplace With All Black-Owned Products Celebrates One Year in Business 
Two-Thirds of Black Consumers Pay More Attention to Ads That Reflect Their Culture 
Major George W. Ford Exhibit to Open During Black History Month at Temecula Valley Museum 
2013 Financial Profile shows 100 fewer school districts ranked in highest fiscal category
ISBE analysis reflects significant economic strain facing school districts SPRINGFIELD, IL — A statewide financial analysis shows more than 100...
Proof-of-Citizenship Laws ‘Disenfranchise’ Asian Americans
New America Media By Glenn D. Magpantay After the 2012 elections, political leaders across the country recognized the Asian Pacific...
Collins supports moratorium on CPS closures
SPRINGFIELD, IL – Illinois State Senator Jacqueline Y. Collins issued the following statement on legislation she co-sponsored to prevent Chicago...
Attorney General Madigan: Bill requiring review of suspicious vulnerable adult deaths passes out of Committee
Measure would require review of Suspicious At-Home Deaths of Elderly, Disabled Adults SPRINGFIELD, IL – Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan...
Ribbon cutting ceremony held at Saint Sabina for safe and accessible playground
By Chinta Strausberg A ribbon cutting ceremony was held Tuesday for the building of a safe and accessible playground at...
Topinka salutes female fire service leaders
15 honored as part of Women's History Month  CHICAGO, IL  - Illinois Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka saluted 15 fire...
David Kelly of Dex One to receive Better Business Bureau Torchbearer Award
CHICAGO, IL - David Kelly will receive the Torchbearer Award from the Better Business Bureau serving Chicago and Northern Illinois...
National Veterans Art Museum to host reading of Short, Crazy Vietnam War memoir
Reading accompanied by Display of Never-Before-Shown Artist/Author’s Drawings CHICAGO, IL – On April 20, 2013 at 2 p.m., the National...
State Senator Raoul supports constitutional pension reform
SPRINGFIELD, IL – Illinois State Senator Kwame Raoul (D-13th) issued the following statement on the pension reform votes taken in...
Funeral Services set for Dr. Barbara S. Penelton for Sunday and Monday
By Chinta Strausberg Visitation for Dr. Barbara S. Penelton, 75, who died in a head-on car crash in Peoria last...