Monthly Archives: March 2015
New Poll Surveys Latino Voters on Chicago’s Mayoral Runoff Election
Focused solely on Latino registered voters in the city of Chicago—the timely polling effort, Chicago Latino Voters and the 2015 Mayoral Runoff, conducted by Latino Decisions and co-sponsored by Latino… Read more
Nuclear Energy: Safe, Clean and Keeping the Lights On
Nuclear energy has been in the news lately, but it may not be what you think. Nuclear energy is a safe, clean source of the electricity that you use every… Read more
ComEd Provides Financial Assistance to Customers in Need
ComEd announces it has dedicated $10 million in assistance funds for 2015 to help customers struggling to pay their electric bill. ComEd is urging customers who have fallen behind on… Read more
Thousands of Illinois Home Child Care Providers, Parents, Children and Community Supporters Walk Out to Save Child Care
Starting early morning and stretching into the evening, hundreds of child care home providers and centers held neighborhood marches and rallies as part of the Walk Out for Kids day… Read more
Rauner’s Proposed Cuts to Transit Funding Threaten to Reverse Gains Made by CTA, Metra, Pace
The Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) projected that the cuts described in Governor Rauner’s proposed State of Illinois fiscal year 2016 (FY 2016) budget would level a blow to the operating… Read more
Erie Neighborhood House Helps Navigate Child Welfare System
Navigating the child welfare system can be an overwhelming experience for many families. I am sure that as professionals in the field you may have witnessed this on countless occasions…. Read more
Sixty Percent Fewer Out of School Suspensions
Chicago Public Schools (CPS) releases a mid-year data report revealing a 60 percent reduction in suspensions and 38 percent reduction in expulsions across all grades in School Year 2014-2015 (SY… Read more
J. Sterling Morton East Freshmen Center to Participate in Annual Tech 2015
The annual TECH 2015 Students for the Information Age event will be held on Thursday, May 7, 2015 from 1pm-3pm at the Illinois State Capitol Building in Springfield. J. Sterling… Read more
March is National Nutrition Month
March is National Nutrition Month, which is a nice time of the year to reevaluate our health goals. This is especially important in case those we made in January for… Read more
Howard Brown Health Center to Expand Services for Homeless, LGBTQ Youth
Howard Brown Health Center (HBHC) will initiate a community planning process to design the future home of the Broadway Youth Center (BYC) on the second floor of HBHC’s main facility… Read more
