Monthly Archives: September 2015
Radio Host Javier Salas Officially Announces Campaign
Radio Host and Former Senior Advisor for Governor Pat Quinn, Javier Salas formally announced his campaign to run for the 4th Congressional District of Illinois, this week at a kickoff… Read more
Mercy Hospital & Medical Center Joins Lurie Children’s Hospital
Mercy Hospital & Medical Center announced on Tuesday its affiliation with Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago to provide 24-hour hospitalist and neonatologist care at Mercy. Lurie… Read more
Esperanza Health Centers Receives National Recognition for Performance
Esperanza Health Centers was named a recipient of Affordable Care Act funding by Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) in recognition of the high quality and comprehensive care provided to… Read more
Build Your Business By Blogging
The Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection (BACP) is set to host nine free business education workshops for small business owners and entrepreneurs throughout the month of September. For… Read more
U-Verse with AT&T Gigapower Launches in Des Plains, Norridge, and Manhattan
AT&T is expanding the availability of U-verse® with AT&T GigaPower to residential and small business customers in parts of Des Plaines, Norridge and Manhattan. The new Internet service gives customers… Read more
Sprint to Invest $150m to Chicago by 2016
Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Sprint (NYSE:S) announced an expansion of Sprint® for Chicago, which will add more than 750 new jobs to neighborhoods throughout Chicago and an expected investment of… Read more
Environmental Experts Talk Climate Change on Latino Health in Chicago
On Tuesday, Voces Verdes hosted a panel entitled The impact of climate change on the Latino community that convened a group of subject matter experts, community leaders, and elected officials… Read more
Comprehensive Sex-Ed Laws Vary Widely Across the United States
This year was a good year for national sex-ed expansion, shows a comprehensive new report by the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS). But advocates warn… Read more
Treasurer Summers Leads Alumni in Call to Action
Chicago City Treasurer Kurt Summers put out a call to all Whitney Young Alumni to join him, Alderman Michael Scott Jr. and Circuit Court Judge Devlin Schoop in welcoming students… Read more
Say Adios to Adios America
by Daniel Nardini If Republican candidate Donald Trump is the action behind his half-baked immigration plan to make America “great,” the book Adios America: The Left’s Plan to Turn Our… Read more »