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Monthly Archives: October 2017

The Passing of Dr. Darsi Ferret Ramirez

The Passing of Dr. Darsi Ferret Ramirez

by Daniel Nardini Just recently, a well known Cuban dissident named Dr. Darsi Ferret Ramirez passed away. He was 47 years old. Ferret is best known for exposing the lie… Read more »

Calling All Junior Filmmakers: ComEd Launches its KidVid Contest

Calling All Junior Filmmakers: ComEd Launches its KidVid Contest

If you are in 5th grade and interested in making movies, the ComEd KidVid Contest is your opportunity to shoot for the stars. The contest is currently open and runs… Read more »

Emanuel Announces Down Payment on Police Reform

Emanuel Announces Down Payment on Police Reform

Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced the City’s proposed investment in public safety reform. More than $27.4 million in the Mayor’s proposed budget will be devoted to police reform. The investment is… Read more »

Inspector General Investigations Result in Trio of Felony Convictions for Theft of Government Funds

Inspector General Investigations Result in Trio of Felony Convictions for Theft of Government Funds

Three investigations conducted by the Chicago Housing Authority’s Office of the Inspector General (CHA OIG) recently resulted in three new felony convictions for theft of government funds, including one in… Read more »

Emanuel, Rauner Announce Submission of Bid for Amazon HQ 2

Emanuel, Rauner Announce Submission of Bid for Amazon HQ 2

Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Governor Bruce Rauner announced submission of the Chicago area’s bid for Amazon’s HQ2. The bid concludes a month-long process that brought together an unprecedented group of… Read more »

Drinking More Water Reduces Urinary Tract Infection Risk in Women

Drinking More Water Reduces Urinary Tract Infection Risk in Women

While urinary tract infections (UTIs) affect women at least once in their lifetime, one in four have repeat infections. Now, new findings presented at IDWeek 2017 suggest that drinking more… Read more »

Study Ranks Rush No. 4 Among Leading U.S. Academic Medical Centers

Study Ranks Rush No. 4 Among Leading U.S. Academic Medical Centers

Rush University Medical Center ranked fourth among 107 leading academic medical centers in the United States, up from fifth last year, in a national study conducted by the health care… Read more »

Northwestern Memorial HealthCare named to Working Mother “100 Best Companies” for the 18th Consecutive Year

Northwestern Memorial HealthCare named to Working Mother “100 Best Companies” for the 18th Consecutive Year

Northwestern Memorial HealthCare (NMHC) has been recognized by Working Mother magazine as one of the 2017 “Working Mother 100 Best Companies” for its outstanding leadership of women’s advancement in creating… Read more »

Wintrust Arena Opens to Public

Wintrust Arena Opens to Public

Wintrust Arena opened to the public during Open House Chicago with an official ribbon cutting ceremony. As the latest addition to the McCormick Square community, which also recently unveiled the… Read more »

Defensores Piden la Aprobación de la SB 32

Defensores Piden la Aprobación de la SB 32

Por Ashmar Mandou La Coalición pro Derechos del Refugiado y el Inmigrante de Illinois (ICIRR) publicó un nuevo reporte titulado Protección Desigual: Tratamiento Desigual a los Inmigrantes Víctimas en Cook,… Read more »