Monthly Archives: January 2019
State Board of Education, Community College Board Seek Input to Strengthen Career-Connected Learning for all Students
The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) and the Illinois Community College Board (ICCB) will host a series of regional meetings to present information and gather input on how to strengthen career-connected learning for all students… Read more
Cub Charities Awards 2018 Diamond Project Grant to Noble Network of Charter Schools
The Noble Network of Charter Schools announced that it has been awarded a 2018 Diamond Project grant, which is designed to help improve youth baseball and softball fields and facilities… Read more
MSI, Chance the Rapper Hosts ‘A Night at the Museum’
Chance the Rapper’s SocialWorks charity hosted its annual “A Night at The Museum” event at the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago (MSI) Thursday, December 20th. The event benefits SocialWorks’… Read more
Funding to Support Ongoing Modernization of Career and Tech Education
Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi and City Colleges of Chicago Chancellor Juan Salgado at Wright College announced that funding from the passage of Rep. Krishnamoorthi’s legislation, The Strengthening Career… Read more
City of Chicago Welcomes the New Year
The success of the 2018 Chicago Riverwalk season culminated in a public celebration with a fireworks display along the Chicago River on New Year’s Eve. “The Riverwalk has changed the… Read more
Illinois Prison Officials House Transgender Woman in Women’s Prison
The Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) has moved Strawberry Hampton, a 27-year-old transgender woman, from the all-male prisons where she was held, to Logan Correctional Center, a women’s prison. This… Read more
Ford Proposes Moving City’s Elections to Weekends in Late Spring or Summer
State Representative and Chicago Mayoral Candidate La Shawn K. Ford, D-Chicago proposes moving city elections to weekends in warmer weather. Though more than 1.4 Million Chicagoans are registered voters, Chicago only had 483,000 vote in the last mayoral… Read more
Government Finance Officers Association Awards Chicago Housing Authority
Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) announced that, for the second straight year, it has been awarded the prestigious Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting by the Government Finance Officers… Read more
Abuso Reportado por Inquilinos
Por: Ashmar Mandou Kimball Tenants Union (KTU) tuvo una conferencia de prensa el viernes, 28 de diciembre para criticar el abuso y acoso que han experimentado mientras luchan contra el… Read more
The Influenza Pandemic
By Daniel Nardini It killed an estimated five percent of the world’s population of the time. An estimated 50 to 100 million people died in one of the worst pandemics… Read more »