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Yearly Archives: 2019

Congressman Chuy García: ‘When big banks get bigger, taxpayers lose’

Congressman Chuy García: ‘When big banks get bigger, taxpayers lose’

Protecting Consumers from the Pitfalls of Bank Mergers By: Ashmar Mandou Congressman Jesús “Chuy” García (D-Ill.), member of the House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services and United States Senator… Read more »

Avoid the Holiday Cold

Avoid the Holiday Cold

A record-breaking 112.5 million people – more than a third of all Americans – are expected to travel this holiday season, including 102 million who will take their trips by… Read more »

IlliniCare Health Adds AMITA Health to the Ambetter Provider Network

IlliniCare Health Adds AMITA Health to the Ambetter Provider Network

Ambetter from IlliniCare Health, underwritten by Celtic Insurance Company, is expanding its provider network in Cook and DuPage counties for its Health Insurance Marketplace product. Last month, AMITA Health joined the Ambetter network, giving members across Chicago and… Read more »

CDPH Announce New Service for Chicago Families with Newborns

CDPH Announce New Service for Chicago Families with Newborns

The Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) announced the launch of Family Connects Chicago, a service designed to support the health and wellbeing of mothers, newborns and their families by… Read more »

How to Plan for Healthcare Costs That Could Derail Your Retirement

How to Plan for Healthcare Costs That Could Derail Your Retirement

People work for decades with a hopeful eye toward retirement. But while many try to envision their retirement years as a blissful time of fun and relaxation, no one has… Read more »

Brushing Teeth May Keep Heart Healthy

Brushing Teeth May Keep Heart Healthy

The bacteria in our mouths may hold the key to many facets of our health. Researchers have found intriguing clues about pancreatic and esophageal cancer risk in mouth bacteria, and… Read more »

UIC Receives Funding for Study on Sleep Apnea, Chronic Kidney Disease

UIC Receives Funding for Study on Sleep Apnea, Chronic Kidney Disease

University of Illinois at Chicago researchers received $2.9 million from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases to study the outcomes of patients with sleep apnea and… Read more »

Volunteers Needed for Triton’s Tax Counseling for the Elderly (TCE) Program

Volunteers Needed for Triton’s Tax Counseling for the Elderly (TCE) Program

Tax time is almost right around the corner, and the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) of West Suburban Cook and Southern DuPage Counties located at Triton College will once again… Read more »

Chicago Bar Association Announces ‘Lawyers in the Classroom’ Program

Chicago Bar Association Announces ‘Lawyers in the Classroom’ Program

The Chicago Bar Association has partnered with a longstanding civic education program that brings lawyers directly into the classrooms of Chicago-area elementary schools to teach the U.S. Constitution and promote… Read more »

Groundbreaking Research Shows Majority of CPS English Learners Match or Exceed Academic Progress of Other Students

Groundbreaking Research Shows Majority of CPS English Learners Match or Exceed Academic Progress of Other Students

New groundbreaking research from the UChicago Consortium on School Research shows that students who begin CPS as English Learners (EL) in kindergarten and reach proficiency by eighth grade are matching… Read more »