Monthly Archives: February 2020
Gov. Pritzker Releases Funding for Fine Arts Complex at Illinois State University
Surrounded by ISU students, faculty and stakeholders, Governor JB Pritzker announced the state is moving forward with a $62 million project to create an integrated fine arts complex at Illinois… Read more
Illinois EPA Announces New Engineering, Science and Law Internship Program
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Director John J. Kim has announced a new internship program which seeks engineering, chemistry, natural science, and law students interested in pursuing a career in public… Read more
Catholic High School to Implement IB Program
In the past twenty-five years, 1400 students, staff and alumnae reflect on the program pioneered by Trinity High School. Students who have sought an academic challenge found it in the… Read more
La Casa Norte Welcomes Jose M. Muñoz as Executive Director
On Monday La Casa Norte, the city’s largest provider of wrap-around services for Chicago’s youth and families experiencing homelessness, announced Jose M. Muñoz as the organization’s new Executive Director. A… Read more
Major Reforms for City’s TIF Funds Underway
By: Ashmar Mandou New reforms underway for the City’s tax increment financing (TIF) funds, announced Wednesday. These reforms, which affects how TIF spending occurs within existing districts, will increase transparency for future TIF distributions while… Read more
Coalition Calls for Ban on Facial Recognition Use in Chicago
By: Ashmar Mandou On Tuesday #PressPauseChicago, a coalition of seventy-five groups including Lucy Parsons Labs, the ACLU of Illinois and the National Lawyers Guild, held a press conference to call… Read more
Castro looks for ways to fight conflicts of interest at joint ethics hearing
The Joint Commission on Ethics and Lobbying Reform met in Springfield Thursday to discuss ethics in government. State Senator Cristina Castro (D-Elgin) focused on exposing and rooting out conflicts of… Read more
Pritzker Administration Announces First Month Sales Totals for Adult Use Cannabis
The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation has announced that statewide adult-use cannabis sales in January totaled $39,247,840.83. Dispensaries across the state sold 972,045 items over the 31-day period…. Read more
Lightfoot Launches Open Application for Advisory Councils
Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot and the Chicago Commission on Human Relations (CCHR) launched an open call for applications to fill vacancies in several community advisory councils, including the newly-formed LGBTQ+… Read more
No Religious Liberty for Muslims
By Daniel Nardini It is a curious irony that the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump is calling for religious liberty from students being able to openly pray in public… Read more »