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Get Covered Illinois Gives Residents More Time to Enroll in Health Insurance, Deadline Now January 31
Get Covered Illinois announced that it is giving residents an additional 16 days to enroll in health insurance through the state’s official marketplace. Customers now have until January 31 to… Read more
Cervical Awareness Month: Protecting Your Cervical Health
By: Ashmar Mandou January is Cervical Awareness Month and a great time to remind all women about the importance of cancer screening. In the U.S. more than 13,000 women are… Read more
Applications Due For Chicago Public Schools Local School Council (LSC) Candidates
A reminder from Chicago Public Schools (CPS) as the deadline approaches for individuals interested in running for Local School Councils (LSC). There is less than a week left for parents,… Read more
New Survey: A Record 46M U.S. Parents Considered New K–12 Schools for Their Children Last Year
More than 46 million U.S. parents considered finding a new school for at least one of their children last year, marking a five-year high in school searching, according to a… Read more
CPS Unveils Calendar Proposals for Upcoming School Years
Caption Ashmar Mandou Chicago Public Schools unveiled their calendar proposals for the 2026-27 and 2027-28 school years. CPS students will return to their classrooms to kick off the 2026-27 academic… Read more
Compeer Financial Opens Scholarship Application for High School Seniors
Graduating high school seniors across Compeer Financial’s 144-county territory in Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin can apply for scholarships worth $2,000. The competitive scholarship program will award a total of 105… Read more
Nicor Gas Files Rate Request for Essential Safety and Reliability Investments Critical to Natural Gas Service for Millions of Illinois Customers
Nicor Gas filed a request with the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) that would enable the company to continue making strategic investments that help enhance the safety, reliability and resilience of… Read more
Andrade-Backed Legislation to Address Rising Energy Costs Signed Into Law
A new law signed on Thursday will provide Illinoisans immediate and long-term utility bill relief by bringing down energy costs, thanks to legislation supported by state Rep. Jaime Andrade, D-Chicago. … Read more
BofA Names Aspire and Claretian Associates its Chicago 2025 Neighborhood Builders
Bank of America last Thursday announced Aspire of Illinois and Claretian Associates as its 2025 Neighborhood Builders® for their work in creating career and housing opportunities for residents in the Chicagoland area. Bank… Read more
Venezuela: Fact from Fiction
By Daniel Nardini Fiction: The U.S. military can intervene at any time in the internal affairs of Venezuela, and that the U.S. military is in charge of the entire country… Read more »