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Thompson Center for Sale

Thompson Center for Sale

Governor JB Pritzker announced a major step toward the sale of the James R. Thompson Center (JRTC).  The Illinois Department of Central Management Services (CMS) will issue a Request for… Read more »

Gov. Pritzker Signs Legislation Raising Teacher Minimum Salary to $40,000 to Address Statewide Teacher Shortage

Gov. Pritzker Signs Legislation Raising Teacher Minimum Salary to $40,000 to Address Statewide Teacher Shortage

Taking another step to address the statewide teacher shortage, Governor JB Pritzker signed legislation today raising teachers’ minimum salary to $40,000. The current minimum teacher salary ranges from only $9,000… Read more »

New Protections of Illinois K-12 Student Data Now Law

New Protections of Illinois K-12 Student Data Now Law

On Friday Governor Pritzker signed HB 3606, an update to Illinois’ Student Online Personal Protection Act (SOPPA) into law. The legislation, one of the most far-reaching student data protection laws… Read more »

What to Know for Chicago Mayor Lightfoot’s “State of the City” Address

What to Know for Chicago Mayor Lightfoot’s “State of the City” Address

Courtesy of Illinois Policy Institute Pension reform and reasonable labor contracts are the answers to Chicago’s nearly $30 billion net deficit, according to a new Illinois Policy Institute analysis. The… Read more »

Brooke Feigenbaum Joins Illinois Press Association as Revenue Director

Brooke Feigenbaum Joins Illinois Press Association as Revenue Director

Brooke Feigenbaum has worked for the past five years at iconic advertising agency Leo Burnett in Chicago, but the newspaper industry has been a part of her life for even… Read more »

Downtown Security Officers Win Historic Wage Increases

Downtown Security Officers Win Historic Wage Increases

By an overwhelming margin, SEIU Local 1 Metro security officers who secure downtown’s landmark buildings, ratified a strong new contract for thousands of officers that guarantees the good raises and… Read more »

No Change in Nicaragua’s Dictatorship

No Change in Nicaragua’s Dictatorship

By Daniel Nardini Well, Nicaragua still has political prisoners from the marches and demonstrations from last year in jail, and human rights abuses by the police and militias are widespread…. Read more »

Exposición de Artes Juveniles Yas! Celebra a los Jóvenes Artistas

Exposición de Artes Juveniles Yas! Celebra a los Jóvenes Artistas

El Departamento de Asuntos Culturales y Eventos Especiales de Chicago (DCASE) se complace en anunciar el programa de YAS! Fest presentado por Allstate Insurance Company el sábado, 21 de septiembre,… Read more »

Acceso Gratis a la Naturaleza en el Acuario Shedd

Acceso Gratis a la Naturaleza en el Acuario Shedd

Septiembre trae consigo grandes oportunidades para que los residentes de Illinois experimenten todas las maravillas y el esplendor acuático del Shedd Aquarium sin cargo alguno, en los Días Gratuitos para… Read more »

Las Familias de Humboldt Park Luchan Contra el Desplazamiento

Las Familias de Humboldt Park Luchan Contra el Desplazamiento

Por Ashmar Mandou Inquilinos de la cuadra 2800 de West Division, edificio que ha provisto viviendo cómoda a la comunidad de Humboldt Park por décadas, está luchando contra la reciente… Read more »