Yearly Archives: 2014
Survey of Divvy Members Brings Positive Reviews
City of Chicago revealed a survey announcing Divvy annual members were satisfied with Chicago’s new bike share service and claim to save an average of more than $760 a year… Read more
City Launches ‘Neighborhood Small Business’ Challenge
Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Chicago Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection (BACP) are launching the “Neighborhood Small Business Challenge” – a funding competition for local nonprofit organizations to… Read more
Delgado: Cutting Services to Those In Need, Children “unacceptable”
State Senator William Delgado (D-Chicago) heard from a number of state agencies that will have to cut nearly 20 percent out of their budgets for next year. The Department of… Read more
SEIU Illinois State Council Endorses Quinn for Illinois
The 170,000-plus members of the SEIU Illinois State Council endorsed Governor Pat Quinn for re-election, calling him the best candidate to take Illinois forward for working families. Held at the… Read more
Cicero Approves Credit Card Payments for Services, Fees
The Town of Cicero Board Tuesday approved a contract to begin accepting payments by credit cards to cover costs for services. The new contract was bid out and Vantiv, a… Read more
Legislators Work to Establish Needed Statewide Standards to Protect Citizens and Keep Roads Safe
State Representative Mike Zalewski joined State Senator Tony Munoz and a bipartisan group of colleagues from the House and Senate Tuesday to introduce legislation aimed at providing a reasonable set… Read more
Weighing Uruguay’s Asylum Policy
By Daniel Nardini Current Uruguayan President Jose Mujica has stated that his country will take in some of those inmates who have been incarcerated at Guantanamo Bay by the U.S…. Read more
The Right to Defend One’s Inner Heart
By Daniel Nardini When the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services rejected her application for becoming a U.S. citizen because she checked “no” in the box that said if she was… Read more
Fraud Alert: Beware of Phone Scam Targeting Taxpayers
As tax season enters its final weeks a nationwide phone scam targeting taxpayers has already hit thousands of individuals robbing them of large amounts of money. AARP has issued an… Read more
Foreign Intervention In Venezuela
By Daniel Nardini I find it ironic that current Venezuelan President (read dictator) Nicolas Maduro has accused the United States and other countries like Panama of “interfering” in the internal… Read more »