Yearly Archives: 2018
City Health Department Investigates Legionnaires’ Disease in Chicago
The Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) is investigating two laboratory-confirmed cases of Legionnaires’ disease in two individuals who both stayed at Embassy Suites located at 600 North State Street… Read more
Air Pollution May Be Linked to Heightened Dementia Risk
Air pollution is now an established risk factor for heart disease/stroke and respiratory disease, but its potential role in neurodegenerative diseases, such as dementia, isn’t clear. To try and explore… Read more
Alderman Cardenas Opens New Health Center in Little Village
12th Ward-On September 24th, 2018 Alderman Cardenas joined community members for the grand opening of Oak Street Health’s new Little Village clinic on 26th St and Sacramento Ave. This clinic… Read more
Chicago Bears Visits Jordan Elementary Community School
Chicago Bears defensive backs Prince Amukamara and Kyle Fuller visited Jordan Elementary Community School, 7414 N. Wolcott Ave., on Monday, Sept. 24, at 1 p.m. to kick off the 2018… Read more
Kids First Chicago Commends CPS’ Transparency, Robust Community Outreach Campaign
Following the release of the latest data on Chicago’s public schools, Kids First Chicago (K1C)—formerly New Schools for Chicago—announced its full support of Chicago Public Schools for its transparency, leadership… Read more
CPS Announce High College Enrollment Rate Since 2010
With Chicago students’ academics improving across the board, Chicago Public Schools announced that more students are enrolling in college than ever before, with 64.6 percent of the Class of 2017… Read more
Newell Brands and KaBOOM! Put Kids First
Volunteers from Newell Brands, Piper Elementary School and the community joined KaBOOM! on Friday, September 21 to transform an empty site into a kid-designed, state-of-the-art playground in just six hours… Read more
After School Matters Annual Gala Highlights Chicago’s Teens
Nearly 800 civic, corporate and community leaders attended the After School Matters Annual Gala on Monday, Sept. 24th at the Wintrust Arena to celebrate a banner year of successfully providing… Read more
Illinois Receives ‘C+’ in Workplace Policies that Support Personal and Family Caregiving Needs
Raising Expectations, a report released by the National Partnership for Women & Families, gives Illinois a grade of “C+” based on its policies that allow working people to meet their… Read more
Chicagoland Walmart Associates Receive More Than $2.7 Million in Cash Bonuses
Recently, more than 915,000 Walmart U.S. hourly associates across the country received a share of more than $200 million in cash bonuses based on their stores’ Q2 performance. Across Illinois,… Read more
