Yearly Archives: 2019
Ford Announces $500,000,000 for Illinois College-Bound Students
State Representative La Shawn K. Ford, D-Chicago, and Michele Clark Academic Prep Magnet High School Principal Charles Anderson are encouraging high school seniors to get an early start on both… Read more
Advance Illinois Examines Statewide Education Progress, Ongoing Challenges in New Report
Advance Illinois continues its work as a leading independent, research-based education policy and advocacy organization with the release of The State We’re In 2019: A Report on Public Education in… Read more
City Announces New Strategy to Revitalize South and West Sides
Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot announced an unprecedented neighborhood investment initiative to support revitalization of key corridors on the South and West Sides of Chicago. INVEST South/West will marshal the resources… Read more
Social Security Q&A
By Josephine Mueller, Social Security Administration-Public Affairs Specialist Social Security is constantly expanding and improving our services to put you in control. In addition, Social Security is here to help… Read more
Gov. Pritzker, IDOT Announce Rebuild Illinois Road and Bridge Projects
Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Transportation released the department’s annual Multi-Year Plan of road and bridge projects across the state, which is the first to capture the… Read more
Pritzker Administration Awards $20M to Local Organizations for the 2020 Census
Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) announced the 30 local community and government organizations across the state that will receive a combined $20 million to… Read more
Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation Announces Next Round of “Same-Site” Licenses for Adult Use Cannabis
The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation has announced “Same Site” adult use cannabis licenses, which will allow an existing medical cannabis dispensary to obtain an adult use dispensing… Read more
PBC Opens New Fieldhouse and Community Center at Williams Park
Carina E. Sánchez, Public Building Commission of Chicago (PBC) Executive Director, joined Alderman Pat Dowell, 3rd Ward, the Chicago Housing Authority, the Chicago Park. District and Douglas Park community residents… Read more
Garfield Park Conservatory Celebrates ‘Be My Neighbor Day’
The Garfield Park Conservatory with WTTW, Fred Rogers Productions and PNC Grow Up Great, welcomed Daniel Tiger and his friend Katerina Kittycat from the WTTW Kids series Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood… Read more
Illinois Lottery Hosts ‘Pink Pop-Up’ Events on National Mammogram Day
This Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the Illinois Lottery has released a new version of its Carolyn Adams Ticket for the Cure instant ticket. One hundred percent of ticket proceeds go… Read more
