Author Archives: Editor
CPS Budget Increases Funding for Social, Emotional Intervention
Chicago Public Schools (CPS) on Tuesday released its proposed $9.5 billion budget for FY2023, focused on robust classroom instruction, increased mental health supports and social-emotional learning, greater access to the… Read more
Next College Student Athlete Renews Partnership with CPS
Next College Student Athlete (NCSA), the world’s largest and most successful college athletic recruiting network, has renewed its partnership with Chicago Public Schools (CPS) as its Official Recruiting Partner. NCSA… Read more
New Juneteenth Festival Heads to Douglass Park
It Takes A Village Family of Schools (ITAV) and Village Leadership Academy (VLA) are ecstatic to host the inaugural Juneteenth Village Fest that is free and open to the public… Read more
Hope Chicago Formalizes Partnerships to Offer Debt-Free Higher Education
Hope Chicago, the innovative two-generation scholarship program providing college and vocational scholarships to Chicago Public School students and their parents, has announced formal partnerships with 23 Illinois-based colleges and universities… Read more
Gov. Pritzker Signs Legislation to Expand Access to Higher Education
Governor JB Pritzker signed legislation designed to increase access to Illinois’ higher education system, close equity gaps, and improve student protections and operational effectiveness. The bills expand resources available to… Read more
Sheriff’s Office’s Assistant General Counsel for Litigation Appointed Editor-in-Chief of the Illinois Bar Journal
Cook County Sheriff’s Office attorney Khara Coleman has been named the 2022-2023 Editor-in-Chief of the Illinois Bar Journal, giving her the distinction of being the first Black woman to hold… Read more
Northwestern Medicine Announces Bronzeville Location
Northwestern Medicine is planning for a new 120,000-square-foot advanced outpatient care center on the 4800 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue. U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), City of Chicago… Read more
Chicago Academy of Sciences/Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum Appoints New President, CEO
The Board of Trustees of the Chicago Academy of Sciences / Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum (”Nature Museum”) announced that they have elected, by unanimous vote, Erin Amico as President & CEO… Read more
Chicago’s Minimum Wage Increase Goes into Effect July
The Chicago Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection (BACP) announced the annual scheduled increase in Chicago’s minimum wage and a scheduled enhancement of the Fair Workweek ordinance requirements. Every… Read more
January 6th Heroes?
By Daniel Nardini It is becoming immensely scary what is now taking shape. Those who were involved in the January 6th riot at the Capital Building (also called an insurrection),… Read more »