Author Archives: Editor
Illinois EPA Announces $27M Notice of Funding Opportunity for Electric Public Transit Buses
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Illinois EPA) Acting Director James Jennings announced a $27 million Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the replacement of existing public transit buses with new all-electric… Read more
Governor JB Pritzker Proclaims October as Cybersecurity Awareness Month
Governor JB Pritzker issued a proclamation declaring October as Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and the Illinois Department of Innovation & Technology (DoIT) is reminding residents of available resources to stay safe… Read more
ComEd Urges Local Students to Apply for Colleges, Trades Scholarships Worth Up to $10,000 Each
ComEd announced it is now accepting applications for $175,000 worth of college and trades scholarships made available through its Future of Energy Scholars program. Now through November 3, 2024, students… Read more
Educators Plan to Exit Due to Financial Reasons
Caption by Ashmar Mandou Recently, the Illinois Education Association (IEA), the largest education organization in Illinois, shared date from a Red for Ed membership poll showing nearly 60 percent of… Read more
Lisa Hernandez Honors Local Leaders, Highlighting Open Applications for ISBE Award
State Rep. Elizabeth ‘Lisa’ Hernandez, D-Cicero, announced open nominations for the Illinois State Board of Education’s Thomas Lay Burrough award, celebrating dedicated and changemaking school board members in our communities…. Read more
City Colleges of Chicago Announces the Launch of the Nation’s Premier Community College Pathway to an Engineering Degree
Building off a successful track record of preparing Chicagoans for further engineering education and careers, City Colleges of Chicago announces it will create the nation’s premier community college pathway to… Read more
Cook County ‘Syphilis Stops with Me’ Awareness Campaign Seeks to Educate Women of Childbearing Age to Prevent Newborn Syphilis
Cook County Department of Public Health (CCDPH) launched the “Syphilis Stops with Me” campaign, to arm women of childbearing age with the knowledge they can protect their unborn babies from… Read more
As Respiratory Virus Season Begins, IDPH Urges Illinoisans to Protect Themselves from Seasonal Illnesses
The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is reminding the public that along with fall, October brings the start of the traditional respiratory virus season. The department is urging Illinoisans… Read more
This season, vaccination is our best defense against serious illness from COVID-19
As we settle into the fall season amid the changing leaves and football games, an unwelcome visitor persists in our community: COVID-19. While infection rates remain relatively low in Chicago,… Read more
Chicago White Sox Welcome Savannah Bananas for First-Ever Chicago Stop
The Chicago White Sox organization will welcome the Savannah Bananas, the exhibition barnstorming baseball team known for its unique, playful and fan-first “Banana Ball” format, for games at Guaranteed Rate… Read more
