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Elected Officials, Advocates Call on IL Attorney General to Enforce Sanctuary Law
By: Ashmar Mandou Members of Centro de Trabajadores Unidos (CTU), the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, and protestors rallied for Norberto Navarro on Tuesday outside of the Will… Read more
Two years of COVID-19: Executive Orders from Gov. J.B Pritzker
Courtesy of Illinois Policy Institute It’s been nearly two years since Governor J.B. Pritzker cited emergency powers to issue his first COVID-19 executive order on March 12, 2020. In that time, the… Read more
City of Chicago Announces Candidates for Sole Casino License
By: Ashmar Mandou City of Chicago announced the three bidders to move on to the next phase the bidding process for the city’s sole casino license. Following extensive evaluations, Bally’s… Read more
Clerk’s Office Conducts Ballot Lottery for Gubernatorial Primary Races
Cook County Clerk Karen A. Yarbrough and the Clerk’s Office Election Team held ballot lotteries in a public drawing March 21st to determine candidate ballot positions for countywide races in the June… Read more
UIC Faculty Deliver Intent to Bargain
The faculty union at the University of Illinois at Chicago delivered their intent to bargain a new faculty contract to new UIC Provost Javier Reyes yesterday. This marks the first… Read more
CPS Budget Invests $4B to Strengthen Classroom Instruction, Resources
Chicago Public Schools (CPS) released the 2022-23 school budgets that aim to strengthen rigorous standards-based teaching and learning following the past two challenging years of the COVID-19 pandemic. The $4… Read more
CDPH Removes Seven States from its Travel Advisory
The Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) on Tuesday removed seven states from its weekly COVID-19 Travel Advisory – Alabama, California, Montana, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, and Oregon… Read more
Illinois Humanities Launches Envisioning Justice RE:ACTION
This week, Illinois Humanities’ Envisioning Justice RE:ACTION, a virtual exhibition and interactive toolkit, opens to the public. Designed to generate action, reflection, and community conversation around mass incarceration, the exhibition… Read more
Pappas: Certified notice out on 45,000 properties with unpaid taxes in Cook County
On May 12, 2022, Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas will begin the sale of unpaid 2019 property taxes that were originally due in 2020. Property owners can avoid the Annual… Read more
Mole de Mayo Returns as a Live Festival
Pilsen-based nonprofit, Economic Strategies Development Corporation (ESDC) announces the return of its largest event, Mole de Mayo Festival. Now in its 13th year, the only three-day outdoor mole cook-off event… Read more
