Ellman law to strengthen Illinois gun storage starting Jan. 1
With preventable tragedies involving unsecured guns increasingly impacting children and teens, State Senator Laura Ellman advanced a critical public-safety measure …
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Governor Pritzker Signs Bill Expanding End-of-Life Options for Terminally Ill Patients
Governor Pritzker signed the Medical Aid in Dying bill (SB 1950), a law that will provide qualified terminally ill patients …
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Peters spearheads law to raise Illinois’ juvenile detention age
A new law from State Senator Robert Peters will raise the minimum age at which minors can be detained and …
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Local Schools To Participate In Science Olympiad
Six schools on the Southeast side of Chicago will have the opportunity to participate in the Science Olympiad in 2026. Thomas Hoyne Fine Arts Elementary School, Robert A Black Magnet Elementary School, Ninos Heroes Elementary School, James Madison Elementary School, Bowen High School and Saint Francis De Sales High School will participate in the STEM competition.
ComEd Working To Prepare A Grid For The Quantum Center Arrival
As development begins on the Illinois Quantum Microelectronics …
Near North Health Opens The Family Care Center At Oakwood Shores
A federally qualified health center (FQHC) has decided …
Chicago Urban League Opens Empowerment Center In West …
The Chicago Urban League recently celebrated the opening …
Stitch Fix Unveils the Top Trends of Women’s …
Stitch Fix, the leading online personal styling service, today revealed the top trends and style influences on women’s fashion of 2025. Drawing from its billions of client data points on style and fit preferences, and insights from Stitch Fix’s Stylists, the styling service also announced Chili Red as its 2026 Color of the Year and the fashion shift expected to define the year ahead.
ANOK YAI RECEIVES MODEL OF THE YEAR AWARD …
The British Fashion Council (BFC) is pleased to announce that Anok Yai will be honoured as the Model of the …
Mielle, a P&G Brand, Makes the Roster as …
Mielle, one of the fastest growing, Black-founded, woman-led textured haircare brands, announced a new campaign with the National Football League …
URBAN OUTFITTERS IS SHOWING UP EVERYWHERE YOU ARE, …
Urban Outfitters continues its "Everything, Everywhere, All You Want" holiday campaign with a debut of Club Holiday pop-up experiences, showing …
Griffin Museum of Science and Industry presents award-winning …
Crafting Character: The Costumes of Paul Tazewell, the first exhibition dedicated to the work of visionary, award-winning costume and fashion …
BLACK PUBLIC MEDIA ACQUIRES WE CALL EACH OTHER …
Black Public Media (BPM), the Harlem-based national media arts nonprofit, is doubling down on its mission to fund and support stories about the Black experience despite recent funding challenges. BPM has acquired We Call Each Other, the debut short film by Chicago director Sarah Oberholtzer, for its AfroPoP Digital Shorts series. The film, which has been released on Black Public Media’s YouTube channel ahead of Kwanzaa, brings to life the Kwanzaa principle of Ujima (Collective Work and Responsibility), observed on December 28.
NNPA Mourns the Passing of Publisher Thomas H. …
At its height of operation, Watkins’ flagship publication …
