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OpEd: Illinois Black GOP Finds a Black Woman to Run for U.S. Senate Against Dick Durbin (Chicago, IL) – A few days ago, the Illinois Black GOP held a meeting at Malcolm X College to discuss the future of the Illinois Republican Party. There, an exploratory committee was formed to recruit a candidate for US […]
A new ranking indicates that Illinois is the cheapest state in the nation to buy a home, according to data compiled in 2022. According to that data, compiled by Studio City relators using numbers from Zillow, Illinois homes had a median sale price of $133,750 in 2022, more than $15,000 cheaper than . . .
SPRINGFIELD — The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday denied a request from a Naperville gun store owner to block a city ordinance and and Illinois law banning the sale of certain high-powered firearms and high-capacity ammunition magazines. Justice Amy Coney Barrett, who oversees emergency requests from Illinois and neighboring states, referred the request from gun […]
Tyra Perry of Illinois and Sharonda McDonald-Kelley of Michigan State will meet in a three-game series this weekend that is believed to be the first time two Black female coaches have squared off in Power Five softball. The Spartans were scheduled to play three games at Illinois, starting with Friday’s opener. “I think it’s great […]
US tornadoes leave four dead, including one at Illinois music gig BBC Source link
Tornadoes tear through Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Mississippi and Tennessee CNN Source link
(CNN) As a child, Robin Rue Simmons didn’t know the Evanston neighborhood she called home was an area where Black families were once forced to live. Rue Simmons grew up just north of Chicago in Evanston’s 5th Ward, where banks refused to give mortgage loans to Black families until 1969.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Joe James, a Black man, was asleep under a tree when he was grabbed, beaten and then arrested for the murder of a white man in Springfield, Illinois. Before he was put on trial and later executed, a white mob seeking vengeance for the crime James was accused of committing took […]
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Joe James, a Black man, was asleep under a tree when he was grabbed, beaten and then arrested for the murder of a white man in Springfield, Illinois. Before he was put on trial and later executed, a white mob seeking vengeance for the crime James was accused of committing took […]
Three Springfield area residents were recently selected as Outstanding Young Persons of Illinois by the Illinois Jaycees. Tiffani Jackson and Yves Doumen of Springfield and Jocelyn Piper of Chatham are among the recipients the program has recognized for excellence in their chosen fields and endeavors and commitment to their communities. Jackson, 25,