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Nearly 300 new Illinois laws go into effect this week. Here are some of the most notable.
By CBS Chicago Team, Adam Harrington, Elyssa Kaufman, Jeramie Bizzle, Eric Henderson, Joshua Hernandez Updated on: January 1, 2025 / 7:52 AM CST CHICAGO — There are close to 300 new Illinois or Chicago-area laws going into…
New taxes and fees will hit poor Chicagoans the hardest. Here’s how.
by: Tahman Bradley, BJ Lutz Posted: Jan 1, 2025 / 05:23 PM CST CHICAGO — Homeowners may have escaped a property tax hike, but their pocketbooks will be hit in other ways, with new…
South Side’s Own Katie Schumacher-Cawley Makes History Coaching Penn State Volleyball Team To National Title
The Mother McAuley alum is the first woman head coach to win the NCAA Division I volleyball championship. by Leen Yassine Updated December 24, 2024 CHICAGO — South Side native and celebrated…
New Illinois Program Will Offer Free Test Prep Services for Professional Exams
Amanda Vinicky | December 21, 2024 1:19 pm Passing the bar, nurse licensure test or real estate certification exam is a crucial step to becoming an attorney, RN or real estate…
Trump Wants To Deport Them. Chicago Is Scaling Back Help. Meet The Migrants Stuck In Limbo
The over 51,000 migrants who have arrived in Chicago since 2022 face a dwindling safety net and backlogs in work permit and immigration cases. Meanwhile, Donald Trump’s border czar said…
Illinois could phase out subminimum wage for disabled workers. Could it cost some their jobs?
By Sara Machi November 19, 2024 / 4:28 PM CST / CBS Chicago To watch video report, Click Here. CHICAGO (CBS) — A proposed change in Illinois law would eliminate the subminimum wage…
Chicago removes largest homeless encampment, relocates tent residents into apartments and shelters: report
‘Unlike homeless removals of Chicago’s past, this effort was focused on providing apartments to most of the tent dwellers,’ The Chicago Sun Times reported. By Joshua Q. Nelson Published December 8, 2024…
New Cook County state’s attorney announces change to detention policy under SAFE-T Act
O’Neill Burke announced that prosecutors must now seek pre-trial detention for anyone accused of certain crimes, particularly violent offenses, domestic violence cases and sex offenses or crimes against children Published…
Local Organizations
Rainbow PUSH Coalition - We protect, defend, and gain civil rights by leveling the economic and educational playing fields, and to promote peace and justice around the world.
Chicago Urban League - Since 1916, the Chicago Urban League—through collaborative community, corporate and civic relationships—has helped people find jobs, secure affordable housing, enhance their educational experiences, and grow their businesses. One of the oldest and largest affiliates of the National Urban League, we promote strong, sustainable communities through advocacy, innovation, and collaborative community, corporate and civic relationships.
Grassroots Collaborative - Grassroots Collaborative builds power with working families through strategic community-labor organizing, grassroots leadership development, civic engagement, and training. We started in Chicago and our 9 member organizations and their 125,000 members, along with an effective and diverse set of ally organizations across movements create transformative change to win fully funded resources for our public schools, social services, and affordable housing that working families depend on.
First Defense Legal Aid - First Defense Legal Aid provides free, 24-hour legal representation to people in Chicago Police custody and educates Chicagoans about how to protect their constitutional rights. We undertake these activities to promote fairness and accountability in the justice system.
Inner-City Muslim Action Network - The Inner-City Muslim Action Network is a community organization that fosters health, wellness and healing in the inner-city by organizing for social change, cultivating the arts, and operating a holistic health center. IMAN incorporated as a nonprofit in 1997 through the drive of people directly affected by and deeply invested in social issues affecting communities of color living on Chicago’s South Side.
One Northside - Organizing Neighborhoods for Equality: Northside is a mixed-income, multi-ethnic, intergenerational organization that unites our diverse communities. We build collective power to eliminate injustice through bold and innovative community organizing. We accomplish this through developing grassroots leaders and acting together to effect change.
Polished Pebbles - The mission of the Polished Pebbles Girls Mentoring Program is to provide girls (7-17 years old) with the opportunity of learning the vital life skill of effective communication. Our Polished Pebbles Girls Mentoring program instills confidence in girls to face the challenges of daily life by substituting aggressive forms of communicating and problem solving with new strategies that allow them to gain a solid reputation and respect without retaliating.
Restore Justice Illinois - Restore Justice Illinois believes in the possibility of rehabilitation, redemption, and reunification with the community for all incarcerated people, even those who have committed the most serious crimes.
Safer Foundation - Safer Foundation is one of the nation’s largest not-for-profit providers of services designed exclusively for people with criminal records. We focus on helping our clients secure and maintain jobs because we understand that employment offers the best chance at successful re-entry.
Dovetail Project - We give young African American fathers – ages 17-24 – the skills and support they need to be better fathers for their children and better men in their communities.
Black Youth Project 100 - BYP100 is National, member-based organization of Black 18-35 year old activists and organizers, dedicated to creating justice and freedom for all Black people. We do this through building a network focused on transformative leadership development, direct action organizing, advocacy, and political education using a Black queer feminist lens. BYP100 envisions a world where all Black people have economic, social, political, and educational freedom.
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