Representatives from the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD) attending the American Academy of Environmental Engineers’ conference held at the National Press Club in Washington, DC last month returned home holding the grand prize for university research.
 
The MWRD funded the award-winning University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) research which focused on the health [...]

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Plymouth, Michigan – Mercy-USA for Aid and Development, through its staff based in Turkey and Lebanon, is providing relief services to many of the over 50,000 refugees escaping a government crackdown in Syria.
According to reports, refugee numbers are expected to increase drastically in the next few [...]

By Chinta Strausberg
 
Memorial services for Carol Ann Winn, 61, who passed on May 7, 2012 at her South Side home will be held 1 p.m. Monday, May 21, 2012, at Christ Universal Temple Faith Chapel, 11901 S. Ashland Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60643.
Winn, who was the only child born to Lula Bell Winn on October 31, [...]

Church member falls ill during worship, revived by CFD
 
By Chinta Strausberg
 
Though Father Michael L. Pfleger was going through his own personal storm of grieving over the death of his middle son Beronti, 32, who died yesterday, Sunday he told the 2012 graduating Saint Sabina Academy students, who watched as paramedics revive a church member who [...]

Early morning house raid in Bridgeport and harassment of activists indicates intolerance of free speech rights
 
 
CHICAGO, IL — The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) condemns a preemptive police raid that took place at approximately 11:30pm Wednesday in the Bridgeport neighborhood, and instances of harassment on the street, in which Chicago police are unlawfully detaining, searching, and [...]

Housing counselors from Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan’s office will be available to homeowners in need and provide information about preventing foreclosure and avoiding foreclosure rescue scams during the Mortgage Resource Fair on Saturday, May 19, at the Attorney General’s office in Springfield.
Mortgage lenders including Bank of America, Citi, PNC and Wells Fargo will meet [...]

Letters to the Editor
Tom Cross
House Republican Leader
 
SPRINGFIELD, IL – As the General Assembly begins the final weeks of session before scheduled adjournment on May 31, the “big two” – pension and Medicaid reform – have dominated discussions throughout the state. I understand and respect the concerns of everyone who has participated in these discussions – [...]

 
Historic Capital Press Club elects new president, leadership team 
 
 
WASHINGTON, D.C.  - Award-winning journalist Hazel Trice Edney, editor-in-chief of the Trice Edney News Wire and President/CEO of Trice Edney Communications LLC, has been elected president of the historic Capital Press Club.
 
Edney, a veteran reporter, who is also former editor-in-chief of the National Newspaper Publishers Association News [...]

 
Maternity wards must encourage breast-feeding, provide resources for new moms
 
SPRINGFIELD, IL – State Senator Kwame Raoul (D-13th) has secured passage of legislation requiring hospitals to adopt policies that encourage breast-feeding, allowing the use of infant formula only when medically necessary or when the mother prefers not to breast-feed.
“The consumption of breast milk by infants – [...]