Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan and a petcoke operator on Chicago's Southeast Side have reached a settlement over a lawsuit involving alleged water pollution and open dumping violations.
Over 200 professors from 88 business and management schools called on members of Congress Tuesday to pass legislation that would establish a national paid family and medical leave insurance program.
The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) announced Tuesday that it is now responsible for representing members of a local charter school union in matters involving contract negations and enforcement.
A national report released Tuesday aims to shed light on the hidden impacts mass incarceration has on families and their economic stability, health and well-being.
Over 20 community-based organizations from across the country, including the Chicago-based Workers Center for Racial Justice (WCRJ), spent more than a year developing the report, which is based on over 1,100 surveys of formerly incarcerated people, families with incarcerated loved ones and employers.
"Everyone knows about the $80 billion that our cities and states and the federal government (spend) locking people up, but what is not known is the amount of money that we incur when ourselves and loved ones get locked up," WCRJ's Executive Director DeAngelo Bester said at a Tuesday press conference in Chicago.
A national report released Tuesday 