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The Planning and Zoning Commission Public Hearing on 02/25/2021 took a violent turn when project supporter clashed with a group non-supporters.

Speaker of the House Chris Welch pens a letter to constituents regarding COVID Vaccine distribution plan.

Small businesses owned by women, minorities get first chance at new PPP loans (Washington DC) - The Biden administration is expanding the federal Paycheck Protection Program as well as targeting women and minority-owned businesses to give them greater access to loans during the COVID-19 pandemic. With less than half the allocated $284 billion in PPP funds yet to be claimed, by U.S. businesses, the Small Business Administration has said it would soon begin accepting a new round of applications.

"Don't be McFooled!" Area leaders are calling on a 90-day McDonald's protest. Several lawsuits have been filed against the McDonald's corporation alleging racism.

Lawyers Who Were Ineligible to Handle Serious Criminal Charges Were Given Thousands of These Cases Anyway - Soon after receiving his license to practice law in Maine in May 2015, Jeremiah McIntosh, 36, began a new career as a small-town lawyer in the northeast corner of the state’s rural Aroostook County.

JJC President Judy Mitchell Accused of Alleged Bid Tampering (Joliet, IL) - Joliet Junior College President Judy Mitchell came under fire at Wednesday's college board meeting for alleged bid-tampering. Over the last several years, many Black business groups have questioned JJC's practices in hiring Black-owned companies.

Speaker Welch on the Resignation of Madigan (Springfield, IL) - 50 year IL State Senator and former Speaker of the House Michael Madigan announced that he is resigning today amid corruption claims and federal investigation.

People Over 75 Are First in Line to Be Vaccinated Against COVID-19. The Average Black Person Doesn’t Live That Long.

A Black History Month Rally to Hold McDonald’s Accountable for Decades of Systemic Racism (Chicago, IL) - The McDonald’s Corporation is being sued by Black current and former franchisees, employees and executives for decades of racial discrimination.

DCEO Employee Recipient of Southland Black Chamber Award - Matthew J. Simpson, an employee with the Office of Minority Economic Empowerment of the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) was the recipient of the Who's Who in the Community Award from the Southland Black Chamber of Commerce & Industry.