The Community Assistance Program, known as CAPS, said they received a letter stating, come Monday, they're going to have to turn away 141 seniors who depend on their help to get a job. Without federal ...

“Let us work, don’t just let us sit at home and die,” says Sandra Robinson, a furloughed worker with the Senior Community Service Employment program. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Senior Community ...

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On the night of November 19, residents from South Holland, Dixmoor, Dolton, and other nearby south-suburban communities gathered outside Thornwood High School. In a line extending onto the sidewalk, ...

LOWELL — With a cutoff of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and fuel assistance benefits set for Saturday, local organizations are scrambling to meet what is expected to be a sharp increase in ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — Tuesday marked one year since the start of a program designed to cut down on gun violence in Chicago. City officials held a meeting with Community Violence Intervention (CVI) Groups at ...

Education is the great equalizer, and we believe everyone should have access to a good one. So we took notice when Mayor Brandon Johnson announced late last week that the city would be nearly doubling ...