Congressman Davis Housing Advisory Meeting

Reminder Congressman Danny K. Davis   7th District of Illinois Housing Cluster   Advisory Committee   Monday, March 16, 2009, at   10:00 a.m.   Roundtable Discussion and Update on Housing and Foreclosure provided by: □       Fannie Mae □       Freddie Mac □       City of Chicago, Department of Housing □       Cook County Department of Planning □       Lenders   at the office of Congressman Danny K. Davis, 3333 W. Arthington (parking on South Spaulding and Arthington) For additional information, please RSVP to Tumia Romero, Deputy Chief of Staff,  at 773-533-7520 or tumia.romero@mail.house.gov.

Live Vote: Give President Obama a grade - White House- msnbc.com

Live Vote: Give President Obama a grade - White House- msnbc.com: "If you were grading Barack Obama on his performance as president, what would he get?"

Crain's Daily News Alert prepared for Top Executives

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ABC7 eNews

>>> Having trouble viewing this newsletter? View as a webpage. Top Stories Thursday, March 12, 2009 Sears Tower to be renamed Willis Tower | VIDEO Chicago's Sears Tower will be renamed Willis Tower after an incoming tenant, according to a press release from Willis Group Holdings of London. Ill. 7th in foreclosure rates | VIDEO New foreclosure numbers show Illinois now in the top ten among states. 26 CPS students killed this school year The heads of the Chicago school system and the police department addressed the problem of deadly violence among students. Former chairman denies prostitution report Former Cook County Republican chairman Gary Skoien is denying a Daily Herald report that he was with two prostitutes when his wife allegedly attacked him in their northwest suburban mansion. Dog killed after attack on couple A pit bull was shot and killed after attacking a pregnant woman and her boyfriend. MORE STORIES Strange Town elects surveyor as newbie police chief/ Delinquent taxpayer confronts mayor on TV 89-year-old in kid football flap drops lawsuit Not-guilty pleas in theft of mechanical ape head One-eyed filmmaker conceals camera in prosthetic Consumer Wal-Mart to enter electronic medical records arena Ways to Save Money on Vet Bills | VIDEO Tide of Twittering at Procter & Gamble Jobless claims rise as retail sales slip CDC: 16.5 pct. of Ill. households cell phone-only Healthbeat Tests could find ovarian cancer early Med schools grow as economy tanks Insomniacs' problem likely to persist Lack of vitamin D boosts heart risk in teens Neck fat may signal heart trouble MOST POPULAR Student stabbed at South Side school 3 girls charged in school beating Sears Tower to be renamed Willis Tower I-Team Report: Lunch with 'No Nose' Harry's Hot Dogs closes after 63 years Advertisement TODAY'S WEATHER OUTLOOK 25°F 14°F Cold with a blend of sun and clouds Hour-by-Hour | 7 Day Forecast | Radar & Satellite TONIGHT ON ABC 7:00 PM Ugly Betty 8:00 PM Grey's Anatomy 9:02 PM Private Practice 10:00 PM ABC 7 News at 10PM 10:35 PM Nightline Lottery Results Your Daily Horoscope Madoff denied bail and ordered to jail Bernard Madoff pleaded guilty Thursday to an epic fraud that robbed investors worldwide of billions of dollars, avoiding eye contact with swindled investors before he was led out of court with his hands cuffed behind his back. Who Bernard Madoff hurt and how I-Team Report: Lunch with 'No Nose' ABC7's Chuck Goudie reveals who's having lunch with John "No Nose" DiFronzo. SUBSCRIPTION OPTIONS I'd like to receive the following newsletters from abc7chicago.com Daily Weather | Daily News | 190 North Sign up for news alerts

A 'sorry and ashamed' Bernard Madoff pleads guilty

A 'sorry and ashamed' Bernard Madoff pleads guilty:

"Saying he was 'deeply sorry and ashamed,' Bernard Madoff pleaded guilty Thursday to pulling off perhaps the biggest swindle in Wall Street history and was immediately led off to jail in handcuffs to the delight of his seething victims."

Employee Free Choice Act: "Fox Facts" vs. actual facts

Media Matters - Employee Free Choice Act: "Fox Facts" vs. actual facts

Fox News has run on-screen text, often billed as "Fox Facts," falsely claiming that the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) would "kill workplace secret ballots," "kill workers' right to secret ballot" and "take away workers' right to have a secret ballot vote." In fact, as the Christian Science Monitor has noted, the legislation "gives workers a choice of forming a union through majority sign-up ('card check') or an election by secret ballot." Fox News has also aired on-screen text claiming that "current law requires workers to vote by secret ballot"; in fact, current law already allows a union that shows it has the support of a majority of workers to represent the workers if their employer voluntarily agrees to recognize the union.

Politico , Fox News advance McConnell's "fuzzy math" on cost of omnibus and stimulus bills

Media Matters - Politico , Fox News advance McConnell's "fuzzy math" on cost of omnibus and stimulus bills

The Politico uncritically reported Sen. Mitch McConnell's claim that the combined cost of the omnibus and recovery bills amounts to spending $1 billion an hour. Fox News' Sean Hannity and Brian Kilmeade also repeated McConnell's claim. But as Time's Michael Scherer explained, McConnell's figure is "fuzzy math that does not really mean what it seems to mean" because it is based on dividing the cost of the two bills over 50 days, when, in fact, the money will be spent over the course of many months.

Cavuto did not ID Lott as energy company lobbyist, even as Lott touted specific issues for which he lobbies

Media Matters - Cavuto did not ID Lott as energy company lobbyist, even as Lott touted specific issues for which he lobbies

On Your World, Neil Cavuto hosted Trent Lott to discuss energy policy but failed to disclose that Lott is now a lobbyist for major energy companies. During the segment, Lott touted specific issues for which he lobbies, including "Algae to Ethanol technology" and offshore drilling.

ABC's Gibson repeated myth as fact that "some 60 former [Guantánamo] detainees ... have reappeared on foreign battlefields"

Media Matters - ABC's Gibson repeated myth as fact that "some 60 former [Guantánamo] detainees ... have reappeared on foreign battlefields"

ABC's Charles Gibson baselessly claimed that "some 60 former detainees ... have reappeared on foreign battlefields." In fact, according to the Pentagon, 18 former Guantánamo detainees have been "confirmed" to have "return[ed] to the fight."

Hannity misquoted Obama to falsely accuse him of breaking promise

Media Matters - Hannity misquoted Obama to falsely accuse him of breaking promise

On his Fox News program, Sean Hannity misquoted President Obama in falsely claiming that Obama, "in the [presidential] debate with [Sen.] John McCain, said, 'I'm going to go line by line. I'm going to eliminate all the earmarks.' " In fact, during the second presidential debate, Obama said that he wanted "to go line by line through every item in the federal budget and eliminate programs that don't work and make sure that those that do work, work better and cheaper." Indeed, during his presidential campaign, Obama actually promised to reform the earmark process and cut wasteful spending, not eliminate earmarks altogether.

Black Men (Prison VS College)

SAD SITUATION         From: The Black Star Project <blackstar1000@ameritech.net>      Subject: More Black Men in Prison than College in Illinois In Illinois, More Black Men Are in Prison than in College  With these statistics, who are young Black women going to marry?  Who is going to father children in the Black community?  Who is going to help the Black community compete against the world?  And who really cares? 2007 Black Male Student Enrollment at 22 Colleges in Illinois versus Black Male Imprisonment at 22 Illinois Correctional Centers Illinois                                                  Number of         Percentage of Colleges                                                          Colleges and Universites       Black Male Students      Black Male  Students Art Institute of Chicago                                  41                     1.4%                            Bradley University                                          115                   1.9%                            Columbia College                                            704                    5.9                               Chicago State University                                1,363                20%                             DePaul University                                           663                   2.8%                            Dominican University                                     441                   1.3%                            Eastern Illinois University                              377                   3.1%                            Illinois Institute of Technology                      143                    2%                               Illinois State University                                  385                   1.9%                            Loyola University Chicago                             234                   1.5%                            North Park University                                    113                   3.5%                            Northeastern Illinois University                     410                  3.5%                            Northern Illinois University                            991                  3.99%                          Northwestern University                                 321                   1.7%                            Roosevelt University                                       308                   4.3%                            Southern Illinois University Carbondale        1,524                7.3%                            Southern Illinois University Edwardsville      398                   3%                               University of Chicago                                      287                   2%                               University of Illinois Urbana/Champaign       994                   2.3%                            University of Illinois Chicago                          639                   2.5%                            University of Illinois Springfield                     165                   3.4%                            Western Illinois University                             408                   3.1% Total 11,024                                   Number of         Percentage of  Illinois State                  Black Male       Black Male Correctional Centers    Inmates______  Inmates_____   Big Muddy River CC* 1,110                  60% Centralia CC                 915                     60% Danville CC                  1,093                   60% Dixon CC                      1,298                   60% East Moline CC            684                     60% Graham CC                   1,081                  60% Hill CC                           1,097                  60% Illinois River CC           1,183                  60% Jacksonville CC            908                     60% Lawrence CC                1,198                   60% Logan CC                      1,132                   60% Menard CC                   2,065                   60% Pinckneyville CC          1,313                   60% Pontiac CC                    914                      60% Robinson CC                 719                      60% Shawnee CC                 1,201                    60% Stateville CC                1,952                    60% Tamms CC                    269                      60% Taylorville CC              701                      60% Vandalia CC                 857                      60% Vienna CC                    961                      60% Western Illinois CC     1,207                   60%                Total            23,858   * ("CC" is the abbreviation for Corectional Center.)   According to a 2006 study by The Consortium for School Research at the University of Chicago, only three out of 100 Black male students who attended Chicago public schools were projected to receive a Bachelors Degree by age 25 and, according to a 2008 study by the Schott Foundation for Public Education, only 37% of Black males who attended Chicago public high schools graduated in 2006.  Results for the 2008 Illinois Prairie State Achievement Exam show that only 24.9% of Black eleventh-grade students read at grade level and only 20.3% performed math at grade level.  In Illinois, the average ACT score in 2008 for Black students was 16.8 while Asian Americans scored 23.3.  Most states with significant populations of Black students achieved these similar results. Sixty percent of the Illinois prison population is comprised of Black males. Because individual prisons do not disaggregate racial data, we have attributed 60% of each prison's population to Black men. Most Black men in college are between 18 and 30 years old.  Many, if not most of the Black men in prisons are between 18 and 40 years old. No Illinois community colleges or county jails are included in these statistics.  This information was compiled by The Black Star Project from data provided by the Illinois Board of Higher Education and the Illinois Department of Corrections for 2007.