Pay, jobless benefits, food stamp aid would grow slightly
By Mike Dorning
Washington Bureau
February 1, 2009
WASHINGTON – For the more than 820,000 people in the state who are on the unemployment rolls, the immediate impact would be larger, a $25 per week boost in their benefits.
By April, families on food stamps would receive an increase in benefits. [...]
The following tidbit comes from foxnews.com. I have been filling out applications to join Uncle sam and am thinking sooner or later I’ll connect with something. Maybe this will help one of you seeking employment as well.
Here goes:
Federal Work Force On the Rise
As scores of companies are shedding workers, it’s unlikely that President Obama will [...]
I read the news today, oh boy…(freely taken from a popular Beatles song.)
Don’t quite know where to begin. I usually take a positive spin to these obstacles but the challenges have upped the ante a bit. Although I do have hope that our newly elected and installed President has the train on the right path, [...]
Efforts aim to marry environment, enterprise
By Ted Gregory | Tribune reporter
January 19, 2009
The lot where Isaac Wright Jr., ex-con, tends vegetables next to abandoned railroad tracks and across the street from a boarded-up house is the intersection of social justice, environmental righteousness and economic prosperity.
He is part foot soldier, part guinea pig in a [...]
Hartmarx, still better known to me as Hart Schaffner and Marx, has filed for bankrupcy. I remember when I was young seeing my uncle Joe coming home every weekday from working at the company. He worked there for decades, as so many others must have in its heyday, proud of what his skills produced and [...]
Just a tribute to a new, proud and glorious chapter in American History!
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Car won’t start.
Need to take care of business so I bundle up with several layers of clothing and prepare to make my trek to what I have to do. On the hunt for work.
It wouldn’t be so bad if there weren’t SO MANY others in front and behind me looking as well. Heard yesterday [...]
Today, January 12, 2009, I celebrate my 35th year of marriage. I still remember the coldest day of the year in 1974 when we took the red line to Chicago’s City hall with two of our dearest friends, one of whom died all too young, and had the judge pronounce us man and wife.
It seems [...]
Man, it’s Friday, January 10 2009. No job and I need ti hear old blue eyes!!!
Have a great weekend, guys and gals!
Frank Sinatra — Chicago [From the Film The Joker Is Wild]
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January 09, 2009
Where else in the U.S. can one find so much railroad action but in Chicago…especially in the 50′s and 60′s!
World respected rail photographer Emery Gulash began capturing prolific amounts of action in and near the Chicago area from the early 50′s. There are 15 railroads portrayed in Volume 1 such as: Santa Fe, [...]
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