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• Frank Harris, Chicago’s Tailor to the Stars, Retires After Nearly 50 Years

  04-09-2023 16:15
  
  Photos: Tacuma Roeback
  Frank Harris, one of Chicago’s most legendary tailors, is hanging up his measuring tape. 
  The owner and proprietor of Frank’s Alterations And Tailoring, the tailor shop that became a Roosevelt Road institution, retired over the weekend after almost 50 years.
  “I’m sad and happy too,” Harris told The Chicago Defender late last week,” I’ve had this store for 48 years.”
  Harris started his tailoring business on the West Side,
  
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• Black Couple Born On Same Day Gives Birth To Twins On Their Birthday

  04-09-2023 15:45
  
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  An Ohio couple now shares the same birthday as their newborn twins.
  Scierra Blair and fiancé José Ervin, both of whom were born on the same day, welcomed fraternal twins at Cleveland Clinic Hillcrest Hospital on August 18, the couple’s birthday.
  “They were my birthday present and I’m good with that,” Ervin told People. “I’m so stoked. I kiss them like 30,000 times a day.”
  The couple started dating in 2022 days after Blai
  
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• Labor Day 2023: Celebrating the Union Difference and Building Tomorrow’s Public Service Workforce

  04-09-2023 15:00
  
  By Lee Saunders
  As we prepare to celebrate Labor Day, it’s as exciting a time as any in recent memory to be a part of a union. Working people are seeing what the union difference is all about, and they want to be a part of it.
  Unions are overwhelmingly popular as the newest Gallup poll on attitudes toward labor unions shows.
  Across the country, there is a bold surge of worker activism, as more people raise their voice on the job and claim their seat at the table. Workers are organizing wit
  
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• White Supremacists Gather In Orlando Following Jacksonville Shooting

  04-09-2023 14:30
  
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  Neo-nazis gathered to declare white supremacy across various parts of Orlando following the racially-motivated shooting at a Jacksonville Dollar General store.On Saturday (September 2), several Neo-Nazis converged to participate in a “March of the Redshirts” with Swatsika flags, Hitler salutes, and chants, per Revolt.
  Extremist groups including the Goyim Defense League and the Blood Tribe were spotted at Cranes Roost Park in Altamonte Springs, according to Florida
  
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• Illinois Announces LIHEAP Program Year Schedule Expansion for Energy Bill Assistance

  04-09-2023 14:00
  
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  Expanded program year and tiered application will prioritize families most in need of assistance; Applications will launch on October 2, 2023
  Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) released information about this year’s Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) to support with utility costs. LIHEAP will begin accepting applications on October 2, 2023, through August 15, 2024, or until funds are exhausted.
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