VIA Times – February 2020 Issue Vital News, Vibrant VIews for Asian Americans in Chicago & Midwest

CHICAGO (February 12, 2020) – – The luck of the Irish will shine down on Theater on the Lake as the venue hosts its third annual “St. Patrick’s on The Lake”, Saturday, March 14 from 11 am – 11 pm, ...

On Monday the government’s solicitor general fi led a petition with the country’s Supreme Court, against ABS-CBN and its subsidiary ABS-CBN Convergence. The petition asserted that the company had violated laws on foreign ownership, and that it had illegally set ...

Statewide hotline available for questions CHICAGO – The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is now able to conduct testing for the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019- nCoV), making Illinois the fi rst state to be able to do testing in ...

A program administered by the Cook County Treasurer’s Offi ce assists senior citizens who are hard-pressed to pay their property taxes, Treasurer Maria Pappas said today. Seniors whose annual household income is $55,000 or less can apply to the Senior ...

By: Victoria G. Smith   I know, I know. Talking about losing one’s cleaning lady sounds too bourgeois as to appear ridiculous. Except if you hear me out, then you might decide it’s not. I suffer from a genetic bad back, ...

By: Reign C, ChaCha M, Xavier D   Chicago, IL — For the tenth occasion, the Final Presentation for the 2020 Chicago Letter to My Parents™ Contest was held on Saturday, February 1, 2020. Eight contestants recited letters dedicated to their ...

By: Elsie Sy-Niebar   *CENSUS, HOW WE STAND: Lack of Asian Americans participating. Let us all be counted in the Census 2020. Call AFIRE for info and help. *JOB HIRING: CENSUS OFFICE hiring by the “thousands”. COOK COUNTY CLERK Office ...