CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)—December 10, 2013. A federal jury today convicted a Bolingbrook man of running a sex trafficking ring between at least late 2009 and November 2010 that forced into prostitution at least four victims, including a minor who was 17 at the time. The defendant, McKENZIE CARSON, was found guilty[Read More…]
Day: December 10, 2013
Mayor Emanuel Asks Residents to Suggest Locations for New Divvy Stations
175 Additional Stations to be Added to System in 2014 CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–December 10, 2013. Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Divvy, Chicago’s bike-share system, launched a new website today to solicit suggestions and feedback from Chicagoans on the locations for the 175 new Divvy stations scheduled to be added to the system in[Read More…]
Center for American Progress on the Confirmation of Rep. Mel Watt as Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 10, 2013. Today, the U.S. Senate voted to confirm Rep. Mel Watt (D-NC) as the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, or FHFA. Julia Gordon, Director of Housing Finance and Policy at the Center for American Progress, released the following statement: Rep. Watt’s long-overdue confirmation as the[Read More…]
Neera Tanden on Center for American Progress Founder John Podesta Joining the White House
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 10, 2013. Today, in response to the announcement that John Podesta, Chair and Founder of the Center for American Progress, will be stepping down from his role at CAP to join the Obama administration as counselor to the president, CAP President Neera Tanden issued the following statement: As the Center for American Progress’s[Read More…]
Governor Quinn Statement on S&P’s Improved Outlook, Dec. 10, 2013
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–December 10, 2013. Governor Quinn issued the following statement regarding today’s announcement that Standard & Poor’s ratings agency has improved its outlook on the state of Illinois’ bonds from “negative” to “developing.” This is the first positive movement for Illinois bonds in years and is the direct result of the[Read More…]
Opening Remarks of Secretary of State Kerr Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee re: the P5+1’s First Step Agreement With Iran on its Nuclear Program
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 10, 2013. SECRETARY KERRY: Well, Mr. Chairman, thank you very, very much. Ranking Member Engel, Members of the Committee, thanks very much for welcoming me back, and I am happy to be back here. There’s no more important issue in American foreign policy than the question of the[Read More…]
Statement by President Obama on the Volcker Rule
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 10, 2013. Five years ago, a financial catastrophe on Wall Street was rapidly fueling a punishing recession on Main Street that ultimately cost millions of jobs and hurt families across the country. So as we prepared steps to rescue our economy and put Americans back to work, we[Read More…]
Vice President Biden Announces $100 Million to Increase Access to Mental Health Services
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 10, 2013. As part of the Administration’s ongoing commitment to help individuals experiencing mental health problems, today Vice President Biden announced that $100 million will soon be available to increase access to mental health services and improve mental health facilities. “The fact that less than half of children[Read More…]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Orders GE CareCredit to Refund $34.1 Million for Deceptive Health-care Credit Card Enrollment
More than 1 Million Consumers Were Potential Victims of Misleading Practices WASHINGTON, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—December 10, 2013. Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is ordering GE Capital Retail Bank and its subsidiary, CareCredit, to refund up to $34.1 million to potentially more than 1 million consumers who were victims of deceptive credit[Read More…]
California’s Lone Wolf Returns, Highlighting Need for Wolf Protection Under State’s Endangered Species Act
SAN FRANCISCO–(ENEWSPF)–December 10, 2013. California’s first confirmed wild wolf in nearly 90 years made a return trip to the Golden State for a brief visit this past weekend. According to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, the wolf called OR-7 crossed the border into Siskiyou County on Dec. 7,[Read More…]
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