Day: June 6, 2014

DOD Identifies Army Casualty, June 6, 2014

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 6, 2014. The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Pfc. Matthew H. Walker, 20, of Hillsboro, Missouri, died June 5, in Paktika province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when his unit was attacked by enemy fire. He was assigned[Read More…]

Lawsuits Filed in Every State Without the Freedom to Marry

North Dakota Becomes 31st State, Final Non-Marriage State With Marriage Lawsuit New York–(ENEWSPF)–June 6, 2014.  Today, seven committed same-sex couples are suing the state of North Dakota in federal court for the freedom to marry.  With the addition of North Dakota, every U.S. state without the freedom to marry has[Read More…]

Federal Judge Strikes Down Wisconsin Marriage Ban

New York–(ENEWSPF)–June 6, 2014.  Today a Wisconsin federal judge ruled in Wolf v. Walker that the state’s marriage ban is unconstitutional. Evan Wolfson, president of Freedom to Marry, released the following statement: “Today’s decision out of Wisconsin marks the twentieth consecutive ruling by a federal or state judge since last year that[Read More…]

Salesman and CEO of Former Downstate Telecommunications Business Indicted in Alleged $6 Million Financing Fraud Scheme

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 6, 2014.  During three telephone conference calls with an outside auditing firm and his own company’s CEO and CFO in November 2012 and January 2013, a sales representative for a downstate computer and telecommunications business posed as an employee of a global telecommunications company that the downstate firm had[Read More…]

Senator Kirk, Local Firefighters Call On Governor Quinn to Adopt Firefighter Reciprocity for Veterans

Reciprocity Would Allow Servicemen and Women to Rejoin Workforce Free of Certification Bureaucracy NORMAL, Ill.–(ENEWSPF)–June 6, 2014.  U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.), accompanied by State Senators Jason Barickman and Bill Brady, State Representative Dan Brady, and Pat Devaney, President of the Associated Fire Fighters of Illinois (AFFI), today called on[Read More…]

Rep. Jan Schakowsky Statement Commemorating the 70th Anniversary of the D-Day Invasion

Chicago, IL—(ENEWSPF)—June 6, 2014. Rep. Jan Schakowsky released the following statement commemorating the anniversary: “Seventy years ago today, thousands of American forces and our allies participating in Operation Overlord crossed the English Channel and landed on the beaches of Normandy, France as part of the largest amphibious invasion in history. [Read More…]

GM Announces Four Recalls, June 6, 2014

DETROIT—(ENEWSPF)—June 6, 2014. General Motors today announced three safety recalls and one non-compliance recall, all of which were reported to the NHTSA on Thursday, June 5, 2014.  In all cases, customers will receive letters from GM letting them know when they can bring their vehicles into a dealership, where all[Read More…]

Governor Quinn Recognizes Illinois’ Scripps National Spelling Bee Finalists

Congratulates Recent Finalists Alia Abiad and Pranav Sivakumar CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 6, 2014.  Governor Pat Quinn today congratulated Illinois’ recent finalists in the Scripps National Spelling Bee for their achievements as representatives of the state. Alia Abiad, an eighth grader at McClure Junior High School in Western Springs, recently returned from the[Read More…]

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