Day: August 26, 2016

Attorney General Madigan Urges Department of Education to Ensure More Students of Predatory Schools Obtain Loan Relief

Chicago —(ENEWSPF)–August 26, 2016.   Attorney General Lisa Madigan today joined with 13 states, the District of Columbia and the Hawaii Office of Consumer Protection to urge the U.S. Department of Education to broaden its efforts to provide loan forgiveness to students who attended fraudulent schools. Madigan and her counterparts[Read More…]

White House Press Briefing by Josh Earnest, August 26, 2016

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 26, 2016 – 11:52 A.M. EDT MR. EARNEST:  Morning, everybody.  Happy Friday.  Before we get started I’ll just do a — one piece of news you may have seen already.  As part of the President’s commitment to protect the natural beauty of the United States, we announced today[Read More…]

Donation Funds First Endowed Professorship in DePaul University’s College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

Tera Agyepong named inaugural LeRoy D. Sanders and Mary Clare McHugh Sanders Endowed Professor Tera Agyepong, the inaugural LeRoy D. Sanders and Mary Clare McHugh Sanders Endowed Professor. (DePaul University/Jamie Moncrief) CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–August 26, 2016.   In honor of his late wife’s love for historical studies, DePaul University alumnus LeRoy[Read More…]

Representative Jan Schakowsky Statement on Drastic EpiPen Price Increase

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 26, 2016. Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky released the following statement on the drastic increase in the price of EpiPens: “I am outraged by the incredibly high cost of EpiPens, a life-saving drug relied on by millions of Americans with severe allergies.  There is no excuse for increasing the price of[Read More…]

Representative Jan Schakowsky Statement on Women’s Equality Day

CHICAGO – (ENEWSPF)–August 26, 2016.  Today, on the ninety-sixth anniversary of the 19th amendment, Representative Jan Schakowsky released the following statement commemorating Women’s Equality Day: “Ninety-six years ago, the 19th Amendment to the Constitution was signed into law; the hard work and dedication of suffragettes and their supporters culminated in[Read More…]

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