Global Weather Center-(ENEWSPF)- 28 October 2013 –AccuWeather reports a massive Halloween storm will unleash torrential rain, heavy thunderstorms and howling winds in a corridor from Texas to the Midwest and Northeast. The storm may force travelers and trick-or-treaters to delay or cancel their plans. Heavy Thunderstorms and Flooding Gusty, slow-moving thunderstorms will threaten[Read More…]
Year: 2013
Mayor Emanuel Announces Enhanced Transparency, Accountability for Standard Plan Building Permits
New Time Stamp to Aid City’s Efforts to Shorten Time to Permit CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 28, 2013. Mayor Rahm Emanuel today announced that all Standard Plan Review building permits issued by the Department of Buildings will now contain time stamps, in an effort to add transparency and accountability to the building process[Read More…]
Construction To Begin On $45 Million Transportation, Distribution And Logistics Center At Olive-Harvey College That Will Create 150 Construction Jobs
New Facility Reinforces City Colleges’ Focus on Preparing Students for Jobs in Growing Industries and is Part of Larger $524 Million Capital Improvement Plan CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 28, 2013. Mayor Rahm Emanuel joined City Colleges of Chicago Chancellor Cheryl Hyman to break ground today on the nearly $45 million Transportation, Distribution and[Read More…]
New Report Finds Explosive Campaign Spending and ‘Soft-on-Crime’ Attack Ads Impact State Supreme Court Rulings in Criminal Cases
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 28, 2013. The recent explosion in judicial campaign cash and the growing use of “soft-on-crime” attack ads in state supreme court elections is impacting states’ criminal justice systems, according to a new report out today from the Center for American Progress. “Criminals and Campaign Cash” explores how, as[Read More…]
Congress’s Inaction on Climate Change Imposes an Unfunded Mandate on State and Local Governments
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 28, 2013. Today—one day before the one-year anniversary of Superstorm Sandy’s landfall in New Jersey—the Center for American Progress released an analysis assessing the magnitude of the costs of preparing for more extreme weather and other climate change impacts that Congress is imposing on state, local, and tribal[Read More…]
Governor Quinn Announces Illinois Students to be Honored by Lincoln Academy November 2
SPRINGFIELD—(ENEWSPF)—October 28, 2013. Governor Pat Quinn today announced the names of the state’s outstanding college students who will be honored by the Lincoln Academy of Illinois. The Academy will recognize the students during the annual Student Laureate Convocation at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 2 at the Old State Capitol State Historic[Read More…]
Department of Defense Press Briefing by Secretary Hagel and Foreign Minister Coleman in the Pentagon Briefing Room, Oct. 28, 2013
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 28, 2013. SECRETARY OF DEFENSE CHUCK HAGEL: Good afternoon. New Zealand Minister of Defense Jonathan Coleman and I just finished a very positive and productive working lunch, where we reinforced the close ties between the United States and New Zealand. Having fought together in every major conflict of[Read More…]
State Department Briefing by Jen Psaki, October 28, 2013
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 28, 2013. Index for Today’s Briefing POLAND Loss of Poland’s First Post-Communist Prime Minister DEPARTMENT Review of Surveillance Capabilities / Discussions with German Delegation / Discussions with other Allies / Significant Challenges EGYPT U.S.-Egypt Relationship / Aid GEORGIA Peaceful Presidential Election / Advancing Democratic and Economic Development IRAN[Read More…]
Justice Department Obtains $167,500 in Discrimination Settlement with Reno, Nev., Apartment Complex
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 28, 2013. The Justice Department announced today that the U.S. District Court of Nevada has approved a settlement in which the owners and operators of Rosewood Park Apartments, a 902 unit apartment complex in Reno, Nev., will pay $167,000 to resolve a lawsuit alleging discrimination against persons with[Read More…]
Former President of Port Arthur, Texas, Chemical Company Sentenced for Federal Crimes Related to Employee Deaths
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 28, 2013. The former president of Port Arthur Chemical and Environmental Services LLC (PACES) has been sentenced for occupational safety crimes which resulted in the death of an employee, announced Robert G. Dreher, Acting Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division and John[Read More…]
