CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)—December 27, 2013. Governor Pat Quinn today announced appointments to the state’s Concealed Carry Licensing Review Board. Today’s appointments fill each of the board’s seven positions and will continue the state’s implementation of the law. “These appointees to the state’s Concealed Carry Licensing Review Board are highly qualified and[Read More…]
Year: 2013
Governor Quinn Announces 5,000 Affordable Rental Homes Financed in 2013
State Support Enables Creation and Preservation of Quality Housing, Creates Jobs Across State CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–December 27, 2013. Governor Quinn today announced that the Illinois Housing Development Authority (IHDA) provided more than $471 million in financing this year to make 5,000 quality affordable rental homes available to working families, seniors and people[Read More…]
Statement by Secretary Hagel on the Futenma Replacement Facility Landfill Permit Approval
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 27, 2013. “I welcome the governor of Okinawa’s decision to approve the landfill permit request to build the Futenma Replacement Facility at Camp Schwab-Henoko Bay, which is a critical part of the realignment of U.S. forces on Okinawa. This decision comes after many years of sustained effort between[Read More…]
Statement from the Director of the National Economic Council Gene Sperling Re: Unemployment Insurance, Dec. 27, 2013
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 27, 2013. As the President has repeatedly made clear, it defies economic sense, precedent and our values to allow 1.3 million Americans fighting to find jobs to see their unemployment insurance abruptly cut off — especially in the middle of the holiday season. These are our neighbors, our[Read More…]
Judge Grants Motion to Dismiss in NSA Surveillance Case
ACLU Intends to Appeal Decision Allowing Telephone Tracking NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–December 27, 2013. A federal court issued an opinion and order in ACLU v. Clapper, the ACLU’s challenge to the constitutionality of the NSA’s mass call-tracking program, ruling that the government’s bulk collection of phone records is lawful under Section 215[Read More…]
Nature Photography to be Featured at Sauk-Calumet Group of the Illinois Sierra Club January Meeting
Matteson—(ENEWSPF)—December 27, 2013. The Sauk-Calumet Group of the Illinois Sierra Club will hold its monthly meeting on Monday, January 13, at 7:15 p.m. at the Frankfort Public Library, 21119 Pfeiffer Rd. (just off Rt. 30). The group will be having their annual members’ slides night. Members will bring in photos[Read More…]
2013: The Year In Review – NORML’s Top 10 Events That Shaped Marijuana Policy
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 26, 2013. NORML and NORML Foundation are supported by cannabis consumers and other caring citizens. Please see our annual report and help us to keep going strong into 2014 by making an end of the year donation. For a limited time, we are offering two membership deals to[Read More…]
Statement by President Obama on H.R. 3304, the ‘National Defense Authorization Action for FY 2014’
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 26, 2013. Today I have signed into law H.R. 3304, the “National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014.” I have signed this annual defense authorization legislation because it will provide pay and bonuses for our service members, enhance counterterrorism initiatives abroad, build the security capacity of key[Read More…]
Statement from President Obama and the First Lady on Kwanzaa 2013
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–Decembre 26, 2013. Michelle and I extend our best wishes to all those celebrating Kwanzaa this holiday season. Today marks the beginning of the week-long celebration of African American culture through family activities and community festivities that bring attention to Kwanzaa’s seven principles of unity, self-determination, collective work and[Read More…]
UN Hopes to Have Peacekeeping Reinforcements in Strife-torn South Sudan Within 48 Hours
South Sudan–(ENEWSPF)–26 December 2013 – The United Nations hopes to have peacekeeping reinforcements on the ground in strife-torn South Sudan within the next 48 hours, including both troops and critical assets such as helicopters, as it seeks to protect civilians in a conflict that is already estimated to have claimed[Read More…]
