Rio de Janeiro, Brazil–(ENEWSPF)–May 29, 2103 – 12:24 P.M. (Local) THE VICE PRESIDENT: Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you all, very, very much. And, sir, I may need to borrow you hat before this is over. Ladies and gentlemen, I’m delighted to be here and impressed to see such a[Read More…]
Year: 2013
Senators Kirk, Durbin Meet with U.S. Attorney Nominee Zachary Fardon to Urge Forceful Prosecution of Gun & Gang Violence in Chicago
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 29, 2013. U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) today met with U.S. Attorney for the Northern District nominee Zachary Fardon to discuss his confirmation process and the need to prioritize prosecution of violent crime in the U.S. Attorney’s office upon his confirmation. Kirk and[Read More…]
New York State Assembly Passes Legislation To Fix Marijuana Possession Law
New Poll Shows Strong Majority of New Yorkers Support Reform; Assemblymembers, Advocates, and Community Members Call On Senate to Act In Last Decade, Police Spent 1 Million Hours Arresting Nearly 500,000 People for Possessing Small Amounts of Marijuana, Costing Taxpayers $600 Million ALBANY–(ENEWSPF)–May 29, 2013. Today, the New York State[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel Announces Chicago’s First Expansion of Domestic Violence Shelters in More than a Decade and Increased Support for Additional Victims
Suite-Based Domestic Violence Shelter Will Serve 100 Families a Year, Increase Number of Available Beds in Chicago by 36 Percent CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 29, 2013. Building off of his longstanding support for victims of domestic violence, Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced on Wednesday the details for the first expansion in the number of[Read More…]
Divvy Website Open For Membership Registration Wednesday
Exclusive Founding Memberships Offered to First 4,000 Registered; System Launches on Friday, June 14th CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 29, 2013. Divvy, Chicago’s new bike share system, will open its website to annual membership registration at noon on Wednesday offering two tiers of annual memberships, and the first 4,000 registrants will become “Founding Members”[Read More…]
New Financial Trading Room coming to Roosevelt University’s Heller College of Business
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 29, 2013. Roosevelt University’s Heller College of Business will build a state-of-the art financial trading room so students can have practical, real-time experiences in finance, investing, banking and related markets. The new $200,000 trading room is made possible by a gift from Clearing Corporation Charitable Foundation. Located on the[Read More…]
Governors State University Offers New Mindfulness and Psychotherapy Certificate Program
University Park, Illinois—(ENEWSPF)–May 29, 2013. The College of Education and College of Health and Human Services at Governors State University have joined forces to present an exciting new program, the Mindfulness and Psychotherapy Certificate Program. The first of its kind in the Midwest, the new Mindfulness and Psychotherapy Certificate Program[Read More…]
FDA Approves Two Drugs, Companion Diagnostic Test for Advanced Skin Cancer
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–May 29, 2013. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved two new drugs, Tafinlar (dabrafenib) and Mekinist (trametinib), for patients with advanced (metastatic) or unresectable (cannot be removed by surgery) melanoma, the most dangerous type of skin cancer. Melanoma is the leading cause of death from skin[Read More…]
South Suburban College Sustainability Committee Tours Quarry
South Holland college is making sustainability a priority. SOUTH HOLLAND, IL–(ENEWSPF)–May 29, 2013. Members of the South Suburban College (SSC) Sustainability Committee recently participated in the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD) Deep Tunnel & Thornton Quarry Tour during Urban Biodiversity Week. One of the Sustainability Committee’s goals[Read More…]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Finalizes Amendments to Ability-to-repay Rule
Rules To Facilitate Lending by Certain Small Creditors and Community Lenders WASHINGTON, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—May 29, 2013. Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) finalized rules to facilitate access to credit by creating specific exemptions and modifications to the CFPB’s Ability-to-Repay rule for small creditors, community development lenders, and housing stabilization programs.[Read More…]
