Day: April 16, 2014

2014 Earth Week Activities Scheduled at Prairie State College

CHICAGO HEIGHTS—(ENEWSPF)–April 16, 2014. Prairie State College (PSC) is celebrating Earth Week from Monday, April 21, through Saturday, April 26. There are several exciting events scheduled during the week that are intended to help PSC students, faculty, and staff, as well as the PSC community, understand about pressures on the[Read More…]

Two Former Cook County Board of Review Analysts Sentenced to Prison for Accepting a Bribe to Arrange Property Tax Reductions

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 16, 2014.  Two former analysts for the Cook County Board of Review were sentenced today for accepting $1,500 to facilitate reducing by more than $10,000 the property taxes on three residential properties. THOMAS HAWKINS was sentenced to 24 months in prison and JOHN RACASI was sentenced to 18 months[Read More…]

Des Plaines Man Sentenced to 50 Years in Prison for Sexually Exploiting 11 Children and Producing Child Pornography

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 16, 2014.  A former Des Plaines man was sentenced to 50 years in federal prison for sexually molesting nine children and producing child pornography with seven of those victims, as well as creating pornographic images of two other victims whom he sexually exploited. The defendant, BOBBY CRUZ, 34, pleaded[Read More…]

Spanish Court Refuses to Close Guantánamo Torture Investigation

International Treaties Take Precedence over Recent Domestic Reforms to Universal Jurisdiction Law, Says Judge Pablo Ruz New York—(ENEWSPF)—April 16, 2014. Spain’s Audiencia Nacional is continuing its investigation into the alleged torture of men formerly detained at Guantánamo prison by U.S. officials, despite recent legislative restrictions stating that Spanish courts can[Read More…]

Brennan Center for Justice: NYPD Announces End of Muslim Demographics Unit

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–April 16, 2014.  Yesterday, the New York City Police Department (NYPD) announced it will disband its Demographics Unit, which previously mapped Muslim communities in and around New York City. The department’s secret program would send plainclothes officers into mosques, restaurants, and neighborhoods to gather information on people’s mundane daily[Read More…]

Matteson School District 162, Southland College Prep Charter High School Awarded Grant to Improve Physical Education, Nutrition and Health Programs

3-Year $ 557,075 U.S. Office of Education Grant to Improve Physical Education, Nutrition and Health Programs; Seven Government Agencies, Higher Education Community Partners to Participate  RICHTON PARK, IL.—(ENEWSPF)–April 16, 2014—Matteson Elementary School District 162 and Southland College Prep Charter High School, together with seven local government agencies and higher education[Read More…]

NYPD Shuts Unit That Mapped Muslim Communities

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–April 15, 2014.  The New York Police Department has shuttered the unit that created maps and collected other information on Muslim communities in the New York City area, according to a report today by The New York Times. “The NYPD’s disbanding of a unit that targeted New York Muslims[Read More…]

Governor Quinn Releases First-Ever Illinois Bike Transportation Plan

Plan Formally Makes Bicycles Part of Illinois’ Long-Range Transportation Vision CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 16, 2014.  Governor Pat Quinn and Illinois Transportation Secretary Ann L. Schneider today announced the release of the Illinois Bike Transportation Plan – the first statewide bicycle plan in Illinois’ history. The bike plan provides the Illinois Department of[Read More…]

DOD Releases Estimated Impacts of Sequestration-Level Funding Report

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 15, 2014.  Today, the Department of Defense released a report that documents the damaging cuts to military forces, modernization, and readiness that will be required if defense budgets are held at sequester-levels in the years beyond fiscal 2015.  This report fulfills a commitment made by Secretary Hagel to[Read More…]

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