Day: March 14, 2017

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Nor’easter Shuts Down Travel, Threatens To Unleash Blizzard Conditions In At Least 8 States

By Alex Sosnowski, Senior Meteorologist for AccuWeather.com AccuWeather-(ENEWSPF)- AccuWeather reports  as winds increase from a strengthening nor’easter, blizzard conditions will bring dangerous travel over the interior Northeast, while a wintry mix, rain and flooding continue to advance northward along the coast through Tuesday. The storm has forced a State of[Read More…]

Wisconsin and Illinois Activists Brave Blizzard to Converge on House Speaker Paul Ryan’s Racine Office Demanding He Stop the Health Care Repeal Bill (Video)

RACINE, WI –(ENEWSPF)–March 14, 2017.  In the wake of a Congressional Budget Office analysis that the GOP health plan will cause 24 million Americans to lose their health coverage, 250 people from Illinois and Wisconsin braved a blizzard and bitter temperatures outside Speaker Paul Ryan’s office here Tuesday to demand[Read More…]

Inclusion Has No Borders

Roosevelt University Launches New Safe Space Campaign with “Inclusion Has No Borders” Signage

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 14, 2017. The campaign that will distribute hundreds of signs at the Chicago and Schaumburg campuses through Monday, March 20, encourages Roosevelt community members to reaffirm the university’s values of inclusion and social justice as well as support Roosevelt’s diverse community by posting “Inclusion Has No Borders” signs at[Read More…]

Southern Poverty Law Center Statement on Congressional Budget Office Report on American Health Care Act

ALABAMA–(ENEWSPF)–March 14, 2017. The recent analysis by the Congressional Budget Office confirms what we already knew: The plan to replace the Affordable Care Act will drastically reduce the number of people with health insurance in our country. This bill will have life-threatening consequences for the poor as it slashes $880[Read More…]

Battery Chargers for XBOX ONE Video Game Controllers Recalled by Performance Designed Products Due to Burn Hazard

Recalled Energizer 2X Smart Charger 048-052-NA for Xbox One Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 14, 2017 Recall Summary: Name of product:  Energizer® XBOX ONE 2X Smart Chargers Hazard:  The battery chargers can overheat and damage the XBOX ONE video game controller, posing a burn hazard to consumers. Consumer Contact:  Performance Designed Products at[Read More…]

Mayor Emanuel, Chicago Department of Planning and Development, Metropolitan Planning Council Announce Chicago Urban River Edges Ideas Lab

Lab, funded by The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation and Comcast, will engage architectural firms to explore ideas for the development of Chicago’s public river edges CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 13, 2017.  Mayor Rahm Emanuel, the Chicago Department of Planning and Development (DPD) and the Metropolitan Planning Council (MPC) today announced the Chicago Urban[Read More…]

House Speaker Madigan, Rep. Harris Set Hearing on Trump Administration Medicaid Proposal

IL House Speaker Michael J. Madigan (Source: illinois.gov) SPRINGFIELD, Ill. –(ENEWSPF)–March 14, 2017.  Speaker Michael J. Madigan has directed state Rep. Greg Harris, chair of the House Appropriations-Human Services Committee, to hold a hearing Thursday to determine how Medicaid cuts being pushed by the Trump Administration and congressional Republicans will[Read More…]

U.S. Senate Expected to Take Up Measure Today Aimed at Expanding Drug Testing of People Who File for Unemployment Assistance

50 Civil Rights, Faith, and Criminal Justice Organizations Send Letter to Congress Opposing Legislation Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 14, 2017. U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has scheduled floor debate and a likely vote on a measure today (H.J. Res 42) that would roll back an Obama Administration regulation limiting the ability[Read More…]

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