Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Cook County Clerk David Orr announced today that Chicago TIFs, Tax Increment Financing (TIF) revenue will jump 21.9 percent in the City of Chicago this year with suburban TIFs experiencing a 12.9 percent increase. As a whole, Cook County will see a TIF increase of 18.7 percent. The[Read More…]
Day: July 20, 2017
Once Upon A Mattress Brings Fractured Fairy Tale To Stage
Hammond, IN-(ENEWSPF)- If you thought you knew the story of “The Princess and the Pea,” you may be in for a walloping surprise as you take in the Genesius Guild of Hammond’s latest production, Once Upon a Mattress. An off-beat re-telling of the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale “The Princess[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel Announces Chicago’s Opioid Addiction Treatment Expansion
Investments in overdose antidote reversed approximately 1,500 overdoses last year, $700K investment will provide treatment for 1,000 residents of South and West Sides CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)–July 21, 2017. Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced progress and investments in the City’s ongoing efforts to combat the opioid epidemic and improve health. Building on the success[Read More…]
Senators Graham, Durbin Introduce Bipartisan Dream Act To Give Immigrant Students A Path To Citizenship
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–July 21, 2017. U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) yesterday introduced the Dream Act, which would allow immigrant students who grew up in the United States to earn lawful permanent residence and eventually American citizenship. These young people, known as Dreamers, have lived in America since they[Read More…]
University of Chicago Library Receives Gift of Vintage Vivian Maier Prints
Nearly 500 photographs to be available for research at Special Collections CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–July 21, 2017 By: Andrew Bauld and Rachel Rosenberg The University of Chicago Library has received a gift of nearly 500 photographic prints made by Vivian Maier, the master 20th-century street photographer known for her striking images of life[Read More…]
Kim Foxx to Address 120 Chicago Youth on 4th Annual Mikva Mass Action Day on Monday, July 24
States Attorney to discuss leadership and youth driven-solutions Chicago IL—(ENEWSPF)—July 20, 2017. In an effort to encourage youth to think about careers in politics, government, business and law, Mikva Challenge will host an intimate breakfast with prominent Chicago leaders such as Kim Foxx and Deputy Mayor Andrea Zopp, and youth[Read More…]
FDA Clears First Neonatal Magnetic Resonance Imaging Device
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–July 21, 2017. Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration cleared the first magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) device specifically for neonatal brain and head imaging in neonatal intensive care units (NICU). “Although we can use traditional MRI scanners to image neonates, taking babies outside of the neonatal intensive[Read More…]
Businessman Indicted, Allegedly Stole Employer’s Trade Secrets
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A 30-year employee of a McHenry County manufacturing firm allegedly stole proprietary information, trade secrets, from the company while planning to move to China to begin work for a rival firm, according to an indictment returned in federal court in Chicago. On Sept. 13, 2015, ROBERT O’ROURKE allegedly[Read More…]
Kamala Harris and Rand Paul Spearhead Bipartisan Senate Bail Reform Effort
Bill Provides Grants to States to Replace Money Bail System; Proposal Builds on Successful Reform in New Jersey Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 20, 2017. Today, Senators Kamala Harris (D-CA) and Rand Paul (R-KY) introduced legislation to reform the country’s money bail system. The proposal – the first of its kind in the[Read More…]
Center for American Progress Releases State-by-State Medicaid Enrollment by Age, Gender, Race, Ethnicity
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–July 20, 2017. Dismantling the Medicaid program is at the heart of President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans’ agenda—and the devastating Medicaid cuts proposed in their attempts to repeal the Affordable Care Act are a critical flashpoint in health care negotiations. President Trump has proposed cutting Medicaid by half in his budget. Yet new analysis from[Read More…]