SPRINGFIELD—(ENEWSPF)–Sept. 18, 2017 – Governor Bruce Rauner today announced that the state’s Department of Human Services (IDHS) will broaden access to the Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP). The move fulfills an agreement made with the legislature in 2015 to raise the income eligibility criteria to 185% of the federal poverty[Read More…]
Day: September 18, 2017
Congresswoman Robin Kelly Condemns Decision to Gut COPS Program
Matteson, IL –(ENEWSPF)—September 18, 2017. Congresswoman Kelly released this statement concerning President Trump’s reckless decision to gut the DOJ’s COPS program: “This decision directly endangers our communities and public safety by starving our law enforcement of vital resources and information. At a time when community trust in law enforcement is[Read More…]
Uptown Tent City Residents Removed from Viaducts Without Permanent Housing
CHICAGO, IL – (ENEWSPF)—September 18, 2017. This morning 25 residents, known as Uptown Tent City, were removed from the parkway west of the Wilson viaduct by the Chicago Police Department. Chicago Police Department officers and Streets and Sanitation employees forced residents to dismantle their tents and tossed the tents that[Read More…]
Zinke’s National Monument Report Leaked, Confirms Recommendation to Shrink Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument
Government transparency fails, as will legal illiteracy Portland, Ore.—(ENEWSPF)—September 18, 2017. Today, in the form of 19 fuzzy photos of computer screens, the American public saw for the first time Interior Sec. Zinke’s recommendations to President Trump to illegally shrink and allow extractive industry in several national monuments, including Oregon[Read More…]
Congresswoman Robin Kelly Plan for Mobile-Friendly Government Websites Passes First Hurdle
Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)—September 18, 2017. Last week, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee (OGR) passed Congresswoman Kelly’s Connected Government Act (HR 2331). The bill will now move to the House floor for a vote. “I’m extremely excited to see this common sense bill move forward to help more Americans[Read More…]
Palos Township Arabs and Muslims Remain Firm In Demand For Brannigan’s Resignation
Palos Hills –(ENEWSPF)—September 18, 2017. The Campaign to TAKE ON HATE-led community coalition established in July to demand the resignation of Palos Township Trustee Sharon Brannigan insists that her apology today is “too little, too late.” “We asked for this apology months ago when it became clear that Brannigan had[Read More…]
More Than 128 Countries Back Pledged Reforms to Shape 21st Century UN
NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF0–18 September 2017 – Pledging to overhaul the United Nations bureaucracy to make the world body stronger and more responsive to the people it serves, Secretary-General António Guterres today launched a pledge of support for reforms that has the backing of 128 countries. “Our shared objective is a 21st[Read More…]
NASA Sees Maria Intensify into a Major Hurricane
MARYLAND—(ENEWSPF)—September 18, 2017. NASA and NOAA satellites have provided data on Maria as it strengthened into a major Hurricane headed toward the Leeward Islands. NASA’s Aqua satellite provided an infrared look at Maria that showed cooling cloud top temperatures and NOAA’s GOES satellite provided an animation of imagery that showed[Read More…]
CFPB Takes Action Against National Collegiate Student Loan Trusts, Transworld Systems for Illegal Student Loan Debt Collection Lawsuits
All 800,000 Loans Will Be Independently Audited, Companies Will Pay at Least $21.6 Million and Stop Suing for Invalid or Unverified Debts Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—September 18, 2017. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today took action against the National Collegiate Student Loan Trusts and their debt collector, Transworld Systems, Inc.,[Read More…]
Chicago Has Met 40 Percent of Paris Climate Agreement: Mayor Emanuel
Recent report shows city carbon emissions are down 11 percent from 2005 to 2015 while jobs expand CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—September 18, 2017. Mayor Rahm Emanuel today announced that Chicago reduced its carbon emissions by 11 percent from 2005 to 2015, bringing the city to 40 percent of the way to meeting its[Read More…]