Day: October 27, 2017

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Illinois EPA Refers Land Mart, Inc. to Attorney General for Enforcement

Illinois EPA Cites Release from Underground Storage Tank impacting Combined Storm/Sanitary Sewer SPRINGFIELD –(ENEWSPF)—October 27, 2017 By: Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Director Alec Messina has referred an enforcement action to the Illinois Attorney General’s office against Land Mart, Inc. for releasing gasoline into the combined storm/sanitary[Read More…]

Extreme weather costs

Analysis Finds Severe Weather Cost U.S. $675 billion Since 2011, Had Greater Impact on Those with Lower Incomes

Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)—October 27, 2017 By: Kristina Costa, Miranda Peterson, and Howard Marano As the five-year anniversary of Superstorm Sandy approaches, a new analysis from the Center for American Progress (CAP) finds that the most destructive hurricanes, storms, and other severe weather in the United States have caused about $675[Read More…]

Jessica Colotl

ACLU Goes to Court to Challenge Trump Administration’s Denial of Jessica Colotl’s DACA

WASHINGTON —(ENEWSPF)—October 27, 2017 By: American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Media The American Civil Liberties Union and Kuck Immigration Partners today challenged the Trump administration’s second denial of Jessica Colotl’s application to renew her status under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The filing was in federal district[Read More…]

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ACLU Responds to ICE Plans to Expand Detention Sites in Four Major Cities

New facilities for immigrant detention proposed in the areas surrounding Chicago, Detroit, Salt Lake City, and St. Paul, Minnesota. WASHINGTON —(ENEWSPF)—October 27, 2017 By: American Civil Liberties (ACLU) Communications The American Civil Liberties Union joined 13 legal service providers and immigrants’ rights organizations today to urge Immigration and Customs Enforcement[Read More…]

zombies

Illinois Residents Reminded to Prepare for All Types of Disasters, Including Zombie Apocalypse

Illinois Resolution Designated October ‘Zombie Preparedness Month’ SPRINGFIELD –(ENEWSPF)—October 27, 2017 By: Illinois Emergency Management Agency With Halloween just around the corner, people throughout Illinois are pulling together costumes for their kids or themselves, buying candy for trick-or-treaters and preparing for a zombie apocalypse. Wait….a zombie apocalypse? October was designated[Read More…]

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