Lindblom Math and Science Academy students represent Chicago at Qatar Debate World Championship Mayor Emanuel meets and congratulates students from Lindblom Math and Science Academy on their recent participation in the Qatar Debate — Photo Credit: Patrick Pyszka // City of Chicago CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 28, 2014. Today, Mayor Rahm Emanuel visited[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Legislation to Add PTSD As Qualifying Condition for Medical Marijuana Rejected By Colorado Legislature
Veterans With PTSD Who Use Legal Marijuana in Colorado Can Lose VA Medical Care and Benefits DENVER—(ENEWSPF)—April 29, 2014. Yesterday, a bill failed to pass the Colorado House State, Veterans, and Military Affairs committee that would have added post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to the list of ‘debilitating medical conditions’ that qualify[Read More…]
Historic Agreement Reforms Trinity River Fish Hatchery
EUREKA, Ca—(ENEWSPF)—April 28, 2014. Today a federal court approved the settlement agreement in a lawsuit challenging operations at the Trinity River Fish Hatchery. The agreement between EPIC, state agencies and Tribes allows the hatchery to continue to operate, but with needed reforms to restore imperiled wild coho salmon. The suit[Read More…]
Marian Catholic’s Diaz-Albertini Performs with the Joffrey Ballet
Alexis Diaz-Albertini (right) performs with the Joffrey Ballet. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Chicago Heights, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Marian Catholic junior, Alexis Diaz-Albertini was always extremely active and talented in several different sports as a child. Alexis had a knack for all sports, whether it was basketball, softball, or volleyball, it all came easy to[Read More…]
Readout of Secretary Hagel’s Phone Call With Russia’s Minister of Defense, April 28, 2014
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 28, 2014. Press Secretary Rear Admiral John Kirby provided the following readout: “Secretary of Defense Hagel spoke today by phone with Russian Minister of Defense Sergei Shoygu. The two leaders discussed a wide range of issues related to the situation in Ukraine, with Sec. Hagel requesting clarification of[Read More…]
Former Illinois State Rep. Keith Farnham Charged With Possession of Child Pornogrphy
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 28, 2014. Former Illinois State Rep. KEITH FARNHAM was charged today with possession of child pornography in a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Chicago. Farnham allegedly possessed two videos depicting child pornography on a computer that was seized from his state office in Elgin in March.[Read More…]
Niles-Based Education Firms and Executives Indicted in Alleged $33 Million Fraud; Bribes Allegedly Paid to Four School Officials
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 28, 2014. The federal government and more than 200 public school districts in 19 states, including Illinois, were defrauded of more than $33 million by two Niles–based companies and two of their executives, who purported to provide government-funded tutoring services to low-income students, according to a federal indictment announced[Read More…]
Two Roosevelt University Students will Speak at May 2 Graduation
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 28, 2014. Two Roosevelt University students who will be graduating on Friday, May 2 at the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago have been selected to address fellow graduates as part of the University’s Spring 2014 Commencement ceremonies. Brenden Paradies of Brownsburg, Ind., who will receive a bachelor’s degree in Integrated[Read More…]
Statement by President Obama on Yom HaShoah, April 28, 2014
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 28, 2014. On this Yom HaShoah, I join people of all faiths in the United Sates, in the State of Israel, and around the world in remembering the six million Jews – innocent men, women and children – who were senselessly murdered during the Holocaust, as well as[Read More…]
Statement by Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky in Observance of Holocaust Remembrance Day
Washington, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—April 28, 2014. Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) released the following statement in observation of Holocaust Remembrance Day: “Today we join together in memory of the six million Jews who were murdered during the Holocaust, and reflect on the ways that we can fulfill the promise of ‘never again.’ We[Read More…]
