BELGIUM–(ENEWSPF)–16 Apr. 2014. Statement by NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen following the meeting of the North Atlantic Council Good afternoon. We have just taken further measures to respond to the crisis in Ukraine. We agree that a political solution is the only way forward. NATO fully supports the Geneva[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Senator Durbin Announces More Than $404,000 Investment in Illinois First- Responder Capabilities
WASHINGTON, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 16, 2014. U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) announced today that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), part of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has awarded $404,538in grants to five fire departments throughout Illinois. Today’s funding will support and improve the capability of each department to respond to fires[Read More…]
Neuropsychological Deficits: Fact and Artifact About Marijuana
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 16, 2014. Posted By Allen St. Pierre, NORML Executive Director Article By Mitch Earleywine, Ph.D State University of New York at Albany Chair, NORML board of directors A new study claims to show small deficits on neuropsychological tests in college students who started smoking marijuana early in life.[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel Kicks Off 2014 Street Resurfacing Program
Nearly 350 Miles of Chicago Streets to be Resurfaced This Year CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 16, 2014. Mayor Rahm Emanuel today visited the Englewood neighborhood to kick-off the 2014 arterial street repaving program. The 6300 block of South Ashland is the first city street being resurfaced this year. “This year, we will repave[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel Announces Nearly 1,000 Drivers Sign Up For Pay-By-Cell Parking Program Within 36 Hours of Launch
ParkChicago App Had 3,500 Downloads Within the Same Period; Pay-by-Cell Option Part of the Agreement Mayor Emanuel Negotiated to Save Taxpayers $1 Billion and Provide Free Sunday Parking in Neighborhoods CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 16, 2014. Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced today that within the first 36 hours of its launch, nearly 1,000 drivers[Read More…]
Federal Court Permanently Blocks Most Extreme Abortion Ban in the Country
Judge calls North Dakota’s ban on abortion at six weeks “a blatant violation of the constitutional guarantees afforded to all women” NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–April 16, 2014. Today a federal district court judge blocked North Dakota’s extreme and unconstitutional ban on abortion as early as six weeks of pregnancy—before many women even[Read More…]
2014 Earth Week Activities Scheduled at Prairie State College
CHICAGO HEIGHTS—(ENEWSPF)–April 16, 2014. Prairie State College (PSC) is celebrating Earth Week from Monday, April 21, through Saturday, April 26. There are several exciting events scheduled during the week that are intended to help PSC students, faculty, and staff, as well as the PSC community, understand about pressures on the[Read More…]
Two Former Cook County Board of Review Analysts Sentenced to Prison for Accepting a Bribe to Arrange Property Tax Reductions
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 16, 2014. Two former analysts for the Cook County Board of Review were sentenced today for accepting $1,500 to facilitate reducing by more than $10,000 the property taxes on three residential properties. THOMAS HAWKINS was sentenced to 24 months in prison and JOHN RACASI was sentenced to 18 months[Read More…]
Des Plaines Man Sentenced to 50 Years in Prison for Sexually Exploiting 11 Children and Producing Child Pornography
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 16, 2014. A former Des Plaines man was sentenced to 50 years in federal prison for sexually molesting nine children and producing child pornography with seven of those victims, as well as creating pornographic images of two other victims whom he sexually exploited. The defendant, BOBBY CRUZ, 34, pleaded[Read More…]
Young Conservatives Launch $1 Million Effort to Reform 2016 GOP Platform on Marriage
New campaign kicks off in early primary states, ends at GOP Convention New York–(ENEWSPF)–April 16, 2014. Young Conservatives for the Freedom to Marry is launching a $1 million campaign to reform the national Republican Party platform between now and the 2016 GOP convention. The group’s aim is to strike existing anti-gay[Read More…]
