Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2014. Sherrod Brown to Introduce Harkin Bill to Expand Social Security in 114th Congress Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) has announced plans to reintroduce Sen. Tom Harkin’s (D-IA) Strengthening Social Security Act in the next Congress. The bill would change the Social Security benefit formula, ensuring that cost[Read More…]
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Steven Mandell Sentenced To Life In Prison For Barbaric 2012 Plot To Kidnap, Extort And Kill Victim In North Side Torture Chamber
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2014. A northwest suburban man was sentenced yesterday to life in prison for plotting in 2012 to kidnap, torture, extort and murder an innocent victim and then take control of the victim’s real estate holdings. STEVEN MANDELL, 64, formerly known as “Steven Manning,” of Buffalo Grove, was[Read More…]
Rep. Jan Schakowsky: I Voted Against the Republican Spending Bill That has a Huge Giveaway to Wall Street, Cuts Pensions and Helps the Super-Rich Buy Elections
WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)—December 12, 2014. The House voted on a spending bill (H.R. 83) yesterday. Rep. Jan Schakowsky voted ‘No’ on the bill because of several deeply troubling provisions. She issued the following statement on the matter: “I strongly oppose the spending bill that House Republicans brought to the floor[Read More…]
Rep. DeFazio Blasts 1,600-page CROmnibus for Its Giveaways to Wall Street and Wealthy Campaign Donors
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2014. On Thursday, December 11, Rep. Peter DeFazio (OR-04) released the following statement after voting no on H.R. 83, the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, legislation to fund the government through the end of fiscal year 2015. “Only six years after reckless Wall Street[Read More…]
New Graduate to Use Roosevelt University Degree to Shape Health-sciences Education
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–December 11, 2014. Fraser Smith entered the Master’s in Training and Development Program at Roosevelt University to improve his teaching methods. On Friday, Dec. 12, he will graduate with the know-how to help many, many others improve on what they learn as well. An associate professor and assistant dean at[Read More…]
Sierra Club Appeals FutureGen Decision from the Illinois Pollution Control Board
Coal Plant’s Permit Still Does Not Reflect the Project’s Promise to Illinois Citizens SPRINGFIELD, Ill. –(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2014. Yesterday, the Sierra Club filed an appeal in Illinois’ Fourth District Appellate Court, appealing the Illinois Pollution Control Board’s (IPCB) decision to allow the FutureGen project to move forward as permitted. The Sierra Club argued[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Announces Settlement Over Allegations that Digital Advertising Firm Breached Internet Privacy
Attorneys General Allege PointRoll Inc. Circumvented Privacy Settings to Expose More Consumers to Internet Ads Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—December 11, 2014. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced a $750,000 settlement with PointRoll Inc. resolving a multistate investigation over whether the company violated consumers’ privacy by unlawfully circumventing privacy settings in Apple’s Safari[Read More…]
Senator Bernie Sanders Opposes Spending Bill
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2014. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement on a massive $1.01 trillion spending bill that the Senate plans to take up later today: “At a time when the middle class continues to disappear, and the gap between the very rich and everyone else grows wider,[Read More…]
In Federal Spending Bill, Christmas Comes Early for Polluters, Oil and Gas Industry, and Wall Street High Rollers
Bill for 2015 Funding Guts Protections for Rivers and Wildlife, Cuts Regulatory Oversight of Financial Sector, Exposure to Toxic Chemicals, Children’s Nutrition WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2014. The U.S. House of Representatives passed a 2015 omnibus spending bill yesterday larded with dozens of riders and funding cuts that favor corporate profits over[Read More…]
Oregon Refuses to Protect Public From Oil Terminal’s New Air Pollution
Increased Pollution from Oil Train Facility on Columbia River Remains Unchecked PORTLAND, Ore.—(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2014. Oregon’s Department of Environmental Quality yesterday rejected a petition submitted on behalf of tens of thousands of Oregonians asking the agency to protect Oregon’s air from harmful new oil terminal pollution by requiring Global Partners[Read More…]
