City continues aggressive energy efficiency push with Commercial Buildings Initiative milestone and $1.6 million in additional funding for energy efficiency upgrades in apartment buildings CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2014. Mayor Rahm Emanuel today announced the 50th building to join Retrofit Chicago’s Commercial Buildings Initiative alongside United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. The Commercial[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Two Former Will County Bank Officials Plead Guilty To Concealing Loan Delinquencies Of Two Customers
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2014. A former officer and a former director of a bank in Will County have pleaded guilty to federal charges for fraudulently creating false reports that made it appear that the bank’s loan portfolio was in better shape than it actually was. The defendants together concealed delinquent[Read More…]
Roosevelt University Student Overcomes Hurdles to Graduate with Incredible Story Ending
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2014. When journalism student Aaron Lee takes center stage as student graduation speaker during Roosevelt University’s Dec. 12 Commencement at the Auditorium Theater, he will not only be sharing a story of perseverance in the face of serious illness; but also, loss of a loved one. He also[Read More…]
Center for Constitutional Rights on NY Attorney General Call for Investigative Power: After Decades of Demands, There Is No Time to Waste
New York –(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2014. In response to New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s call today that Governor Andrew Cuomo grant him the power to investigate in instances of police shootings of unarmed civilians, Vince Warren, executive director of the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), issued the following statement:[Read More…]
NY Attorney General Schneiderman Requests Executive Order To Restore Public Confidence In Criminal Justice System
Broad Coalition Calls On Governor To Act Immediately NEW YORK – (ENEWSPF)—December 8, 2014. Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today was joined by a broad coalition of elected officials in outlining an immediate first step toward restoring public trust and confidence in the fairness of reviews of cases involving unarmed[Read More…]
Media Availability with Secretary Hagel in Kuwait, Dec. 8, 2014
KUWAIT–(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2014. REAR ADMIRAL JOHN KIRBY: All right, folks, just like we’ve done this before. The secretary won’t have an opening statement. We’ll just go right to a couple of questions. We don’t have a whole lot of time, as usual, so we’re probably only going to take about[Read More…]
Congressmen Blumenauer, Poe Water for the World Act Passes House of Representatives
Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)—December 8, 2014. Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 2901, the Senator Paul Simon Water for the World Act authored by Congressmen Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) and Ted Poe (R-TX). The Senate is expected to take action quickly on the bill, sending it to the President’s desk. Once[Read More…]
More Than 80 Scientists Urge Federal Protection of Northern Long-eared Bats
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2014. Some of the world’s leading bat biologists are among more than 80 scientists who sent a letter today calling for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Interior Department to move forward with last year’s proposal to give critically imperiled northern long-eared bats the full protection of[Read More…]
Statement by the Organic Consumers Association on Lawsuit Files by Campaign to Pass Oregon’s Measure 92 to Label GMOs
FINLAND, Minn. –-(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2014. Today eight voters and the Yes on Measure 92 campaign to pass a mandatory GMO (genetically modified organism) labeling law, sued to require to the state to count about 4600 votes that the campaign alleges were illegally tossed out. The suit, filed in the Circuit[Read More…]
Governor Quinn Welcomes New Fox TV Production to Illinois
“Empire” Creating 250 Jobs, Strengthening Illinois’ Growing Film Industry CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2014. Governor Pat Quinn today visited the set of the new TV drama “Empire” to welcome the series to Illinois. Created by Lee Daniels and Danny Strong for Twentieth Century Fox Television, “Empire” is filmed in Chicago and[Read More…]
