Conference Will Bring 20,000 Visitors and Nearly $50 Million in Estimated Direct Expenditures CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—October 16, 2014. Mayor Rahm Emanuel was joined by Choose Chicago President and CEO Don Welsh, members of organized labor and Microsoft general manager Julia White today to announce Microsoft Ignite, a new technology conference to take[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Mayor Emanuel Announces ThinkChicago: Chicago Ideas Week 2014
Fourth Annual Event Brings 139 of the Midwest’s Top Engineering and Computer Science Students to Chicago; 2014 Winner of ThinkChicago: Lollapalooza Challenge Announced CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—October 16, 2014. Mayor Emanuel announced today the fourth annual ThinkChicago: Chicago Ideas Week, a three-day event that will introduce 139 of the Midwest’s top technology and[Read More…]
Department of Defense Press Briefing on Pentagon’s Response to the Ebola Outbreak, Oct. 16, 2014
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 16, 2014. Presenters: Major General Darryl Williams, Joint Task Force Commander; Debra Malac, U.S. Ambassador to Liberia; Ben Hemingway, U.S. Agency for International Development Deputy Disaster Assistance Response Team Director STAFF: This will be an on-the-record briefing. Obviously, they — nobody can see each other, so please, Number[Read More…]
ACLU Comment on FBI Director Comey’s Encryption Speech
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–October 16, 2014. FBI Director James Comey gave a speech today suggesting that the growing use of encryption technologies on mobile devices could hinder law enforcement. Laura W. Murphy, director of the Washington Legislative Office of the American Civil Liberties Union, had this comment: “Director Comey is wrong in asserting[Read More…]
National Nurses Praise RN for Speaking Out on Hospital Lapses in Dallas
Renewed Call for President Obama To Issue Executive Order Directing Hospitals to Follow Highest Ebola Standards Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–October 16, 2014. National Nurses United today praised Briana Aguirre, a registered nurse at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas for speaking out about serious lapses in safety protocols at the hospital[Read More…]
Raising the Minimum Wage Would Take at Least 1.7 Million Workers Off Public Assistance and Reduce Safety Net Spending by at Least $7.6 Billion a Year
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 16, 2014. The value of the minimum wage has been so severely eroded by inflation that businesses today are paying minimum wage workers 25 percent less than they were in the 1960s. Policymakers’ failure to raise the wage floor has contributed to decades-long wage stagnation and caused an[Read More…]
Governor Quinn Announces $1 Million Investment in Chicago Innovation Exchange
Partnership Will Foster Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Job Creation CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 16, 2014. Governor Pat Quinn today announced an investment in the new Chicago Innovation Exchange, an innovative business incubator for entrepreneurs. The state’s partnership will help provide resources for University of Chicago faculty and students and local community entrepreneurs as they[Read More…]
Study Finds Illinois Leads the Nation in Workers’ Comp Insurance Savings
Oregon Study Analyzes Rates in 50 States & Highlights Sharp Reduction in Illinois Workers’ Compensation Costs CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 16, 2014. The administration of Governor Pat Quinn, the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission and the Department of Insurance (DOI) announced today that a national study has provided additional evidence that Illinois’ historic workers’[Read More…]
Governor Quinn Breaks Ground on AAR Corporation Expansion in Rockford That Will Create 500 Jobs
New AAR Hangar at Rockford International Airport Will Service Next Generation Aircraft ROCKFORD–(ENEWSPF)–October 16, 2014. Governor Pat Quinn today was joined by company and local officials to break ground on a new maintenance and repair hangar for global aircraft service leader AAR Corporation at Rockford International Airport. The new facility[Read More…]
Raleigh Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Provide Material Support for Terrorism
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 16, 2014. Akba Jihad Jordan, 22, of Raleigh, North Carolina, pleaded guilty before United States Magistrate Judge Robert B. Jones to conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists. Jordan and co-defendant Avin Marsalis Brown, 21, also of Raleigh, were arrested on March 19, 2014, and charged initially in[Read More…]
