Chicago Region’s First LGBTQ-Friendly Seniors Housing Project Reached Full Occupancy Within Two Weeks of Opening CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—October 10, 2014. Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Ald. Tom Tunney and other dignitaries joined Heartland Housing Executive Director Michael Goldberg today to formally open Town Hall Apartments, the first and only lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Representative Jan Schakowsky Calls for Minimum Wage Increase on October 10, 2014, National Minimum Wage Day
Raising the Wage Would Help 28 million Americans and 48,000 Residents in the 9th District of Illinois Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 10, 2014. Rep. Jan Schakowsky, a cosponsor of H.R. 1010, the Fair Minimum Wage Act, released the following statement on National Minimum Wage Day: “This National Minimum Wage Day, I stand with[Read More…]
Bonnie Gunzenhauser Appointed Dean of Roosevelt University’s College of Arts and Sciences
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 10, 2014. Bonnie Gunzenhauser, a Roosevelt University English professor and interim dean of the College of Arts and Sciences since July 2013, has been appointed as the College’s dean. An Evanston resident, Gunzenhauser is recognized for her commitment to the liberal arts and her love for teaching and learning.[Read More…]
Roosevelt University’s Creative Writing Program to Present Reading by Valeria Luiselli on October 15
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 10, 2014. Valeria Luiselli, the author of the novel Faces in the Crowd and the essay collection Sidewalks (both published by Coffee House Press), will read and discuss her work at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 15 in Roosevelt University’s Gage Gallery, 18 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago. The reading is[Read More…]
Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus Names Virginia-Class Submarine USS Oregon
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 10, 2014. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus hosted a ship-naming ceremony today to announce that SSN 793, a Virginia-class attack submarine, will bear the name USS Oregon. During a ceremony held at the Battleship Oregon Memorial in Tom McCall Waterfront Park, Mabus announced the submarine will be[Read More…]
Civil Rights Coalition Victorious in Challenge to Alabama’s Anti-Immigrant ‘Scarlet Letter’ Law
Agreement Blocks Final Provisions of Anti-Immigrant Law, HB 56, Challenged in Courts MONTGOMERY, Ala.–(ENEWSPF)–October 10, 2014. Alabama will not publish a list of purportedly “unlawfully present” immigrants, according to an agreement announced today by civil rights groups that had sued to block publication on the grounds that it would violate[Read More…]
Governor Quinn Dedicates University of Illinois Electrical and Computer Engineering Building
State of the Art and Energy Efficient Facility Will Serve 2,500 Students and Help Prepare them for In-Demand Careers URBANA–(ENEWSPF)–October 10, 2014. Governor Pat Quinn today was joined by University of Illinois President Robert Easter to dedicate the new Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Building on the University’s Urbana campus.[Read More…]
Governor Quinn Announces 500 New Jobs at Growing Technology Firm
Innovative Company Expanding in Chicago and Elk Grove Village CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 10, 2014. Governor Pat Quinn today announced that software development company SpringCM will accelerate its growth in Chicago and Elk Grove Village and hire an additional 500 people within five years. The announcement is part of Governor Quinn’s agenda to[Read More…]
State Department Briefing by Marie Harf, Oct. 10, 2014
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 10, 2014. Index for Today’s Briefing TURKEY/SYRIA IRAQ/TURKEY/SYRIA TURKEY/SYRIA HONG KONG/CHINA DEPARTMENT/INDIA/PAKISTAN INDIA/PAKISTAN EBOLA IRAN TRANSCRIPT: 12:18 p.m. EDT MS. HARF: Packed crowd today. Happy Friday, everyone. It’s been a while. And I’m on a little bit – I’m warning you at the top, on a little[Read More…]
Remarks by Ambassador Samantha Power, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, at a General Assembly Session on Ebola, October 10, 2014
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–October 10, 2014. Thank you, Mr. President, for your leadership, for convening this extremely timely meeting. And thank you to Deputy Secretary General Eliasson, Special Envoy Nabarro, and Special Representative Banbury for your work, for your briefings, for your clear call to action, and above all, for the dedicated[Read More…]
