Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 7, 2014. Hi, everybody. This is commencement season, a time for graduates and their families to celebrate one of the greatest achievements of a young person’s life. But for many graduates, it also means feeling trapped by a whole lot of student loan debt. And we’ve got to[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Mayor Emanuel Announces Meade to Relocate Headquarters and Consolidate Operations in Chicago
Company to Bring Up to 2,000 Jobs and Rehabilitate a Vacant 178,000-Square-Foot Industrial Facility; Attracting Corporate Headquarters is a Key Initiative of the Plan for Economic Growth and Jobs CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 6, 2014. Mayor Rahm Emanuel today announced that Meade will be consolidating its operations, bringing approximately 2,000 people into and[Read More…]
DOD Identifies Army Casualty, June 6, 2014
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 6, 2014. The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Pfc. Matthew H. Walker, 20, of Hillsboro, Missouri, died June 5, in Paktika province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when his unit was attacked by enemy fire. He was assigned[Read More…]
Lawsuits Filed in Every State Without the Freedom to Marry
North Dakota Becomes 31st State, Final Non-Marriage State With Marriage Lawsuit New York–(ENEWSPF)–June 6, 2014. Today, seven committed same-sex couples are suing the state of North Dakota in federal court for the freedom to marry. With the addition of North Dakota, every U.S. state without the freedom to marry has[Read More…]
Federal Judge Strikes Down Wisconsin Marriage Ban
New York–(ENEWSPF)–June 6, 2014. Today a Wisconsin federal judge ruled in Wolf v. Walker that the state’s marriage ban is unconstitutional. Evan Wolfson, president of Freedom to Marry, released the following statement: “Today’s decision out of Wisconsin marks the twentieth consecutive ruling by a federal or state judge since last year that[Read More…]
Salesman and CEO of Former Downstate Telecommunications Business Indicted in Alleged $6 Million Financing Fraud Scheme
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 6, 2014. During three telephone conference calls with an outside auditing firm and his own company’s CEO and CFO in November 2012 and January 2013, a sales representative for a downstate computer and telecommunications business posed as an employee of a global telecommunications company that the downstate firm had[Read More…]
Senator Merkley Releases Congressional Report on Need for E-Cigarette Regulation
Calls on FDA to Act Swiftly on Regulating Flavored Tobacco and E-Cigarettes that Are Aimed at Hooking Youth to a Lifetime of Nicotine Addiction Portland, OR–(ENEWSPF)–June 6, 2014. Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley was joined today by students and experts on tobacco use prevention to release a Congressional report on the[Read More…]
Senator Kirk, Local Firefighters Call On Governor Quinn to Adopt Firefighter Reciprocity for Veterans
Reciprocity Would Allow Servicemen and Women to Rejoin Workforce Free of Certification Bureaucracy NORMAL, Ill.–(ENEWSPF)–June 6, 2014. U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.), accompanied by State Senators Jason Barickman and Bill Brady, State Representative Dan Brady, and Pat Devaney, President of the Associated Fire Fighters of Illinois (AFFI), today called on[Read More…]
Rep. Jan Schakowsky Statement Commemorating the 70th Anniversary of the D-Day Invasion
Chicago, IL—(ENEWSPF)—June 6, 2014. Rep. Jan Schakowsky released the following statement commemorating the anniversary: “Seventy years ago today, thousands of American forces and our allies participating in Operation Overlord crossed the English Channel and landed on the beaches of Normandy, France as part of the largest amphibious invasion in history. [Read More…]
GM Announces Four Recalls, June 6, 2014
DETROIT—(ENEWSPF)—June 6, 2014. General Motors today announced three safety recalls and one non-compliance recall, all of which were reported to the NHTSA on Thursday, June 5, 2014. In all cases, customers will receive letters from GM letting them know when they can bring their vehicles into a dealership, where all[Read More…]
