Comprehensive open house schedule now set for new and current students. South Holland, IL –(ENEWSPF)—July 16, 2015. Open Registration for the Fall 2015 Semester at South Suburban College (SSC) is still in progress. Fall classes don’t begin until Monday, August 24th, giving current and prospective students plenty of time to[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Prepared Remarks of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray at the Americans for Financial Reform Event on CFPB Anniversary
Director Richard Cordray. Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 16, 2015. Thank you Ed for that kind introduction, and for all you do on behalf of consumers through your roles with the Public Interest Research Group and Americans for Financial Reform. I also want to thank the entire AFR coalition, as well as PIRG,[Read More…]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Launches Its First-Ever Monthly Complaint Snapshot to Spotlight Consumer Trends
Report Includes In-Depth Look at Debt Collection Complaints and Complaints from Milwaukee, Wis. WASHINGTON, D.C. –-(ENEWSPF)–July 16, 2015. Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) launched the first in a new series of monthly reports to highlight key trends from consumer complaints submitted to the Bureau. The monthly report includes[Read More…]
Court Challenge Filed to Recover Oregon Coast Coho Salmon
Iconic Oregon Salmon Threatened by Lack of Recovery Plan, Destructive Logging Practices PORTLAND, Ore.—(ENEWSPF)–July 15, 2015. The Center for Biological Diversity and Oregon Wild today filed a court challenge against the National Marine Fisheries Service over its failure to develop a recovery plan for Oregon coast coho salmon. Despite the[Read More…]
Common Cause: Wisconsin Ruling Invites Onslaught of Special Interest Spending on State Politics
WISCONSIN–(ENEWSPF)–July 16, 2015. Statement by Jay Heck, Executive Director, Common Cause in Wisconsin: As expected, a highly compromised Wisconsin Supreme Court majority has issued a highly flawed decision today ending the John Doe investigation of possible illegal coordination between Governor Scott Walker and his 2011-2012 recall campaign with outside special interest groups.[Read More…]
United States Chamber of Commerce: Blowing Smoke for Big Tobacco
Working for Big Tobacco, Chamber Fights to Delay, Block Life-Saving Policies WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—July 16, 2015. With deep ties to the tobacco industry, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has been working to derail tobacco control rules and undermine life-saving policies in dozens of countries around the world, according to a[Read More…]
Lawmakers Introduce Solution to Wall Street Conflicts of Interest; New Public Citizen Report Highlights Extent of Problem
With Financial Services Conflict of Interest Act, Baldwin and Cummings Seek to Close Revolving Door Between Banks and Financial Regulatory Agencies WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–July 15, 2015. In an effort to rein in conflicts of interest and revolving door abuses within financial regulatory agencies, U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.) and Rep.[Read More…]
Ohio Man Indicted for Providing Support to ISIL and Other Federal Offenses
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 16, 2015. A 28-count indictment was filed charging a Sheffield Lake, Ohio, man with providing material support to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), as well as firearms and narcotics violations. Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin, U.S. Attorney Steven D. Dettelbach of[Read More…]
Justice Department Announces Three Banks Reach Resolutions under Swiss Bank Program, July 16, 2015
Three Banks Collectively Will Pay Penalties of More than $3.1 Million and Continue to Cooperate with Department Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 16, 2015. The Department of Justice announced today that Mercantil Bank (Schweiz) AG, Banque Cantonale Neuchâteloise and Nidwaldner Kantonalbank have reached resolutions under the department’s Swiss Bank Program. The Swiss Bank[Read More…]
Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch Delivers Keynote Address at the 106th NAACP Annual Convention Freedom Fund Dinner
Philadephia, PA–(ENEWSPF)–July 15, 2015. Thank you, President [Cornell] Brooks, for that kind introduction and for your outstanding leadership of this distinguished organization. I also want to recognize Roslyn Brock, Chair of the NAACP’s Board of Directors. And I want to thank all of you for such a warm welcome tonight,[Read More…]
