NEW YORK —(ENEWSPF)–May 9, 2017. Whistleblower Chelsea Manning will be released from U.S. military prison next week after serving a seven-year sentence for disclosing classified information that raised public awareness regarding the impact of war on innocent civilians. Manning, a transgender woman, was serving an unprecedented 35-year sentence for whistleblowing[Read More…]
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Attorney General Madigan Announces Lawsuit Against Metal Finishing Company Over Leaked Chemicals
Court Grants Madigan’s Request for Immediate Relief to Secure Facility and Prevent Additional Spills Chicago — (ENEWSPF)—May 9, 2017. Attorney General Lisa Madigan yesterday announced a lawsuit against Krel Laboratories Inc. for improperly storing hazardous materials that leaked and spilled from numerous containers, jeopardizing public health. The court also granted[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Urges Illinois Senate to Pass Student Loan Bill of Rights
AG Madigan and Sen. Biss Oppose Delays at Federal Level and Local Lobbying Efforts to Advocate for Immediate Passage Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—May 8, 2017. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today was joined by Senator Daniel Biss, Illinois students and consumer advocates to urge the Illinois Senate to reject pressure from student loan[Read More…]
Congresswoman Robin Kelly Leads Effort to Move Government Websites into the 21st Century
Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–May 9, 2017. Congresswoman Robin Kelly, the top Democrat on the Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s IT subcommittee, recently introduced the Connect to Government Act. The legislation would require all future and re-designed government websites to be mobile-friendly, a standard business practice in 2017. According to an Information[Read More…]
James Webb Space Telescope Arrives at NASA’s Johnson Space Center
Greenbelt, MD-(ENEWSPF)- NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has arrived at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, where it will undergo its last cryogenic test before it is launched into space in 2018. The telescope was loaded onto a trailer truck from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland,[Read More…]
Barack Obama School Opens Greenhouse And Horticulture Center
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- School District 163 reports that the Barack Obama School of Leadership and STEM, 401 Concorde Drive, Chicago Heights, will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony for its new atrium, greenhouse and Horticulture Education Center at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, May 23. The greenhouse and Horticulture Center will serve as a[Read More…]
Governors State University to Offer Business Administration B.A. Coursework at Kankakee Community College
University Park, IL –(ENEWSPF)–May 8, 2017. Governors State University is partnering with Kankakee Community College to offer coursework from our AACSB accredited Business Administration B.A. program. Courses will be offered at the Kankakee Community College North Extension Center starting Fall 2017. Governors State University Provost and Vice President of Academic[Read More…]
Addicted to the War on Drugs: Just as We Were Wising Up, President Trump has Us Back In an Old-style Fight Against Narcotics
President Trump seems to believe the only way America can win a war on drugs is to put up a wall. Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 8, 2017 By: Grant Smith America and the world have learned hard lessons about the failings of the war on drugs. For too long, we saw drugs[Read More…]
ACLU Sues Trump Administration for Records on Botched Yemen Raid
Lawsuit Aims to Uncover Documents on Legal Basis and Outcome of Assault That Killed Navy SEAL and Numerous Yemeni Civilians NEW YORK –(ENEWSPF)–May 8, 2017. The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit today demanding that the Trump administration release documents about a January 29 raid in Yemen that left[Read More…]
University of Chicago Student Library Employees File Petition to Unionize
University of Chicago Library CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)—May 8, 2017. A coalition of University of Chicago student library workers filed a petition yesterday to become one of the nation’s first primarily undergraduate student unions at a private university. The group of student employees, calling themselves the Student Library Employees Union, worked with[Read More…]
