NEW YORK —(ENEWSPF)—September 19, 2017. Dēmos and American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court detailing how Ohio is violating the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) by targeting registered voters who fail to vote in a two-year period for eventual removal from the registration rolls —[Read More…]
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Hundreds to Gather at Hyde Park Academy Meeting to Renew Push for Obama Library Community Benefit Agreement
Che Rhymefest Smith, hip-hop artist and community activist, will keynote the event CHICAGO, IL –(ENEWSPF)—September 19, 2017. Hundreds of community residents will gather at Hyde Park Academy High School 6220 S. Stony Island at 6pm on Wednesday September 20th, for a meeting announcing a renewed push for a Community Benefits[Read More…]
Governor Rauner Broadens Access to Child Care Assistance Program
SPRINGFIELD—(ENEWSPF)–Sept. 18, 2017 – Governor Bruce Rauner today announced that the state’s Department of Human Services (IDHS) will broaden access to the Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP). The move fulfills an agreement made with the legislature in 2015 to raise the income eligibility criteria to 185% of the federal poverty[Read More…]
Congresswoman Robin Kelly Condemns Decision to Gut COPS Program
Matteson, IL –(ENEWSPF)—September 18, 2017. Congresswoman Kelly released this statement concerning President Trump’s reckless decision to gut the DOJ’s COPS program: “This decision directly endangers our communities and public safety by starving our law enforcement of vital resources and information. At a time when community trust in law enforcement is[Read More…]
Uptown Tent City Residents Removed from Viaducts Without Permanent Housing
CHICAGO, IL – (ENEWSPF)—September 18, 2017. This morning 25 residents, known as Uptown Tent City, were removed from the parkway west of the Wilson viaduct by the Chicago Police Department. Chicago Police Department officers and Streets and Sanitation employees forced residents to dismantle their tents and tossed the tents that[Read More…]
Zinke’s National Monument Report Leaked, Confirms Recommendation to Shrink Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument
Government transparency fails, as will legal illiteracy Portland, Ore.—(ENEWSPF)—September 18, 2017. Today, in the form of 19 fuzzy photos of computer screens, the American public saw for the first time Interior Sec. Zinke’s recommendations to President Trump to illegally shrink and allow extractive industry in several national monuments, including Oregon[Read More…]
Congresswoman Robin Kelly Plan for Mobile-Friendly Government Websites Passes First Hurdle
Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)—September 18, 2017. Last week, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee (OGR) passed Congresswoman Kelly’s Connected Government Act (HR 2331). The bill will now move to the House floor for a vote. “I’m extremely excited to see this common sense bill move forward to help more Americans[Read More…]
Palos Township Arabs and Muslims Remain Firm In Demand For Brannigan’s Resignation
Palos Hills –(ENEWSPF)—September 18, 2017. The Campaign to TAKE ON HATE-led community coalition established in July to demand the resignation of Palos Township Trustee Sharon Brannigan insists that her apology today is “too little, too late.” “We asked for this apology months ago when it became clear that Brannigan had[Read More…]
More Than 128 Countries Back Pledged Reforms to Shape 21st Century UN
NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF0–18 September 2017 – Pledging to overhaul the United Nations bureaucracy to make the world body stronger and more responsive to the people it serves, Secretary-General António Guterres today launched a pledge of support for reforms that has the backing of 128 countries. “Our shared objective is a 21st[Read More…]
NASA Sees Maria Intensify into a Major Hurricane
MARYLAND—(ENEWSPF)—September 18, 2017. NASA and NOAA satellites have provided data on Maria as it strengthened into a major Hurricane headed toward the Leeward Islands. NASA’s Aqua satellite provided an infrared look at Maria that showed cooling cloud top temperatures and NOAA’s GOES satellite provided an animation of imagery that showed[Read More…]
