Record Number of Applications Builds on Recent Success Attracting Top Tech Talent to Chicago; Nearly 900 Students Applied for the ThinkChicago: Chicago Ideas Week Program in 2016 CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 17, 2016. Mayor Rahm Emanuel today announced record high levels of student interest in Chicago’s thriving tech sector, demonstrated by the record[Read More…]
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Mayor Emanuel, Chicago Park District Announce Completion Of Chicago Plays! Program, Which Built Or Restored 327 Playgrounds Across The City
Country’s most comprehensive playground initiative is completed one year ahead of schedule Photo Source: chicagoparksfoundation.org CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 17, 2016. Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chicago Park District General Superintendent Michael Kelly today announced the completion of Mayor Emanuel’s Chicago Plays! playground initiative, which built or renovated 327 playgrounds across the City so[Read More…]
Veterans Administration and Stanford to Pursue the Nation’s First Hadron Center
Goal for the center will be to treat Veteran and non-Veteran patients using Hadron therapy CALIFORNIA–(ENEWSPF)–October 17, 2016. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Stanford Medicine announced today that they are collaborating to establish the nation’s first Hadron Center in Palo Alto, CA, for the benefit of Veteran[Read More…]
Senator Durbin Calls for Increased Resources for Mental Health Services of College Campuses
URBANA –(ENEWSPF)–October 17, 2016. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today visited the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to discuss legislation to improve mental health services on college campuses. The Mental Health on Campus Improvement Act, which Durbin introduced earlier this year, would make federal help available for campuses to expand[Read More…]
Governors State University Receives Nearly $5 Million from HRSA
University Park, IL–(ENEWSPF)–October 17, 2016 – Governors State University has been awarded $4.9 million in scholarship and grant money for students from the Health Resources and Services Administration, an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The first awards were issued in July to the College of[Read More…]
Voluntary Recall Notice of McCormick 24 oz. Club Size Original Taco Seasoning Mix
SPARKS, Md.–(ENEWSPF)–October 17, 2016. McCormick & Company, Incorporated is initiating a voluntary class I recall of 24 oz. Club Size McCormick® Original Taco Seasoning Mix, UPC 52100302461 with best by date codes between June 27, 2018 and September 16, 2018 due to an unlabeled milk allergen. This recall does not[Read More…]
In Case You Missed It — Mother Jones: Trump’s Casino Bankruptcies Cost His Employees Millions in Retirement Savings
A Trump employee investing $1,000 of their retirement account in 1997 when shares averaged $9.65 apiece, now have savings of only $59; Trump kept a $2 million annual salary and more than $44 million in compensation over the course of the 14 years NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–October 17, 2016 By: Patrick Caldwell[Read More…]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Projects that One-In-Three Rehabilitated Student Loan Borrowers will Re-Default Within 2 Years
Gaps in Student Loan Rehab Programs Trap Vulnerable Borrowers in Default, May Cost Consumers $125 Million in Unnecessary Interest Charges Alone WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–October 17, 2016. Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Student Loan Ombudsman released a report projecting that over the next two years, one-in-three rehabilitated student loan[Read More…]
Eleven Defendants Charged with Bank Fraud for Maxing Out Fraudulently Obtained Credit Cards
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Eleven people fraudulently obtained credit cards, multiple credit cards, and quickly maxed out the credit limits, with no intention of ever paying back the balance, according to an indictment unsealed in federal court in Chicago. The defendants applied for the credit cards online, using false employment and income information[Read More…]
Iraq: UN Relief Chief Calls for Protection of Civilians as Military Operations to Retake Mosul Start
Stephen O’Brien, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator. UN Photo/Loey Felipe (file photo) GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–17 October 2016 – Expressing deep concern for the safety of as many as 1.5 million people in Iraq’s Mosul, the top United Nations humanitarian official has called on all parties to the conflict to[Read More…]
