Online Lender Did Not Help Consumers Build Credit or Access Cheaper Loans, As It Claimed WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–September 27, 2016. Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) took action against online lender Flurish, Inc., doing business as LendUp, for failing to deliver the promised benefits of its products. The CFPB[Read More…]
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Preckwinkle Announces Cook County’s New Mapping System
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle today announced that Cook County is upgrading its mapping system to better improve efficiency and services to residents and facilitate graphic representations of what would otherwise be available only as statistical data. Previously, only County employees who were experts in Geographic Information Systems[Read More…]
South Suburban College Adult Volunteer Literacy Program Seeking Volunteer Tutors and Offering Free Services
SOUTH HOLLAND, IL –(ENEWSPF)–September 27, 2016. South Suburban College is seeking tutors and participants for the Adult Volunteer Literacy Tutoring Program. The program is structured to train volunteers to become one-on-one tutors for adults in need of basic literacy skills. Instruction in basic literacy includes the development of phonetic reading[Read More…]
South Suburban College BCI Presents Another Elevation Leadership Summit on October 17
SOUTH HOLLAND, IL –(ENEWSPF)–September 27, 2016. The South Suburban College Business & Career Institute (BCI) presents an Elevation Leadership Summit Taking Faith-Based and Non-Profit Leadership to Loftier Heights! on Monday, October 17th from 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. This conference will be held in the South Suburban College Performing Arts[Read More…]
NARAL Pro-Choice America: Donald Just Got Beat By A Girl
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 26, 2016. NARAL Pro-Choice America President Ilyse Hogue issued the following statement after tonight’s debate: “Although two people were on stage tonight, only one candidate was present. Hillary showed the expertise, the stamina, and the commitment to real life solutions that we expect and need from a president. “Donald was living[Read More…]
Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on the First 2016 Presidential Debate
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 27, 2016. The influential power of working people was clear last night when the first question and focal point of the debate was on wages and economic inequality. For more than a year, working people have established a raising wages agenda to shape the political landscape. We’ve seen[Read More…]
SEIU’s Henry: Hillary Clinton Showed She is Ready to Lead for Working People
WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–September 27, 2016. Following the first presidential debate, Mary Kay Henry, International President of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) issued the following statement: “Once again, Hillary Clinton showed tonight she will fight, deliver and win on the issues that matter to SEIU members and all working people. In contrast[Read More…]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Fines Titlemax Parent Company $9 Million for Luring Consumers into More Costly Loans
Lender Also Illegally Exposed Borrowers’ Debt Information to Employers, Friends, and Family WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–September 27, 2016. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today took action against TitleMax parent company TMX Finance, LLC for luring consumers into costly loan renewals by presenting them with misleading information about the deals’ terms[Read More…]
Sierra Club Statement on the First Presidential Debate
NEW YORK, NY –(ENEWSPF)–September 26, 2016. Tonight, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump engaged in the first Presidential debate of the general election. During the debate, Secretary Clinton spoke about the profound economic opportunity posed by clean energy, while Donald Trump denied calling climate change a “hoax” despite using exactly[Read More…]
Report on Airplanes’ Lags in Fuel Efficiency Highlights Need for EPA to Set Tough Climate Rules
SAN FRANCISCO—(ENEWSPF)–September 27, 2016. A new report showing that new airplanes are dramatically less fuel efficient than emerging technology makes possible highlights the need for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to curb planet-warming pollution from the nation’s aircraft fleet. Today’s report from the International Council on Clean Transportation found[Read More…]
