WASHINGTON —(ENEWSPF)–July 8, 2016. According to a civil complaint the United States filed in 2014, a Chicago-based tax return preparer prepared returns that falsely claimed that recipients of discrimination awards related to a class-action lawsuit could claim large deductions on their federal tax returns and that falsely inflated the[Read More…]
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Statement from Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Recent National Events
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–July 8, 2016 “All of America woke up this morning to the horror of police officers being ambushed in Dallas, and our hearts go out to the victims and their families. It is a tragedy that follows two other shocking shootings in Baton Rouge and in Minneapolis. As a country[Read More…]
Senator Elizabeth Warren Urges Changes to Help Consumers Recover Unclaimed Property
Washington, DC -(ENEWSPF)–July 8, 2016. U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren today sent a letter raising concerns that the recent draft of the revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act (UUPA) makes it too difficult for consumers to recover billions of dollars in unclaimed property. She called on the drafting committee to make several[Read More…]
Rep. Luis V. Gutiérrez Statement on Dallas Police Killings
“There is a corrosive wave of Americans hating each other and killing each other at alarming rates that we as a nation must come together to resolve and terminate.” Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–July 8, 2016. On Friday, Rep. Luis V. Gutiérrez (D-IL) issued a statement in reaction to the slaying of five[Read More…]
Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth’s Statement on Dallas Police Shootings
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 8, 2016. Following last night’s killing of five Dallas law enforcement officers and the wounding of another seven, Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth (IL-08) issued the following statement: “Last night’s coordinated ambush on Dallas law enforcement officers is an atrocity. It will only serve to distract from and undermine the[Read More…]
Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth Votes to Support Bipartisan Opioid Overdose Reduction Compromise
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 8, 2016. Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth (IL-08), cosponsor of the bipartisan Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA), today helped pass a compromise version of the opioid overdose reduction through the House on a vote of 407-5. Duckworth sponsored the original legislation to address the rampant opioid epidemic across our[Read More…]
UChicago to Support NIH Million-person Precision Medicine Study
Consortium to enroll 150,000 Illinois participants Photo by: Tom Rossiter CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–July 8, 2016 By John Easton The University of Chicago is one of three Illinois academic institutions that will work together to help launch President Obama’s Precision Medicine Initiative (PMI) Cohort Program to enroll 1 million or more participants in[Read More…]
Anne Walters Robertson Named Interim Dean of Humanities at the University of Chicago
Prof. Anne Robertson CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–July 8, 2016. Anne Walters Robertson, chair of the Department of Music and the Claire Dux Swift Distinguished Service Professor of Music and the Humanities in the College, has been named to serve as the interim dean of the Division of the Humanities until the next dean is[Read More…]
Transparency Win in Chicago Police Records Case
Judge lifts Fraternal Order of Police injunction previously barring release of police misconduct records CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)–July 8, 2016. Today an Illinois Appellate Court ruled to vacate an injunction secured by the Fraternal Order of Police that had blocked access to police misconduct records older than four years. Now the Chicago[Read More…]
The Black Lives Matter Network Advocates for Dignity, Justice, and Respect
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–July 8, 2016. In the last few days, this country witnessed the recorded murders of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile at the hands of police, the latest victims in this country’s failed policing system. As we have done for decades, we marched and protested to highlight the urgent need to[Read More…]
