University Park, IL-(ENEWSPF)- On May 3, 2016, Mary Ma, the Director of Illinois SBDC International Trade Center at Governors State University (ITC at GSU), was honored to attend Governor Bruce Rauner‘s meet and greet hosted at the State Capitol in Springfield with her client Sophia Leaguedi, founder and President of[Read More…]
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Subaru Recalls Certain Model Year 2016-2017 Legacy and Outback Vehicles
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- SUMMARY: Subaru of America, Inc. (Subaru) is recalling certain model year 2016-2017 Legacy and Outback vehicles manufactured February 29, 2016, to May 6, 2016. The steering column on the affected vehicles may have been improperly machined, and as a result, turning the steering wheel may have no effect[Read More…]
Ford Recalls Certain Model Year F-150 Trucks
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- SUMMARY: Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain model year 2011-2012 Ford F-150 trucks manufactured August 19, 2011, to March 9, 2012, 2012 Ford Expedition, Lincoln Navigator vehicles manufactured August 19, 2011, to December 19, 2011, and 2012 Ford Mustang vehicles manufactured August 19, 2011, to February 21,[Read More…]
Naperville Man Charged with Violently Forcing Women to Engage in Prostitution
Chicago-(ENEWSPF)- A Naperville man has been arrested for allegedly forcing women to engage in commercial sex acts and brutally abusing them if they wouldn’t comply with his orders. BENJAMIN BIANCOFIORI used the promise of financial security to entice women into performing commercial sex acts on his behalf, according to a criminal[Read More…]
Leader of West Side Street Gang Sentenced to Life in Prison in Connection with Murder and Drug Conspiracies
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The head of a violent street gang that terrorized the West Side of Chicago through murder and drug trafficking was sentenced today to life in prison. While leading the Imperial Insane Vice Lords, NATHANIEL HOSKINS ordered at least one murder and oversaw the operation of an open-air drug market[Read More…]
Chicago Restaurateur Charged with Failing to Pay Taxes on Cash Receipts from Nine of His Eateries
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The owner of several Chinese restaurants in the Chicago area intentionally withheld state taxes by underreporting the receipts paid in cash, according to federal criminal charges filed today. HU XIAOJUN, also known as “Tony Hu,” 48, of Chicago, is charged in a criminal information with one count of wire[Read More…]
ACLU And Lambda Legal Ask Court To Block Enforcement Of North Carolina’s Anti-Transgender Law
Raleigh, N.C.-(ENEWSPF)- The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of North Carolina, and Lambda Legal today asked a federal court to order an immediate halt to enforcement of a North Carolina law that targets transgender people for discrimination in single-sex facilities. The three organizations and the law firm of Jenner and[Read More…]
ACLU Responds To Supreme Court Opinion To Let Lower Court Rulings Stand In Zubik V. Burwell
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- The United States Supreme Court today issued an opinion in Zubik v. Burwell that vacates the judgments in the cases before it. It also issued orders vacating the judgments of the decisions in all the contraceptive cases in which certiorari was pending. “We are disappointed that the Court chose[Read More…]
ACLU Comment On Sheriff Arpaio Contempt Ruling
Phoenix, AZ-(ENEWSPF)- A federal court has found Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his top deputies in contempt for repeatedly violating court orders to stop racially profiling Latinos as part of unlawful enforcement operations targeting immigrants. The ruling stems from an American Civil Liberties Union lawsuit, Ortega Melendres v. Arpaio, in[Read More…]
ACLU Comment On Hhs Rule Implementing Nondiscrimination Provision Of The Affordable Care Act
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- The Department of Health and Human Services today issued a final rule implementing Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act that would, among other aspects, prohibit sex discrimination for patients seeking health care. Louise Melling, deputy legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union, had this reaction: “These life-changing[Read More…]
