Opportunity Investment Fund Will Support Creation and Preservation of Affordable Housing in High-Cost and Gentrifying Markets Across Chicago CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—June 21, 2018 By: Rosemary Piser Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Community Investment Corporation (CIC) announced today the Chicago Opportunity Investment Fund, a new initiative designed to create and preserve affordable rental[Read More…]
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Federal Indictment Charges Iranian Businessman with Illegally Exporting Nuclear Nonproliferation-Controlled Materials from Illinois
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)—June 21, 2018 By: Rosemary Piser According to a newly unsealed federal indictment, Saeed Valadbaigi, an Iranian businessman allegedly schemed with the owner of a European company to illegally export nuclear nonproliferation-controlled materials to Iran from Illinois. Valadbaigi, also known as “Saeed Valad” and “Saeed Baigi,” allegedly plotted in[Read More…]
Department of Defense Identifies Navy Casualty
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 21, 2018 By: Rosemary Piser The Department of Defense has announced the death of Petty Officer 1st Class Matthew I. Holzemer, a U.S. Navy sailor who was deployed in support of Special Operations Command Forward – East Africa for U.S. Africa Command. Holzemer, of Tennessee, died June 17[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Urges FCC to Deny Proposed Tribune-Sinclair Merger
Madigan Urges FCC to Deny Massive Media Merger that Will Exceed the National Audience Reach Limit & Decrease Consumer Choices Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—June 21, 2018 By: Rosemary Piser Attorney General Lisa Madigan filed a petition today urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to deny the proposed merger between the Tribune Media Company[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Calls on Jeff Sessions to Immediately End Enforcement of Inhumane Immigration Policies
Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—June 19, 2018 By: Rosemary Piser Attorney General Lisa Madigan today demanded that U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions immediately withdraw and stop enforcing two inhumane immigration policies that tear children away from families while seeking asylum entry at the border and deny asylum to survivors of domestic and gang violence.[Read More…]
Michelle Obama on Laura Bush Op-ed: ‘Sometimes Truth Transcends Party’
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 18, 2018 By: Rosemary Piser Former first lady Michelle Obama joined Laura Bush and Melania Trump by weighing in on the controversy surrounding the Trump administration’s practice of separating undocumented children from their parents at the southern border. “Sometimes truth transcends party,” Obama said in a tweet responding to Bush,[Read More…]
Mexican National Arrested for Allegedly Selling a Kilogram of Fentanyl to Undercover Law Enforcement Agent in Chicago
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)—June 18, 2018 By: Rosemary Piser Javier Gonzalez-Loza, 40, was arrested for allegedly selling a kilogram of fentanyl to an undercover law enforcement agent near Midway Airport in Chicago. According to the criminal complaint, Gonzalez-Loza allegedly sold the fentanyl for $40,000 during a February 2018 meeting in an alley[Read More…]
Former First Lady Laura Bush Calls Family Separations Cruel And Immoral
TEXAS—(ENEWSPF)—June 18, 2018 By: Rosemary Piser Former first lady Laura Bush issued statement about the Trump Administration’s immigration policy on Sunday, calling family separations at the U.S. border with Mexico “immoral” and drawing parallels to World War II internment camps. Bush’s editorial in The Washington Post mirrored growing criticism of[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Comments on Trump Administration’s Inhumane Immigration Policies
Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—June 18, 2018 By: Rosemary Piser Attorney General Lisa Madigan issued the following statement in response to the Trump Administration’s immigration policies that separate families at the border and turn away survivors of domestic violence: “It’s painful to think of anything more barbaric and unforgiving than tearing children away from[Read More…]
Del Monte Fresh Produce N.A., Inc. Voluntarily Recalls Limited Quantity of Vegetable Trays Due to Possible Health Risk
Multistate Outbreak of Cyclospora Reported in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin Coral Gables, Florida—(ENEWSPF)—June 18, 2018 By: Rosemary Piser The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that Del Monte Fresh Produce N.A., Inc. (“Del Monte Fresh”) is voluntary recalling of a limited quantity vegetable trays. The recalled[Read More…]
