SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — (ENEWSPF)—August 25, 2018 By: Rosemary Piser Women’s Equality Day is celebrated in the United States on August 26 to commemorate the 1920 adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. This Amendment prohibits states and the federal government from denying U.S. citizens the right to vote[Read More…]
Author: Rosemary Piser
Attorney General Madigan Calls on EPA to Abandon Proposed Rollback of Safety Protections for Workers, First-Responders, Communities
Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—August 24, 2018 By: Rosemary Piser Attorney General Lisa Madigan joined 11 other State Attorneys General who submitted extensive comments on the EPA’s proposal to rescind key provisions of 2017 amendments to its “Risk Management Program” (RMP) regulations. The “Accident Prevention Amendments” rule made critical improvements to the RMP to[Read More…]
Chicago Financial Advisor Guilty of Fraud for Swindling Investors and Family out of More Than $2 Million
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)—August 24, 2018 By: Rosemary Piser Vishal Savla, 37, a Chicago financial advisor who told clients that a “fat finger” trading error caused major losses to their investments admitted in federal court today that he actually lost all of their funds through poor trading. Salva, who operated VCAP LLC,[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Urges Congress to Close Deadly Fentanyl Loophole
Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—August 24, 2018 By: Rosemary Piser Attorney General Lisa Madigan has joined a bipartisan group of 51 other Attorneys General sending a letter to Congress in support of S. 1553 and H.R. 4922, the Stopping Overdoses of Fentanyl Analogues (SAFA) Act. This Act will help end the opioid epidemic and[Read More…]
Senator Durbin Statement On Meeting With Judge Kavanaugh, President Trump’s Supreme Court Nominee
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—August 23, 2018 By: Rosemary Piser U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL), the Democratic Whip and a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, met today with President Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court, Judge Brett Kavanaugh. Following their meeting, Senator Durbin released the following statement: The Administration and Senate Republicans have[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan & IL Department of Labor Alert Polish-speaking Residents to Unlawful Employment Agency Practices
Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—August 23, 2018 By: Rosemary Piser Attorney General Lisa Madigan and the Illinois Department of Labor (IDOL) are alerting Polish-speaking residents and communities to a potentially unlawful and misleading employment practice involving private home care and domestic employment agencies. Madigan and IDOL are investigating whether the agencies charge excessive fees[Read More…]
Former Indiana Resident Charged With Providing and Conspiring to Provide Material Support to ISIS
INDIANA—(ENEWSPF)—August 23, 2018 By: Rosemary Piser Samantha Marie Elhassani, aka Samantha Sally, 32, formerly of Elkhart, Indiana, was charged in a two count indictment with conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated terrorist organization, and aiding and abetting individuals in providing[Read More…]
63rd Annual Park Forest Art Fair Taking Place Sept. 15 and 16
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—August 21, 2018 Boasting a rich history and wealth of gifted artists, along with status as one of the Southland’s most valued annual treasures, the Park Forest Art Fair, sponsored by Tall Grass Arts Association (TGAA), in September celebrates its 63rd year, Sept. 15 and 16, 10:00 a.m.[Read More…]
Department of Defense Identifies Army Casualty
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 21, 2018 By: Rosemary Piser The Department of Defense announced the death of Chief Warrant Officer 3 Taylor J. Galvin, a soldier who was supporting Operation Inherent Resolve. Chief Warrant Officer Galvin, 34, from Spokane, Washington, died August 20, 2018, in Baghdad, Iraq, as a result of injuries[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Joins Coalition Urging HUD to Retain Rules on Fair Housing
Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—August 21, 2018 By: Rosemary Piser Attorney General Lisa Madigan and a coalition of 16 other Attorneys General filed comments urging the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) to retain the Disparate Impact Rule that protects people from housing discrimination. HUD began a process of rewriting the rule[Read More…]
