Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 7, 2014. House Budget Committee Chair Ryan Misrepresents Economists in Poverty Report The House Budget Committee released a report, The War on Poverty: Fifty Years Later, on Monday, and the findings left several economists and social scientists bemused and angry, according to The Fiscal Times. Several experts who[Read More…]
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Attorney General Madigan Issues Advice for 2014 Tax Season
Attorney General Alerts Illinois Consumers to Risk of Costly Refund Anticipation Products Chicago—(ENEWSPF)—March 6, 2014. In recognition of National Consumer Protection Week, Attorney General Lisa Madigan today alerted Illinois consumers to the costly risk of tax refund anticipation products as they work to file their tax returns by April 15.[Read More…]
Southeast Side Town Hall Meeting on March 6 to Discuss Petcoke Ordninance
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—March 6, 2014. Hundreds of Southeast Side residents will gather tonight at the East Side Methodist Church, 1100 S. Ewing Ave., Chicago, for a community-led town hall meeting to discuss the pending petcoke ordinance and decide next steps in the campaign to kick the Koch Brothers and their petcoke out[Read More…]
League of Women Voters of Park Forest Area General Meeting on March 19
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—March 6, 2014. Cheryl Coleman, the Rich township District 227 Board President and Secretary will be discussing the Board of Education goals and objectives as it relates to Safety, Quality, Cost, Delivery and Morale at the March 19 meeting of the League of Women Voters of the Park[Read More…]
Governor Quinn Statement on State’s Immediate Recognition of Marriage Equality
Attorney General Provides Guidance that Any Prohibition on Marriage Equality is Unconstitutional SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–March 4, 2014. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today provided guidance to every county clerk in Illinois that marriage equality should be the law of Illinois effective immediately. Governor Pat Quinn today released the following statement on the state’s[Read More…]
The Freedom to Marry Moves West, Powered by GOP Support
Republican, business, military briefs submitted to 10th Circuit New York–(ENEWSPF)–March 4, 2014. Businesses, religious leaders and organizations, civil rights groups, military groups, family law experts, and prominent individuals, including approximately 20 Republican political leaders, today submitted friend-of-the-court briefs urging the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals to strike down marriage bans[Read More…]
Free Healthy Living Group to Meet March 13
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—March 4, 2014. We all want to be happy and healthy. So let’s share our knowledge and experience, and the wisdom of experts, to help each other and ourselves in our ongoing quest for health and happiness. The Unitarian Universalist Community Church, 70 Sycamore Drive, Park Forest, is[Read More…]
March for Meals – Rich Township Meals on Wheels Program
‘March for Meals’ Party to be held on Monday, March 10 Richton Park, IL—(ENEWSPF)—March 4, 2014. The Meals on Wheels Association of America (MOWAA) created March for Meals Campaign in 2000 to call attention to the problem of senior hunger in America. Our slogan, “So no senior goes hungry,” is[Read More…]
Kentucky Attorney General Won’t Appeal Marriage Ruling
New York–(ENEWSPF)–March 4, 2014. Today attorney general Jack Conway of Kentucky said he won’t appeal an order by a federal judge to respect the marriages of same-sex couples legally performed in other states. U.S. District Judge John G. Heyburn II was appointed by President George H. W. Bush in 1992,[Read More…]
Congresswoman Robin Kelly to Host Housing Expo to Assist Homeowners and First-time Buyers on March 15
Matteson, IL—(ENEWSPF)—March 3, 2014. Congresswoman Robin Kelly will host a Housing Expo to help homeowners with loan modifications and property tax appeals and to inform first-time homebuyers about down-payment assistance programs. The event will be held on Saturday, March 15, from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Victory Apostolic Church,[Read More…]
