Chicago, IL—(ENEWSPF)—October 7, 2010 – 6:15 P.M. CDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello, Chicago! (Applause.) Oh, it’s good to be home! (Applause.) It is good to be home. Got all my friends — all my friends in the house. (Applause.) Long time no see. It is wonderful to see — I see[Read More…]
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Attorney General Madigan Calls for Suspension of All Illinois Foreclosures Backed by False Documents
Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–October 7, 2010. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today demanded 23 additional loan servicers provide her office with information concerning the fairness and accuracy of their foreclosure procedures in courts across the state. The Attorney General recently issued a similar demand to GMAC/Ally, Bank of America and JP Morgan Chase to[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan and Will County State’s Attorney Glasgow File Suit Over Romeoville Oil Spill
Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–October 7, 2010. Attorney General Lisa Madigan and Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow filed an eight-count complaint today in Will County Circuit Court alleging state environmental violations by Enbridge Energy, Limited Partnership, following a September pipeline failure in Romeoville. Madigan and Glasgow also requested, and the court entered, an[Read More…]
Governor Quinn Breaks Ground on Salvation Army’s Ray and Joan Kroc Community Center
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 7, 2010. Governor Pat Quinn today joined community leaders and elected officials to break ground on the Salvation Army’s new Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center in Chicago’s Pullman neighborhood. Construction is beginning following clean-up of the abandoned industrial site, which was supported by a $5 million grant[Read More…]
Park Forest Nurses Club to Hold 9th Annual Seminar
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—October 7, 2010. The Park Forest Nurses Club will present its 9th Annual Seminar on Saturday, October 16 from 9 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. at the Oak Lawn Hilton, 9333 S. Cicero Ave., Oak Lawn, IL. “Dangerous Lab Values – Critical Results – Interpretation – Intervention,” will be[Read More…]
Adding Up the Numbers: Understanding Medicare Savings in the Affordable Care Act
Washington, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—October 6, 2010. The comprehensive health care overhaul passed by Congress as the Affordable Care Act and then amended by the Reconciliation Act of 2010 includes changes in the Medicare program that are expected to reduce the federal deficit by $525 billion between now and 2019. Of this amount,[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan and 7 Other Attorneys General Obtain Millions in Mortgage Relief from Wells Fargo
Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–October 6, 2010. Attorney General Lisa Madigan and seven other state attorneys general today announced a settlement with Wells Fargo Bank over allegedly deceptive marketing of extremely risky loans called payment option adjustable rate mortgages (POA). The settlement means Wells Fargo is expected to provide loan modifications to Illinois homeowners[Read More…]
Statement from Governor Pat Quinn on Medal of Honor Recipient Staff Sergeant Robert J. Miller
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 6, 2010. Governor Pat Quinn today issued a statement regarding Illinois servicemember Sergeant Robert J. Miller posthumously receiving the Congressional Medal of Honor for his heroic efforts while serving in Afghanistan. “There is no greater hero than one who is willing to lay down his or her life for[Read More…]
$50 Million IL Neighborhood Recovery Initiative Announced
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 6, 2010. Governor Pat Quinn today announced the start of a comprehensive effort to help strengthen and revitalize Illinois’ urban communities. Based largely on feedback from the Governor’s Anti-Violence Commission, the Neighborhood Recovery Initiative will focus on rebuilding Illinois’ most vulnerable neighborhoods and protecting young people by offering more[Read More…]
IL Department on Aging Announces Senior Hall of Fame Inductees and Governor’s Unique Achievement Awards
SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–October 6, 2010. Illinois Department on Aging Director Charles D. Johnson today presented the 2010 Senior Hall of Fame and Governor’s Unique Achievement Awards on behalf of Governor Pat Quinn during a ceremony held at the Executive Mansion. The Illinois Department on Aging holds the ceremony each year, with[Read More…]
