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…]

Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- As of yesterday evening, signs were still in place blocking the railroad crossing on Western Avenue. That CN railroad crossing now stands open. When we wrote about the pending closing of that crossing a little over a week ago, we quote Gandalf, of Tolkien lore, who once[Read More…]

MATTESON—(ENEWSPF)—August 24, 2018 By: Mary Paleologos Today, Congresswoman Robin Kelly, Co-Chair of the Congressional Caucus on Black Women & Girls, hosted a symposium aimed at helping African American women build financial freedom and generational wealth. Congresswoman Yvette Clarke (D-NY), who serves as co-chair of the Caucus with Rep. Kelly, was[Read More…]

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…]

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…]

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…]

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…]

Matteson, IL –(ENEWSPF)—August 22, 2018 By: Mary Paleologos  Today, U.S. Congresswoman Robin Kelly and Senator Tammy Duckworth jointly hosted a grants workshop to inform local municipal leaders about a wide range of government funding opportunities available for local projects. More than 60 mayors and managers from the South Suburbs had[Read More…]