WASHINGTON —(ENEWSPF)—June 21, 2018 By: Rosemary Piser In a speech on the Senate Floor, U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) blasted President Trump, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, and the Trump Administration’s cruel policy of separating children from their parents who arrive at the Southern border of the United States.[Read More…]
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Mayor Emanuel and Community Investment Corporation Announce Fund to Invest $30 Million in Affordable Housing
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…]
Prairie State College Driving Academy Graduate and Apprentice Plans to Grow Trucking Business
CHICAGO HEIGHTS—(ENEWSPF)—June 21, 2018 By: Prairie State Communications Apprenticeship programs meet the skilled workforce needs of American industry by connecting job seekers looking to learn new skills with employers looking for qualified workers. This results in a workforce with industry-driven training and employers with a competitive edge. Thanks to a[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…]
WITS Summer Program in Chicago Public Schools Build Young Readers’ Confidence in Time for First Day of Kindergarten
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—June 21, 2018 By: Allison Ordman When most elementary schools are closing their doors this summer, Chicago’s widest-reaching literacy non-profit WITS (Working In The Schools) will be helping seven CPS schools stay open for an extra five weeks for their summer program. Since 2012, WITS has run the Early Childhood[Read More…]
Military and Family Appreciation Day at the Chicago Botanic Garden on Sunday, June 24
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—June 21, 2018 Contact: Friends of the National Veterans Art Museum In partnership with the Chicago Botanic Garden, USO of Illinois, and the American Legion, we are welcoming military service members and their families on Sunday June 24th to a special day at the Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake Cook[Read More…]
Community-Driven Federal Class Action Lawsuit & Report Targets Chicago Police’s Inaccurate, Racially Discriminatory Gang Database
Being on this list has meant everything from losing a job to being put in detention and deportation proceedings. At least 195,000 individuals – 95% Black and Latinx – are listed in an error-filled database from which their names can never be removed. Chicago, IL –(ENEWSPF)—June 19, 2018 Contacts: Tania Unzueta, and[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…]
Former Federal Prosecutor and Executive IG Maggie Hickey to Lead Independent Investigation of the Illinois House of Representatives
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. –(ENEWSPF)—June 19, 2018 By: Jon Maxson House Speaker Michael J. Madigan announced that Maggie Hickey, a former federal prosecutor and former inspector general for the agencies under Gov. Bruce Rauner, will conduct a thorough and independent investigation and review of the operations of the Illinois House of Representatives,[Read More…]
A Poem For Park Forest by Maureen Raftery
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Maureen Raftery grew up in Park Forest, and now resides in the home where she grew up. Her father, Michael Raftery, taught at Rich East High School for years before retiring from SD 227 and moving on to Marian Catholic. Her mother, Ginny Raftery, is a well-known[Read More…]
