Illinois budget crisis offers a glimpse into what’s in store for the nation under the Trump tax plan CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)–May 6, 2017. Marchers ranging in age from 23 to 90 years old from diverse Chicago communities, will walk 200 miles to Springfield asking people along the route about how the state’s budget[Read More…]
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Automatic Voter Registration Passes Illinois Senate: David Orr
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Cook County Clerk David Orr praised the Illinois Senate on passing Automatic Voter Registration legislation. The bill passed with bipartisan support. The bill now heads for the Illinois House. Clerk Orr’s statement follows: I commend the Illinois Senate for passing Automatic Voter Registration, legislation which would secure and[Read More…]
Prairie State College Annual Summer Speech Camp Open to High School Speech Team Competitors
CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–May 5, 2017. Prairie State College (PSC) is hosting its 19th Annual Summer Speech Camp, Monday, July 10, through Thursday, July 20. The camp meets from 1:15 to 5:15 p.m., Monday through Thursday, on the college’s main campus at 202 S. Halsted St. in Chicago Heights, and is intended[Read More…]
State and Federal Authorities Investigate Alleged Cover-Up in Pullman National Monument Artist Housing Development
Preservation group claims state officials hid developer’s application for federal financing to help it circumvent federal historic preservation laws. Chicago, Ill.–(ENEWSPF)–May 5, 2017 – The Illinois Attorney General’s Office along with the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) and National Trust for Historic Preservation have begun an inquiry into allegations[Read More…]
Passages Charter School Teachers Unanimously Vote to Strike
Rock-bottom spending on immigrant and refugee students and frontline staff stands in stark contrast to salaries for top management, who last year earned more than double the amount paid to CPS’ CEO overseeing a system 800 times larger. CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 4, 2017. Union educators at Passages Charter School voted overwhelmingly today[Read More…]
Video: Rep. Kelly – “Why I’m voting NO on TrumpCare”
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 4, 2017. Moments before walking on to the House Floor, Congresswoman Kelly explains why she’s voting to ‘no’ TrumpCare bill. Source: http://robinkelly.house.gov
On Today’s U.S. House Vote on the American Health Care Act: Preckwinkle & Dr. Jay Shannon
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and Cook County Health & Hospitals System CEO Dr. Jay Shannon issued the following joint statement regarding today’s vote by the U.S. House of Representatives on the American Health Care Act: The impact of today’s vote by the U.S. House will be devastating.[Read More…]
Center for American Progress Estimates that Upton Amendment to Health Care Bill Covers Fewer Than 80,000 Americans
The Capitol is seen from the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 2014. AP/J. Scott Applewhite Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–May 4, 2017. A new analysis by the Center for American Progress finds that the latest addition to the House Republican health care repeal bill, known as the[Read More…]
Groups Investigate Chicago ‘Gang Database’ For Civil Rights Violations, Connection to Immigration Raids
As part of the campaign to make Chicago a real sanctuary city, immigrant and Black-led groups file request for information from the City of Chicago, as start of campaign to expose the role of the gang database in criminalizing and deporting community members. Click here to read FOIA request Chicago,[Read More…]
Teachers at Passages Charter School to Take Strike Vote Thursday, May 4
Current and former charter CEOs together earned more than double the salary of CPS’ Claypool, while spending on students and educators for school’s 500 refugee and immigrant youth are near rock bottom among Chicago’s charter schools. CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—May 4, 2017. Educators at Passages Charter School will take a strike vote this[Read More…]
