University of Chicago Partnership Focuses on Predicting and Preventing Adverse Police Incidents Copyright iStockphoto.com CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2016 By: Rob Mitchum Increasing calls for changes in policing have departments across the country searching for new ways to build trust and protect citizens and officers alike. In response, police in Charlotte, N.C.[Read More…]
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Mayor Rahm Emanuel Announces Open Applications For ThinkChicago: Chicago Ideas Week
Annual Program Will Host 200 of the Midwest’s Top Technology and Engineering Students in Chicago, Expanding Number of Student Participants by 50 CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2016. Mayor Rahm Emanuel yesterday announced ThinkChicago is now accepting applications for its sixth annual installment of ThinkChicago: Chicago Ideas Week. Mayor Emanuel, World Business Chicago,[Read More…]
Minority Cannabis Business Association (MCBA) & Marley Natural™ are Expunging Oregon Cannabis Convictions Free of Charge
OREGON–(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2016. The Minority Cannabis Business Association and Marley Natural™ have teamed up to combat the negative consequences of the war on drugs across the U.S. Our first mission is to help men and women get their criminal record expunged. You qualify if you: • Are over 18 years of age • Have[Read More…]
Non Profits Sue General Mills for False and Misleading Use of ‘Natural’
Tests Reveal Nature Valley Products Contain Glyphosate, an Ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2016. Today, three non profit organizations filed a lawsuit against General Mills for misleading the public by labeling their Nature Valley brand granola bars “Made with 100% NATURAL whole grain OATS.” It was[Read More…]
Governor Rauner Announces First Sheltered Market
Sheltered markets ensure equal opportunities for businesses owned by women, minorities and persons with disabilities CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2016. Governor Bruce Rauner today announced the administration has identified its first sheltered market in the IT industry. This will ensure equal opportunities are provided to all Illinois businesses contracting with[Read More…]
National Labor Relations Board: Student Assistants Covered by the NLRA
3-1 Columbia Decision Overrules Brown University Washington, D.C. — The National Labor Relations Board issued a 3-1 decision in Columbia University that student assistants working at private colleges and universities are statutory employees covered by the National Labor Relations Act. The Graduate Workers of Columbia-GWC, UAW filed an election petition[Read More…]
Roosevelt University Announces American Dream Reconsidered Conference
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 23, 2016. What does the American Dream mean today? That’s the topic of a major conference Roosevelt University will be hosting Sept. 12-15 in Chicago. At more than a dozen lectures and discussions, leading American scholars, activists and entrepreneurs will analyze the American Dream and how it affects millennials,[Read More…]
University of Chicago Chemistry Faculty Members Earn Professional Distinctions
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 23, 2016. Members of the University of Chicago chemistry faculty have collected a variety of local, national and international distinctions in recent weeks. Prof. Yamuna Krishnan Yamuna Krishnan, professor in chemistry, has received the 2016 Innovator of the Year Award from the Association of Women in Science, Chicago. The[Read More…]
Orr, Others, Poised To Celebrate 10,000 Same-sex Marriages In Cook County
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Cook County Clerk David Orr, joined by legislative leaders and civil rights groups who were instrumental in bringing marriage equality to Illinois, will hold a press conference Monday, August 29, to herald the milestone of 10,000 same-sex marriages licenses issued in Cook County. As of Tuesday, Aug. 23, the[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel Announces That Chicago O’Hare Peak TSA Wait Times Have Declined By More Than 90 Percent Since May As A Result Of Additional Federal Resources
Security lines at Chicago’s airports significantly improve during one of the busiest summer travel seasons on record CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 23, 2016. In the midst of one of the busiest travel summer seasons on record, Mayor Rahm Emanuel today announced that Chicago O’Hare International Airport’s peak Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoint wait[Read More…]
