SPRINGFIELD, IL –-(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2015. The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (DFPR) announced today the registration of its first medical cannabis dispensary. Harbory, located at 8195 Express Drive in Marion, IL, successfully completed the DFPR business dispensary registration process and inspection and is now licensed to operate as[Read More…]
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Monthly Complaint Snapshot Spotlights Credit Reporting Complaints
Report Also Includes In-Depth Look at Consumer Complaints in Los Angeles, Calif. WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—August 25, 2015. Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released its monthly consumer complaints snapshot. The report spotlights credit reporting complaints, which sharply increased compared to the prior month and the prior year. According to[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan and Mayor Emanuel Demand Answers on Recent Gas Price Spike
Chicago—(ENEWSPF)—August 24, 2015. Attorney General Lisa Madigan and Mayor Rahm Emanuel today sent a letter to the Illinois Petroleum Council and its member oil companies demanding an explanation for the recent gas price spike that is impacting hard-working Illinoisans and Chicago residents in particular. A copy of their joint letter[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel And Chicago Public Library Join The National Summer Learning Association To Announce Chicago Public Library As The First Ever Winner Of The Founder’s Award In Recognition Of The Summer Learning Challenge
University of Chicago’s Chapin Hall Research Shows CPL’s Redesigned Program Not Only Reduces the ‘Summer Slide’, But Linked with Higher Academic Performance in Math and Reading CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 24, 2015. Mayor Rahm Emanuel joined Chicago Public Library Commissioner Brian Bannon, National Summer Learning Association (NSLA) CEO Sarah Pitcock today to announce[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel Announces 2016 Budget Schedule
Mayor Emanuel to Hold Town Hall Meetings to Solicit Budget Ideas from Residents; Will Deliver the 2016 Budget Address to City Council on Tuesday, September 22 CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 24, 2015. Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced today that he will host three town hall meetings next week to discuss the City’s current budget[Read More…]
Legal Medical Marijuana Is Finally Being Grown In Illinois
ILLINOIS–(ENEWSPF)–August 24, 2015. Illinois’ medical marijuana program has faced a lot of delays. Illinois’ medical marijuana program is also not that big. The last stat that I heard was that there are 2,800 or so medical marijuana patients in Illinois now. I think that number would have grown faster, but[Read More…]
Prairie State College Partners with KLLM Driving Academy, Inc.
CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–August 24, 2015. There is a critical skills shortage for drivers with a Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) in the United States. Consumers will see higher costs on everyday products if the projected 330,000 new trucker jobs needed by 2020 aren’t filled. If the capacity in the trucking industry is[Read More…]
There is Still Time to Register for 2015 Fall Courses at Prairie State College
CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–August 24, 2015. District residents who missed the opportunity to register for 16-week classes at Prairie State College (PSC), or are trying to find a way to fit a course or two into their schedule, still have the opportunity to register for fall classes with PSC’s convenient flexible scheduling[Read More…]
Tuesday, Aug. 24: New Film Documents Public Injection Drug Use in New York, Calls for Supervised Injection Facilities
Increasing Heroin Use, Unprecedented Homelessness Crisis Drive Preventable Overdose Deaths, Disease Transmission, and Public Disorder New York, NY –(ENEWSPF)—August 24, 2015. The documentary film Everywhere But Safe: Public Injecting in New York premieres on August 25 at the Maysles Documentary Center in Harlem. Filmed in New York City, Albany, Schenectady,[Read More…]
Chicago Artist Ruben Aguirre Opens a Solo Exhibition ‘Linements’ in Dorothea Thiel Gallery of South Suburban College
Pictured: “Illusion of the Outside” is artwork from Chicago Artist Ruben Aguirre set to display as part of his larger exhibition “Linements” at South Suburban College this month. SOUTH HOLLAND, IL –(ENEWSPF)—August 24, 2015. The Art & Design Department of South Suburban College is pleased to announce a special guest[Read More…]
