Fast-Growing Technology Company to Bring New Jobs to Chicago with 23,000 Square-Foot Innovation Center CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 7, 2015. Mayor Emanuel today announced that Textura Corporation (NYSE: TXTR), a leading provider of collaboration software solutions for the construction industry, has opened an innovation center in downtown Chicago to increase the company’s access[Read More…]
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Alliance for Retired Americans Friday Alert, Aug. 7, 2015
Alliance members gathered outside Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland Thursday night to protest GOP candidates’ hostile statements towards Medicare and Social Security. Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 7, 2015 GOP Candidates Attack Social Security, Medicare at Primary Debate Last night, the Republican Party held its first primetime primary debate in Cleveland, Ohio.[Read More…]
Landmark Agreement Reached on Stop-and-Frisk Policy in Chicago
Agreement includes independent evaluation of CPD practices and procedures, additional data collection by CPD, heightened training for officers, and increased transparency; Independent consultant will report to public twice annually on stops and searches by CPD CHICAGO –-(ENEWSPF)–August 7, 2015. In a landmark agreement between the Chicago Police Department (CPD), the[Read More…]
Judge Permits Free Speech Case Against University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to Proceed
University’s Attempt to Dismiss Salaita Suit Over “Uncivil” Tweets Rejected by Court Chicago –-(ENEWSPF)–August 6, 2015. Today, a federal judge rejected efforts to throw out a lawsuit against the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) for firing Professor Steven Salaita from a tenured position based on his personal tweets criticizing[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Warns Champaign-Urbana Residents of Driveway Paving Scam
Chicago —(ENEWSPF)–August 6, 2015. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today issued an alert after receiving reports of con artists traveling in the Champaign-Urbana area scamming homeowners out of thousands of dollars for shoddy asphalt-paving services. Madigan’s office has received reports of con artists traveling the area door-to-door soliciting work to pave[Read More…]
Orchestra Executives Join Roosevelt University’s Performing Arts Management Faculty
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 6, 2015. The Chicago College of Performing Arts (CCPA) at Roosevelt University has appointed senior executives from orchestras around the country to be adjunct faculty members for the University’s unique Master of Arts in Performing Arts Administration program. (Pictured above is the program’s founder, CCPA Dean Henry Fogel). Now[Read More…]
Senator Merkley Introduces New Legislation to Guarantee Affordable Options for Repaying Student Loans
WASHINGTON, D.C. –-(ENEWSPF)–August 6, 2015. Yesterday, Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley introduced the Access to Fair Financial Options for Repaying Debt (AFFORD) Act, new legislation that would guarantee all students are able to affordably pay off their student loans by making an income-based repayment option available to all student borrowers. Additionally,[Read More…]
Rep. Jan Schakowsky Statement on the 50th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act
CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)–August 6, 2015. Rep. Jan Schakowsky released the following statement in commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act being signed into law: “The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was a monumental achievement that ensured Americans around the country had the opportunity to exercise their right to[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel, Chicago Park District Announce Spaces Still Available For Late and Specialty Summer Camps
More than 1,800 spaces open for summer camps starting on or after August 10 CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 6, 2015. Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Chicago Park District yesterday announced that more than 1,800 spaces are still available in the Park District’s late and specialty summer camps. Late and specialty camps begin Monday,[Read More…]
Senators Durbin, Kirk Support Federal Investment in Illinois Biofuels Industry
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—August 6, 2015. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-IL) wrote to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack today in support of Illinois’ application for additional federal funding to advance the deployment of biofuel infrastructure across Illinois. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is making[Read More…]
