Rep. Gutiérrez: “Whatever plan is invented in Washington or on Wall Street will not put the needs of the Puerto Rican people first – we all know that.” Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)—July 28, 2015. Today, Rep. Luis V. Gutiérrez (D-IL) spoke on the House floor about Puerto Rico and the debt crisis it[Read More…]
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Senator Durbin: We Must Close Loopholes Allowing Millions of Taxpayer Dollars to be Wasted at For-Profit Colleges & Unaccredited Schools
Senator meets with leading advocate for reform of the for-profit college industry WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—July 28, 2015. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today met with Rohit Chopra, former Student Loan Ombudsman at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and current Senior Fellow at Center for American Progress (CAP), to discuss improved[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel Introduces Transit Oriented Development Reform Ordinance to Accelerate Development Near Public Transportation Stations
Reform Would Add More Than $400 Million to Local Economy Annually CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–July 28, 2015. Mayor Emanuel announced yesterday that he will be introducing at the July 29 City Council meeting a transit oriented development (TOD) reform ordinance that would create incentives for more development near Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) and[Read More…]
Roosevelt University Professor Named to Juvenile Justice School Board
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–July 28, 2015. Heather Dalmage, sociology professor and director of Roosevelt’s Mansfield Institute for Social Justice and Transformation, has been appointed to the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice School District 428 Board of Education. An expert on race, education and family and as director of the Mansfield Institute, Dalmage[Read More…]
South Suburban College Bulldogs Student-Athletes Earn Transfer Scholarships
SSC student-athletes sign their commitment letters: Mariah Middleton, Alyssa Gebo, Kelsie Brezinski, Lavell Boyd, Jerry Davis, III, and Tevin Parker are part of at least 16 Bulldogs who will be advancing on to play their respective sports on scholarship in 2015-16. SOUTH HOLLAND, IL–-(ENEWSPF)–July 28, 2015. South Suburban College proudly[Read More…]
Protest on Tuesday, July 28 to Demonstrate Chicago Solidarity with Rojava after Suruç Massacre
Local Turkish and Kurdish residents, supporters of Rojava Movement to remember the lives of unarmed activists massacred by ISIS and to protest the negligence and active encouragement of violence by the Turkish government.’ CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—July 28, 2015 — Supporters of the Rojava movement are staging solidarity protests around the world in[Read More…]
Inspired by Student’s Story, Chicago Lawyer Donates Valuable Piano to Roosevelt University’s Chicago College of Performing Arts
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–July 27, 2015. Nancy Hablutzel was moved to action when she read about violinist Krissy Cooper’s courageous struggle to graduate earlier this year from Roosevelt University in a front-page story in the Chicago Tribune. A lawyer who has practiced and taught disability law in Chicago, Hablutzel understood Cooper’s difficulty in trying[Read More…]
Rep. Jan Schakowsky Statement on Malaysia being upgraded in the State Department’s Trafficking in Persons Report
WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)—July 27, 2015. Rep. Jan Schakowsky released the following statement in response to the State Department’s decision to upgrade Malaysia in the Trafficking in Persons Report, which was released today: “I am disappointed that the State Department has chosen to upgrade Malaysia in this year’s Trafficking in Persons[Read More…]
Durbin, Gutierrez Urge Cooperation To Expedite Bubbly Creek Restoration
WASHINGTON, D.C. –-(ENEWSPF)–July 27, 2015. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Representative Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) today urged the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to work together to expedite the restoration of the South Fork of the South Branch of the Chicago River –[Read More…]
Rep. Gutierrez Announces New Overtime Rules Will Apply in Washington and Chicago Offices
Proposed Obama regs will govern Gutiérrez’ Congressional employees regardless of whether Congress adopts them. Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–July 27, 2015. Today, Rep. Luis V. Gutiérrez (D-IL) announced that proposed Obama overtime regulations would apply to his congressional employees in Washington and Chicago regardless of whether the U.S. Congress moves to adopt them[Read More…]
