SPRINGFIELD, Ill. –(ENEWSPF)—October 19, 2015. House Speaker Michael J. Madigan, D-Chicago, issued the following statement after Fitch Ratings downgraded Illinois’ credit rating Monday: “As I’ve been telling Governor Rauner for several months, the number one problem facing Illinois is the state budget. The lack of a resolution on the state[Read More…]
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Spring 2016 Registration Underway at Prairie State College
CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–October 19, 2015. Registration for the spring 2016 semester has begun at Prairie State College (PSC). Current students can register beginning Monday, Oct. 19. New students can begin registering on Oct. 26. Students are encouraged to register early as classes will fill quickly. PSC offers convenient, flexible scheduling options.[Read More…]
Senator Kirk Is First Republican Senator to Receive Illinois Coalition Against Handgun Violence Lincoln Award for Leadership in Confronting Gun Violence
Kirk, Gillibrand Introduced S.1760 to Make Gun Trafficking a Federal Crime; Sixty Percent of Illegal Guns in Chicago Come From Out of State CHICAGO –-(ENEWSPF)–October 19, 2015. U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) today received the Abraham Lincoln Award from the Illinois Coalition Against Handgun Violence (ICHV) in recognition of his[Read More…]
Rep. Jan Schakowsky Statement On Continued Violence in Israel and the West Bank
Evanston, IL –(ENEWSPF)—October 19, 2015. Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky released the following statement after the recent acts of violence in Israel and the West Bank: “I join with many in the 9th Congressional District and around the world in expressing my deep concern for recent events in Israel and the[Read More…]
Congresswoman Duckworth Now Accepting Applications for Military Service Academy Nominations
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 19, 2015. Today, Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth (IL-08) announced she is now accepting applications from high school students seeking a Congressional nomination to a U.S. Military Service Academy through her website. Each year the Congresswoman, along with a panel of judges, select from the applicants a group of outstanding[Read More…]
Duke-Environmental Working Group Study Finds Toxic Nail Polish Chemical In Women’s Bodies
Sally Hansen, OPI, Wet N Wild Among Brands Selling Nail Polishes With Endocrine Disruptor WASHINGTON –-(ENEWSPF)–October 19, 2015. Researchers at Duke University and Environmental Working Group have found evidence of a suspected endocrine-disrupting chemical widely used in popular nail polishes in the bodies of more than two-dozen women who participated[Read More…]
Drug Policy Alliance on MSNBC: Reform to Reduce Mandatory Minimum Sentences for Non-Violent Drug Offenses
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 19, 2015. Today the Senate Judiciary held hearings on a bipartisan criminal justice reform bill. The bill will receive a committee vote on Thursday, Oct. 22 and likely advance to the Senate floor. Today, Anthony Papa of the Drug Policy Alliance discussed the bill on MSNBC Live with[Read More…]
People’s Law Office Files Suit Against Chicago Police Department for Alleged Torturous Patterns and Practices at Homan Square
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—October 19, 2015. Today attorneys Flint Taylor and Shubra Ohri of the People’s Law Office filed an eleven count complaint on behalf of three men who were allegedly subjected to unconstitutional abuse at Homan Square that led to their wrongful imprisonment for 15 months and was caused by a combination[Read More…]
New Global Commission on Drug Policy Report: The Global Crisis of Avoidable Pain – The Negative Impact of Drug Control on Public Health
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia–(ENEWSPF)–19 October 2015. The Global Commission on Drug Policy (GCDP) today released its third thematic report, The Global Crisis of Avoidable Pain: The Negative Impact of Drug Control on Public Health: at the 24th International Harm Reduction Conference (IHRC2015) taking place October 18-21 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The[Read More…]
Bernie Sanders: Boost Social Security Benefits
IOWA CITY, Iowa –-(ENEWSPF)–October 19, 2015. U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Sunday said it is unacceptable that hundreds of thousands of Iowa retirees, orphans and people with disabilities won’t get a Social Security cost-of-living adjustment next year. Unless Congress acts, he added, last Thursday’s announcement by the Social Security Administration[Read More…]
