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…]
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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…]
Statement from Reps. Gutiérrez, Roybal-Allard, and Lofgren on Court Order to Release Immigrant Families from Detention
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–July 27, 2015. U.S. Representatives Luis V. Gutiérrez (D- Ill.), Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-Calif.), and Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) today issued the following statement after U.S. District Judge Dolly M. Gee ruled late last week that the detention of immigrant women and children violated the terms of the Flores Settlement: “Friday’s[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…]
Senator Durbin Statement on U.S.-Turkish Agreement to Establish Safe Zone in Syria
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—July 27, 2015. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) released the following statement after the United States and Turkey announced the outline of a plan to establish a safe zone along Syria’s border with Turkey. The plan will aid efforts by the U.S. and Turkey to drive ISIS forces out of[Read More…]
Governors State University’s Center for Performing Arts Launches 20th Anniversary Season
Tickets go on sale to the public August 10 Photo Source: www.govst.edu University Park, IL–(ENEWSPF)—July 27, 2015. To commemorate 20 years of great entertainment is no small achievement; it is to honor the past and celebrate the future. The Center for Performing Arts’ 2015-16 programming lineup will do just that.[Read More…]
Tuesday, July 28: Say Her Name: A Light Action for Sandra Bland in Chicago
Chicago—(ENEWSPF)—UPDATED: July 28, 2015. On Tuesday night, July 28th Project NIA, The Chicago Taskforce on Violence Against Girls & Young Women and The Chicago Light Brigade will answer a national call for light actions to lift up the name of Sandra Bland. Sandra’s death in a Texas jail cell, three[Read More…]
CAIR Urges Scott Walker to Drop Adviser Who Recommended Nuking Muslim Capitals
Kevin Hermening also called for deportation of undocumented immigrants ‘of Middle Eastern descent’ WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 27, 2015 – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization, today called on Republican presidential candidate Gov. Scott Walker (WI) to drop a foreign policy adviser who[Read More…]
Public Citizen: Obama Administration’s Cynical Bid to Salvage the TPP by Turning a Blind Eye to Malaysia’s Trafficked Persons’ Mass Graves Will Only Fuel Criticism of the Pact
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–July 27, 2015. In a cynical bid to salvage the already-controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the Obama administration today removed Malaysia from a list of the world’s most flagrant violators of basic human trafficking norms – two months after the discovery of mass graves for human trafficking victims in[Read More…]
