Seven Plaintiffs in ACLU Lawsuit Told That They Can Board Flights, Others Will Be Able to Challenge Inclusion on No Fly List PORTLAND, Ore.–(ENEWSPF)–October 11, 2014. Following a court order, the government yesterday notified seven people who were on the No Fly List that they are cleared to fly. The six men[Read More…]
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Governor Quinn Announces Investment to Improve Pace Operations in Suburban Chicago Area
Investment Will Create 300 New Jobs, Consolidate Operational Functions to Improve Productivity, Service and Innovation CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 11, 2014. Governor Pat Quinn today announced a major investment to consolidate several Pace operations in one location to improve productivity, service and innovation for the Chicago-area bus transportation system. Approximately 300 new jobs[Read More…]
White House Weekly Address: America Is a Place Where Hard Work Should Be Rewarded
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 11, 2014. Hi, everybody. For the first time in more than 6 years, the unemployment rate is below 6%. Over the past four and a half years, our businesses have created more than 10 million new jobs. That’s the longest uninterrupted stretch of private sector job creation in[Read More…]
As ISIL Advances on Syrian Town, UN Envoy Urges International Action to Avoid ‘Massacre’
GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–10 October 2014 – The United Nations will adopt a minimalistic, concrete and realistic approach to addressing the crisis generated by Syria’s ongoing conflict, a senior UN official said today as he warned about the growing dangers facing civilians amid the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’s (ISIL) latest[Read More…]
‘We are Late, But Not Too Late to Fight and Win this Battle,’ Against Ebola – UN
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–10 October 2014 – Declaring that the world has never seen anything like current Ebola outbreak ravaging West Africa, senior United Nations officials today warned that the virus is “far ahead” of the global response as it is morphing from a local to an international crisis requiring all countries[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel, Alderman Tunney And Heartland Housing Open Town Hall Apartments
Chicago Region’s First LGBTQ-Friendly Seniors Housing Project Reached Full Occupancy Within Two Weeks of Opening CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—October 10, 2014. Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Ald. Tom Tunney and other dignitaries joined Heartland Housing Executive Director Michael Goldberg today to formally open Town Hall Apartments, the first and only lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and[Read More…]
Representative Jan Schakowsky Calls for Minimum Wage Increase on October 10, 2014, National Minimum Wage Day
Raising the Wage Would Help 28 million Americans and 48,000 Residents in the 9th District of Illinois Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 10, 2014. Rep. Jan Schakowsky, a cosponsor of H.R. 1010, the Fair Minimum Wage Act, released the following statement on National Minimum Wage Day: “This National Minimum Wage Day, I stand with[Read More…]
Bonnie Gunzenhauser Appointed Dean of Roosevelt University’s College of Arts and Sciences
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 10, 2014. Bonnie Gunzenhauser, a Roosevelt University English professor and interim dean of the College of Arts and Sciences since July 2013, has been appointed as the College’s dean. An Evanston resident, Gunzenhauser is recognized for her commitment to the liberal arts and her love for teaching and learning.[Read More…]
Roosevelt University’s Creative Writing Program to Present Reading by Valeria Luiselli on October 15
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 10, 2014. Valeria Luiselli, the author of the novel Faces in the Crowd and the essay collection Sidewalks (both published by Coffee House Press), will read and discuss her work at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 15 in Roosevelt University’s Gage Gallery, 18 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago. The reading is[Read More…]
Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus Names Virginia-Class Submarine USS Oregon
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 10, 2014. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus hosted a ship-naming ceremony today to announce that SSN 793, a Virginia-class attack submarine, will bear the name USS Oregon. During a ceremony held at the Battleship Oregon Memorial in Tom McCall Waterfront Park, Mabus announced the submarine will be[Read More…]
