Protest Is Part of the National ‘Families Belong Together’ Day of Action With More Than 650 Events Nationwide CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)—June 28, 2018 Contact: Marj Halperin On Saturday, June 30th, thousands of Chicago-area residents will rally at Daley Plaza, 60 West Washington, beginning at 11 a.m. This rally is part of[Read More…]
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Northside Chicago Landlords Settle Discrimination Charges
Fair Housing Program fighting housing discrimination on Chicago’s Northside settles two disputes in as many months. CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—June 28, 2018 Contact: Chris Zala, Executive Director, Northside Community Resources This week, Bil-Mar Property Management agreed to pay over $3000 to potential tenant Tymikee Brown in order to settle a housing discrimination complaint.[Read More…]
Rep. Robin Kelly Welcomes Congressional Art Competition Winner to U.S. Capitol
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 28, 2018 By: James Lewis Congresswoman Robin Kelly welcomed Taylor Ausley of Homewood-Flossmoor High School to the U.S. Capitol. Miss Ausley is the winner of the 2018 Congressional Art Competition for the Second Congressional District. She traveled to Washington D.C. with her father. “It’s an honor to welcome[Read More…]
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer Introduces Bill to Decriminalize Marijuana at the Federal Level
Bill Also Takes Steps to Repair Harms of Prohibition, Including New Grant Program To Facilitate Expungement for People Convicted of Marijuana Possession Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 27, 2018 By: Tony Newman and Queen Adesuyi Today, Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer introduced legislation that would decriminalize and de-schedule marijuana at the federal level[Read More…]
Unlocked and Loaded: Families Confront Dementia and Guns (Videos)
CALIFORINIA—(ENEWSPF)—June 28, 2018 By: JoNel Aleccia and Melissa Bailey With a bullet in her gut, her voice choked with pain, Dee Hill pleaded with the 911 dispatcher for help. “My husband accidentally shot me,” Hill, 75, of The Dalles, Ore., groaned on the May 16, 2015, call. “In the stomach,[Read More…]
Police: Good Samaritan Tackles Domestic Battery Suspect
Police Blotter Reports Thru June 4, 2018 Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Editor’s Note: These Park Forest Police blotter reports cover May 30 through June 4, 2018. Here we learn of a “Good Samaritan” who tackled a domestic battery suspect. (The proper dates for this span of reports in the previous sentence were[Read More…]
Family Lost Everything In Fire; Park Forest Officer, Neighbors, Step Up
What’s left when you lose everything? Beth Brecher and Alan Shnay found the goodness of neighbors, friends, family, and strangers. Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Elisabeth Brecher’s dogs woke her up at about 4 a.m. one morning last month. She quickly learned that the house she shared with husband Alan Shnay and[Read More…]
Emergency Appeal For Blood Donors From Heartland Blood Centers
HBC facing a critical blood need heading into the Fourth of July holiday Aurora, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Heartland Blood Centers (HBC) issued a release stating the organization is reaching out to the community with an emergency appeal for blood donors. “Due to lower than normal donations at the start of the summer[Read More…]
U.S. Flight Attendants at Elevated Risk of Several Forms of Cancer
Boston, MA –(ENEWSPF)—June 26, 2018 Contact: Chris Sweeney U.S. flight attendants have a higher prevalence of several forms of cancer, including breast cancer, uterine cancer, gastrointestinal cancer, thyroid cancer, and cervical cancer, when compared with the general public, according to new research from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.[Read More…]
Senator Durbin Calls On Trump Admin To Answer Questions About Children Forcibly Separated From Parents At Border
President of American Academy of Pediatrics called Trump Administration’s family separation policy “government-sanctioned child abuse” WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—June 26, 2018 By: Durbin Communications Staff Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today pressed Alex Azar, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), for detailed information on the health and well-being[Read More…]
