You Can Become Part of the Conversation CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—January 18, 2017 By: Edwin C. Yohnka, Executive Director ACLU of Illinois January 2018 marks the 45th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Roe v. Wade – a decision that freed women across the United States to make the most important[Read More…]
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Acting Director Mulvaney Announces Call for Evidence Regarding Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Functions
Seeks Public Input on Ways to Better Fulfill Statutory Obligations WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–January 18, 2018. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau today announced that it is issuing a call for evidence to ensure the Bureau is fulfilling its proper and appropriate functions to best protect consumers. In coming weeks, the Bureau[Read More…]
FinTank and Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law are Bringing Cryptocon 2018 to Chicago on Thursday, February 15th.
Chicago, IL—(ENEWSPF)–January 18, 2018 By: Kasi Paturi and Tate Paglia In preparation for the first of its kind conference on Cryptocurrency in Chicago on February 15, FinTank’s organizing Committee is inviting interested individuals to participate in Cryptocon 2018. This event includes over 45 recognized experts in the field of cryptocurrency. In a[Read More…]
South Side Community Group Files Lawsuit Against Chicago Park District Over Obama Presidential Center Records
CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)—January 16, 2018 By: Daniel Massoglia The Coalition To Save Jackson Park (CTSJP) filed a Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Chicago Park District Tuesday, seeking withheld records regarding the Obama Presidential Center proposed for construction in Jackson Park. Filed in Cook County Circuit Court, the South[Read More…]
Sen. Duckworth Urges DOE to Fully Fund Cutting-Edge Research Programs at Argonne and Fermi National Laboratories
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 16, 2018 By: Sean Savett Following Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Rick Perry’s visit to Argonne and Fermi National Laboratories this week at U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth’s (D-IL) request, Duckworth penned a letter to U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Rick Perry urging him to include full funding[Read More…]
Taxpayers Learn how GOP Tax Bill will Affect Their Wallet at Town Hall Hosted by Congresswoman Robin Kelly
Matteson—(ENEWSPF)—January 16, 2018 By: Mary Paleologos More than 100 residents attended a “Teach-in” Town Hall hosted by Congresswoman Robin Kelly to learn how the recently passed GOP tax bill will directly affect their families and communities. Residents posed dozens of questions to local tax experts, community stakeholders and elected officials,[Read More…]
VP Pence Became ‘Visibly Red-faced’ at a Sunday Service When Pastor Denounced Trump’s Racism
MARYLAND—(ENEWSPF)—January 16, 2018 By: Jen Hayden Vice President Mike Pence visited a historical black church over the weekend and probably got more than he bargained for when Pastor Dr. Maurice Watson of the Metropolitan Baptist Church directly denounced Donald Trump’s hateful words toward Haiti and African nations. From WUSA9: In his speech, the pastor[Read More…]
End the Use of Religious Misogyny and Homophobia to Justify Denying Women Access To Birth Control And Abortion Care
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 16, 2018 Statement on Religious Freedom Day by NOW President Toni Van Pelt Today is Religious Freedom Day—a federal observance to commemorate Thomas Jefferson’s determination that the United States would not be considered a “Christian nation.” Jefferson’s original statute disestablished an official state church for the new nation,[Read More…]
Public Meeting to Be Held Jan. 31 on Interstate 80 Study
JOLIET –(ENEWSPF)—January 16, 2018 By: Rosemary Piser The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) has announced that it will hold a public meeting Wednesday, January 31, regarding the study for proposed improvements to Interstate 80 from Ridge Road to U.S. 30 in Grundy, Kendall and Will counties. The public meeting will[Read More…]
New Chair of Roosevelt University’s Chicago College of Performing Arts Advisory Board Aims to Give Voice to Students
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—January 16, 2018. Chicagoan Gwen Cohen, the new chair of a citizen’s advisory board to Roosevelt University’s Chicago College of Performing Arts (CCPA), is not a professional performer. As first vice president and wealth advisor at Morgan Stanley Wealth Management, her expertise really is in serving the financial needs of[Read More…]
