Green Vehicles to Reduce Fuel Costs, Emissions and Noise Pollution SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–November 15, 2011. Governor Pat Quinn today announced that the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) has been awarded a $5 million federal grant to buy up to 10 hybrid buses for Illinois communities as part of the governor’s initiative to[Read More…]
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Adoptee Requests for Original Birth Certificates Accepted for the First Time Today
SPRINGFIELD—(ENEWSPF)—November 15, 2011. Today, Tuesday, November 15, 2011 is the first day adopted or surrendered adults can submit a request for a non-certified copy of their original Illinois birth certificate. Under the amended Illinois Adoption Act (750 ILCS 50), adults born on or after January 1, 1946 in Illinois who[Read More…]
ACLU and National Lawyers Guild File Suit Against Oakland Police Department
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 15, 2011. Yesterday, the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California (ACLU-NC) and the National Lawyers’ Guild (NLG) filed a lawsuit in federal court against the Oakland Police Department (OPD) for its egregious constitutional violations against Occupy Oakland demonstrators. The lawsuit asks for an emergency temporary restraining order[Read More…]
Occupy Chicago: Solidarity Rally for Occupy Wall Street and Occupy Berkeley Tonight at 7 pm
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–November 15, 2011. Please come to the Occupy Chicago General Assembly tonight at 7pm at Michigan and Congress The atrocities at Occupy WallStreet and Occupy Berkeley will have opened the eyes of thousands, and our family members who need us to stand strong. Never has the time for solidarity been[Read More…]
Increased Recycling Would Create Nearly 1.5 Million Jobs, Reduce Pollution
U.S. Leaders, Unions, Advocates Hail Report Calling For 75 Percent Recycling Rate WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–November 15, 2011. Higher recycling rates hold the potential to produce millions of new jobs, would strengthen local economies, reduce pollution and improve public health, according to a new report released today. At a National Recycling Day event[Read More…]
Durbin Announces More than $8.2 Million in DOT Funding to Reduce Illinois’ Reliance on Foreign Oil
WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 15, 2011. U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) announced today that three Illinois transportation service providers and organizations have been awarded a total of $8,208,000 in competitive grants by the U.S. Department of Transportation. This funding will be used by the grant recipients to reduce their reliance on foreign[Read More…]
Durbin: Final Transportation Funding Bill Protects Illinois Amtrak
High speed rail can and should continue through robust TIGER grant program WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 15, 2011. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today issued the following statement after a Conference Committee between members of the Senate and the House of Representatives released a final appropriations bill that includes funding for transportation[Read More…]
We Can’t Wait: HHS Cuts Nearly $18 Billion in Improper Payments, Announce New Steps for Stopping Government Waste
CMS Announces New Demonstrations to Help Curb Improper Medicare, Medicaid Payments Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 15, 2011. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) today announced that the Administration cut wasteful improper payments by $17.6 billion dollars in 2011 as part of the Obama Administration’s Campaign to Cut Waste, fueled by decreases[Read More…]
ACLU Statement on Development in Catholic Charities Case Against DCFS
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–November 15, 2011. Yesterday, attorneys for the two remaining Catholic Charities agencies involved in a lawsuit against the State of Illinois, seeking to reverse a decision by the Department of Children and Family Services to end its contractual relationship with these agencies to provide state-funded foster care and adoption services,[Read More…]
New Bottom Line Stands in Solidarity with Occupy Wall Street
Calls on 99% to build movement on November 17 Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 15, 2011. At 1:30 a.m. on Tuesday morning, Mayor Mike Bloomberg and the New York Police Department raided Zucotti Park, forcing out the hundreds protesters who for nearly two months had demonstrated their opposition to the one percent while[Read More…]
