Illinois Handmaids return to say our work is not done CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—October 12, 2017 By: Indivisible Illinois The Illinois Handmaids from the Thompson Center and Illinois State Fair protests, in conjunction with national efforts of the Handmaid Coalition, will gather at the Federal Plaza, 291 S. Dearborn Street in Chicago at[Read More…]
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Tickets Now on Sale for The Drama Group’s Performance of ‘Eating Raoul, The Musical’
CHICAGO HEIGHTS—(ENEWSPF)—October 12, 2017 By: Tina Zagone The Drama Group is delighted to present the zany Broadway musical ‘Eating Raoul,’ original music & lyrics by Jed Feuer & Boyd Graham and directed by Stacy Jancosek with music direction by Mark Jancosek. Performances will be held at The Drama Group’s Milord[Read More…]
California Governor Signs Major Drug Sentencing Reform
California Legislature Rolls Back Sentencing Enhancement That Experts Say Failed to Reduce Drug Sales or Availabilty Sacramento, CA—(ENEWSPF)—October 12, 2017 By: Eunisses Hernandez Today, Governor Jerry Brown signed into law Senate Bill 180, authored by State Senators Holly Mitchell (Los Angeles) and Ricardo Lara (Long Beach). With his signature, Brown[Read More…]
General Mills Issues Voluntary Recall of Cascadian Farm Organic Cinnamon Raisin Granola Cereal
Silver Spring, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)—October 12, 2017 By: U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) General Mills is voluntarily recalling two days of production of Cascadian Farm Organic Cinnamon Raisin Granola cereal because of an undeclared allergen. There have been no reports of illness. Cascadian Farm Organic Cinnamon Raisin Granola cereal produced on[Read More…]
Obama Library CBA Campaign Gains Momentum With Addition of Powerhouse Labor Unions
Chicago Teachers Union and SEIU Health Care Illinois/Indiana join the campaign to #GetItInWriting. Chicago, IL –(ENEWSPF)—October 12, 2017 By: Obama Library CBA Coalition Yesterday the presidents of two of the metro region’s most dynamic labor unions — the Chicago Teachers Union and SEIU Health Care Illinois/Indiana — announced they are[Read More…]
Soot-covered Birds Provide Clues to 20th-century Pollution
University of Chicago graduate students use museum collections to track soot from black carbon CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—October 10, 2017 By: Matt Wood Horned Larks are cute songbirds with white bellies and yellow chins—at least, now they are. One hundred years ago, at the height of urban smoke pollution in the United States,[Read More…]
NOW Calls on the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences to Revoke Harvey Weinstein’s Membership
Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)—October 10, 2017 By: M.E. Ficarra, [email protected] Statement of NOW President Toni Van Pelt: NOW is calling for sexual predator Harvey Weinstein to be removed from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. After decades of abusing his power to prey on women, the last place he should[Read More…]
Paralegal Program Open House Coming to South Suburban College’s Oak Forest Center on November 4
SOUTH HOLLAND, IL –(ENEWSPF)—October 10, 2017 By: South Suburban College Communications South Suburban College will be hosting an Open House for its Paralegal Program on Saturday, November 4, 2017 from 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m., at their Oak Forest Center in Room 5190. Information will be provided about SSC’s Paralegal/Legal[Read More…]
Good News for ‘Abuelita’ Genoveva Ramirez Amidst Legal Battle to Stop Her Deportation
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)–October 10, 2017 By: Lissette Castillo, OCAD, Tara Tidwell Cullen, OCAD Today, after many months of stress and anxiety, Ms. Genoveva Ramirez received some good news. During her first court hearing today in her suit against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), representatives of U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS)[Read More…]
Life-Size Graphs Blocking Streets Outside City Hall Show Why Chicago is Not a Sanctuary City
Chicago, IL –(ENEWSPF)—October 10, 2017 By: Reyna Wences, OCAD, Tania Unzueta, Mijente, OCAD Three life-size representations of statistics that show how Chicago and Mayor Emanuel have failed to live up to the claim of being a “Sanctuary” city and instead continue to uplift policies that center policing and incarceration, and[Read More…]
