WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–May 23, 2017 — U.S. forces yesterday killed seven al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula militants during a raid against a compound associated with the terror group in Yemen’s Marib governorate, U.S. Central Command officials said today. Operations such as this provide insight into the terror organization’s disposition, capabilities and intentions, which allows[Read More…]
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Rugby Illinois to Host State Championships on May 29 and June 4
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 23, 2017. It’s time to *ruck and roll this Memorial Day weekend. In the last decade, rugby has grown immensely in Illinois and the Chicagoland Area. Rugby Illinois teams will gather Memorial Day, May 29, 2017 for the State Championship games. Games will have ten games between six tiers,[Read More…]
B or Better GPA Gets University, Community College Bound Students Free Tuition, Debt Relief Under House Dem Plan
Springfield, IL –(ENEWSPF)—May 23, 2017. With universities facing declining enrollment amidst a historic budget crisis and mounting pressure of student debt, a trio of House Democrats announced on Tuesday a plan to make a community college and university education virtually free for all low and middle-income Illinois students who earn[Read More…]
Manufacturing Falls in Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania in April
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 23, 2017 By: Alan Barber and Dean Baker Overall job growth in blue collar jobs was modest in April, growing by 21,000 from its March level. Manufacturing added 6,000 jobs, construction 5,000 jobs, and mining 8,800, the vast majority of which were in support activities. Several states saw[Read More…]
Lawsuit Targets Trump’s Climate-change Censorship
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–May 23, 2017. The Center for Biological Diversity today sued the Trump administration to uncover public records showing that federal employees have been censored from using words or phrases related to climate change in formal agency communications. Today’s lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., seeks to require[Read More…]
Trump’s Border Wall Threatens World Heritage Site
Groups Request ‘In Danger’ Status for El Pinacate Biosphere Reserve, Border Wall Threatens Protected Sonoran Desert Wildlife PARIS—(ENEWSPF)–May 23, 2017. Conservation groups and representatives of the Tohono-O’odham of Sonora, Mexico today petitioned for “in danger” status for a World Heritage site in Mexico threatened by U.S. President Donald Trump’s border[Read More…]
Appeals Court Allows Wikimedia Challenge to NSA Internet Surveillance to Go Forward
RICHMOND, Va. —(ENEWSPF)–May 23, 2017. A federal appeals court today unanimously reversed a part of a lower court’s dismissal of a lawsuit challenging the National Security Agency’s mass interception and searching of Americans’ international internet communications. The case was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union in 2015 on behalf[Read More…]
Fire Department Reports On South Street Fire During Week Of May 14-20
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Park Forest Fire Department provided a detailed report of last week’s battle with the South Street fire. The blaze saw a front loader tractor and garbage truck on fire, the eventual collapse of the roof of the maintenance building, all within a four hour endeavor until[Read More…]
Sullivan High School’s Embrace of Immigrants and Refugees Featured on WTTW’s ‘Chicago Tonight’
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 23, 2017. WTTW-TV’s local public affairs program “Chicago Tonight,” last night featured Sullivan High School and its renowned English Language Learners Program for immigrants and refugees, who speak little or no English. Sullivan and its program is the subject of a recently released Chicago Magazine article, which is on newsstands now and will be available online[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Joins 31 Attorneys General Urging Congress to Oppose Elimination of Legal Services Funding
Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—May 23, 2017. Highlighting the need for legal services in low-income communities across the country, Attorney General Lisa Madigan yesterday joined with 31 attorneys general in urging Congress to oppose the Trump Administration’s proposal to eliminate federal funding for the Legal Services Corporation (LSC). The letter, sent to the[Read More…]
