Illinois budget crisis offers a glimpse into what’s in store for the nation under the Trump tax plan CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)–May 6, 2017. Marchers ranging in age from 23 to 90 years old from diverse Chicago communities, will walk 200 miles to Springfield asking people along the route about how the state’s budget[Read More…]
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Massive Tax Cut To Bring Jobs: President’s Weekly Address
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- President Donald Trump said in his weekly address a massive tax cut would bring jobs and prosperity back to the United States. The text of his address follows the video. My fellow Americans, Since Day One, my administration has been hard at work, tearing down the barriers to job[Read More…]
Slow-moving Flooding Disaster To Expand Along Mississippi River Through Mid-May
By Alex Sosnowski, Senior Meteorologist for AccuWeather.com AccuWeather-(ENEWSPF)- AccuWeather reports as a surge of water continues to flow downstream, flooding will occur along the middle and lower Mississippi River through the middle of May and perhaps to the end of the month in some areas. While some areas along streams and[Read More…]
Birds Avoid Chopping Block (For Now) as Congress Leaves Out Most Proposed Cuts to Conservation
The spending package for the rest of the fiscal year includes increases for several programs that thousands of Audubon members urged their members of Congress to fund. Greater Sage-Grouse. Photo: Joseph Mahoney/Audubon Photography Awards WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–May 5, 2017. “We’ve always known conservation doesn’t have a party, but it’s nice to see[Read More…]
Automatic Voter Registration Passes Illinois Senate: David Orr
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Cook County Clerk David Orr praised the Illinois Senate on passing Automatic Voter Registration legislation. The bill passed with bipartisan support. The bill now heads for the Illinois House. Clerk Orr’s statement follows: I commend the Illinois Senate for passing Automatic Voter Registration, legislation which would secure and[Read More…]
Prairie State College Annual Summer Speech Camp Open to High School Speech Team Competitors
CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–May 5, 2017. Prairie State College (PSC) is hosting its 19th Annual Summer Speech Camp, Monday, July 10, through Thursday, July 20. The camp meets from 1:15 to 5:15 p.m., Monday through Thursday, on the college’s main campus at 202 S. Halsted St. in Chicago Heights, and is intended[Read More…]
New Survey of Local Election Officials Debunks Trump’s Claims that Millions Improperly Voted in 2016
40 of 42 Jurisdictions Studied Reported No Known Incidents of Noncitizen Voting NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–May 5, 2017. Noncitizen voting in the 2016 election was exceedingly rare, according to a new analysis of information from local election administrators by the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law. Its findings counter[Read More…]
Reports: Trump Administration Plans to Slash Funding for Drug Czar’s Office
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 5, 2017. Today, reports have emerged that the Trump Administration plans to cut the Office of National Drug Control Policy’s budget by nearly 95%. Below is a statement by Grant Smith, deputy director of national affairs with the Drug Policy Alliance: “The reality is that ONDCP is an[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Sues Chicago-Based Pyramid Scheme
Madigan Seeks to Immediately Shut Down Fraudulent Pyramid Operation Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—May 5, 2017. Attorney General Lisa Madigan yesterday filed a lawsuit and temporary restraining order against a Chicago-based pyramid sales operation after receiving more than 20 complaints about its false and misleading claims that lured people into the costly scheme.[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Condemns Federal Executive Order Attacking Women’s Access to Preventative Healthcare
Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—May 5, 2017. Attorney General Lisa Madigan yesterday condemned the federal executive order signed under the guise of religious freedom that jeopardizes women’s access to crucial preventative healthcare services like contraception. Madigan issued the following statement against the Executive Order that directs the federal government to issue regulations that[Read More…]
