Chicago — (ENEWSPF)–March 3, 2017. Attorney General Lisa Madigan and the Illinois State Police (ISP) today announced that three Metro East residents have been charged with Medicaid fraud for conspiring to bill the state of Illinois for more than $151,000 in personal assistance services that were not provided. Marcus Brumfield,[Read More…]
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Attorney General Madigan Probes National Job Search Sites Over Potential Age Discrimination
Attorney General Madigan Calls on Career Search Sites to Explain Potential Age Discrimination Violations Against Older Job Seekers Chicago —(ENEWSPF)–March 3, 2017. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today sent letters to six national career and job search companies over potential age discrimination violations in setting age requirements for job seekers searching[Read More…]
In Wake of February Bomb Threat, Interfaith Solidarity Rally to be Held at Des Plaines Mosque on Friday, March 3
Des Plaines, IL—(ENEWSPF)—March 3, 2017. An interfaith solidarity vigil will be held on Friday, March 3 at the Islamic Community Center of Des Plaines (ICCD), 480 Potter Road. The rally will begin at 12:30 p.m. State Senator Daniel Biss is scheduled to participate. On February 16, the ICCD suffered a bomb[Read More…]
Beans & Greens to Host Gardening Workshop on Thursday, March 9
HOMEWOOD—(ENEWSPF)—March 3, 2017. Beans & Greens Fresh Market, 1941 Ridge Road in Homewood, will be hosting a workshop on Thursday, March 9 at 7 p.m. The topic will be ‘Starting Seedlings for Organic Farming.’ The event is free and open to the public. For additional information, call 708-647-1737 Source: http://ssfcoop.com/[Read More…]
Anti-Defamation League Offers Resource to Help Parents Discuss Jewish Community Centers’ Bomb Threats with Children
New York, NY—(ENEWSPF)–March 2, 2017 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has produced an online resource to help parents, families and educators discuss the recent wave of bomb threats and evacuations affecting Jewish Community Centers and day schools with young children and teens. The ADL resource, “Five tips for talking with[Read More…]
Owner of Suburban Telemarketing Company Sentenced to a Year in Prison in Patients-For-Cash Kickback Scheme
Sundae Williams (Photo Source: LinkedIn) CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–March 2, 2017. The head of a Homewood telemarketing company has been sentenced to a year in federal prison for pocketing illegal kickbacks in exchange for referring patients to home health care agencies. As the owner of Serenity Marketing Inc., which did business as[Read More…]
Rockford Man Pleads Guilty to Robbing a Rockford Bank and a Coin Store
David J. Sanders mugshot ROCKFORD —(ENEWSPF)–March 1, 2017. A Rockford man pleaded guilty today in federal court before U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala to bank robbery, robbery affecting interstate commerce and a related firearm charge. DAVID J. SANDERS, 33, pleaded guilty to the robbery of BMO Harris Bank, 1480[Read More…]
Study Finds Effective Interventions to Prevent Alcohol Use Among American Indian and Rural Youth
The map shows the territory of the Cherokee Nation. Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–March 2, 2017. Community-based and individual-level prevention strategies are effective ways to reduce alcohol use among American Indian and other youth living in rural communities, according to a new study supported by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism[Read More…]
Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report for Week Ending February 25, 2017
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 2, 2017 SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending February 25, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 223,000, a decrease of 19,000 from the previous week’s revised level. This is the lowest level for initial claims since March 31, 1973 when it was 222,000. The[Read More…]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Oversight Uncovers and Corrects Credit Reporting Problems
Bureau Report Outlines Accuracy and Other Issues That Bureau Supervision Has Taken Action to Address WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–March 2, 2017 Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a report detailing the problems in the credit reporting industry that the Bureau has uncovered and corrected through its oversight work. Since[Read More…]
