MICHIGAN–(ENEWSPF)–February 27, 2017. Tokyo-based Takata Corporation, one of the world’s largest suppliers of automotive safety-related equipment, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud and was sentenced to pay a total of $1 billion in criminal penalties stemming from the company’s conduct in relation to sales of defective airbag inflators.[Read More…]
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Eat Chili for a Good Cause at Glenwood Sunday Market’s Heat It Up! Chili Cook-off Fundraiser
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—February 28, 2017. Get your spoons ready! The Glenwood Sunday Market 8th Annual Heat It Up! Pro/Am Chili Cook-off & Fundraiser takes place this Sunday, March 5 from noon to 3 p.m. at Bar 63, 6341 N Broadway (just south of Sheridan & Devon). Professional and amateur chefs from across Chicago will showcase their chili-cooking expertise and[Read More…]
Seven Job Seekers for Every U.S. Job that Pays Enough to Live On
Trump’s infrastructure plan must assure good wages, jobs and training for marginalized workers, and prioritize improvements in the communities where those workers live. WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)—February 28, 2017. President Donald Trump is expected to give a first peek at his infrastructure plan tonight. People’s Action Institute released a report today that[Read More…]
Clerk Orr Statement on Justice Department Reversal in Texas Voter ID Case
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Calling it a “surgical assault and attack on voting rights,” Cook County Clerk David Orr issued a statement in response to the Trump administration abandoning the long-standing case against the 2011 Texas voter ID law. Some background from Time: The Trump administration plans to abandon the federal government’s[Read More…]
Senator Tammy Duckworth Hosts Transportation Roundtable in Chicago
CHICAGO, IL —(ENEWSPF)–February 27, 2017. U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) hosted a roundtable today with a number of elected officials, local leaders and officials representing local and regional transportation agencies around Chicagoland to discuss their efforts to expand public transit and support infrastructure projects. Duckworth also discussed the importance of[Read More…]
Congresswoman Robin Kelly Reacts to News of the President’s 2018 Budget Request
Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–February 27, 2017. Recent reporting has revealed that President Trump’s 2018 budget request would provide historic disinvestment in working families. Congresswoman Robin Kelly released this statement: “What we know about President Trump’s budget is deeply disturbing. Far from strengthening the economic stability of working families, the released[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Blotter Reports For February 27, 2017
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—Editor’s Note: We continue our reporting on news from police blotter reports. Besides covering the many stories from around Park Forest that otherwise might go unnoticed, we want to bring more complete coverage of police reports than is reported by other local media. An arrest does not mean[Read More…]
Rep. Robin Kelly: ‘My [Joint Session] Guests Are Leaders in the Opposition to the Republicans’ War on Women and the President’s War on the First Amendment’
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 27, 2017. For President Trump’s first address to a Joint Session of Congress, Congresswoman Robin Kelly will be joined by a member of the media and a leader in the fight to protect women’s access to healthcare. “My guests are leaders in the opposition to the Republicans’ War[Read More…]
VoteVets Calls for Hearings on Yemen Raid
WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 27, 2017. On behalf of its 500,000 supporters, including veterans and military families, and Gold Star families, VoteVets.org is supporting the call of Bill Owens, father of fallen SEAL Ryan Owens, to investigate the raid in Yemen, ordered by Donald Trump. In a statement, Jon Soltz, Iraq War[Read More…]
In New Television Ad, Retired Rear Admiral Calls for Independent Trump-Russia Commission…In Front of the White House (Video)
Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–February 27, 2017. With the White House behind him, a Rear Admiral (Ret.) Michael Smith uses a new television ad to tell Donald Trump that he is “putting him on notice,” and calling for the truth to come out on Trump’s ties to Russia. Smith closes the ad[Read More…]
