Chicago, IL –(ENEWSPF)–December 22, 2016. Part of a nationwide groundswell that originated the day after the presidential elections, women and men from across the state of Illinois are preparing to join the national Women’s March on Washington Sat., Jan. 21, 2017 in Washington, D.C. the day after the inauguration of the next president of the[Read More…]
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Takes Second Action Against Military Credit Services for Improper Contract Disclosures
Bureau Orders Lender to Pay $200,000 Civil Penalty Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–December 22, 2016. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) this week sued Military Credit Services, LLC for making loans with improper disclosures. This is the CFPB’s second enforcement action against MCS. In 2014, the CFPB, along with the states of[Read More…]
Pro-Bono Bond Fund Frees 50 from Cook County Jail
Project aims to free those too poor to afford bond from dangerous jail conditions as it works to end monetary bond in Illinois. CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–December 22, 2016. Pre-trial detainees languish by the thousands in grim conditions in Cook County Jail, while their livelihoods and education are undermined and their families suffer—all[Read More…]
Knights of Columbus Community Blood Drive on Friday, January 6
Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)–December 22, 2016. Did you know that every two seconds someone needs blood and that blood supplies are frequently low this time of the year? To help meet this need, the Knights of Columbus, in partnership with LifeSource, will hold a community blood drive on Friday, January 6[Read More…]
President Obama Commutes the Sentences of 231 More People; Most Individual Clemencies Ever Granted in Same Day By a President
Thousands More Await Action Before Obama’s Term Ends Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 22, 2016. Last week, President Barack Obama commuted the sentences of 153 people incarcerated in federal prison, and handed out 78 pardons. This round of commutations brings the number of prisoners whose sentences have been commuted under President Obama to 1,176. The[Read More…]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Takes Action Against Pawn Companies for Deceiving Consumers About Loan Costs
Bureau Alleges Four Virginia Pawnbrokers Disclosed Misleading Annual Percentage Rates Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–December 22, 2016. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) took action against four Virginia pawnbrokers for deceiving consumers about the actual annual costs of their loans. In lawsuits filed in federal court, the CFPB alleged that the four[Read More…]
FDA Grants Accelerated Approval to New Treatment for Advanced Ovarian Cancer
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–December 22, 2016. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted accelerated approval to Rubraca (rucaparib) to treat women with a certain type of ovarian cancer. Rubraca is approved for women with advanced ovarian cancer who have been treated with two or more chemotherapies and whose tumors have[Read More…]
Richton Park Village Board Adopts Resolution Citing Contributions of Dr. Blondean Y. Davis, CEO, Southland College Prep; Superintendent of Matteson School District 162
RICHTON PARK, ILL.—(ENEWSPF)–December 22, 2016—A resolution acknowledging the many contributions to education made by Dr. Blondean Y. Davis, CEO of Southland College Prep Charter High School and Superintendent of Matteson School District 162, was adopted unanimously by the Richton Park Village board at its most recent meeting. Dr. Davis was[Read More…]
EPA and DOJ Reach Settlement with S.H. Bell to Install Air Monitors at Chicago Facility and Pay $100,000 Fine
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)–December 22, 2016—The U.S. Department of Justice and Environmental Protection Agency reached an agreement last week with S.H. Bell Company to install air monitors at the company’s facility in Southeast Chicago. The company will also pay a $100,000 civil penalty. Under the settlement agreement, S.H. Bell will install four air[Read More…]
Does John Kasich Hate The Human Race?
Blog Commentary-(ENEWSPF)- John Kasich seemed like a “reasonable” Republican during the presidential primaries. Which leads me to wonder at his recent actions regarding the minimum wage. Does he hate the human race? (And, I must admit, I am indebted to my Facebook friend Betty Eiben Bennett for the inspiration for the title of[Read More…]
