Month: December 2016

Attorney General Madigan and Better Business Bureau Encourage Consumers to Use Caution When Shipping Gifts Internationally for the Holidays

Chicago —(ENEWSPF)–December 1, 2016.  Attorney General Lisa Madigan and the Better Business Bureau (BBB) of Chicago and Northern Illinois today urged Illinois residents who send holiday gifts internationally to follow important tips to avoid being scammed and paying expensive fees when packages are “lost,” stolen or delayed. “Unfortunately, scam artists[Read More…]

Illinois’ Stateville Correctional Center’s F House Officially Closed

Springfield, IL –(ENEWSPF)–December 1, 2016.   John Baldwin, Acting Director for the Illinois Department of Corrections, today announced that the F House at Stateville Correctional Center has officially closed. The Illinois Department of Corrections moved its final thirty-six offenders out of the housing unit on Wednesday, November 30, 2016. “We[Read More…]

Statement by Secretary of State John Kerry on World AIDS Day 2016

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 1, 2016 On World AIDS Day, we commemorate the lives lost and communities devastated by HIV/AIDS. We also celebrate those lives that have been saved and the courageous individuals who have brought hope and healing to those living with and affected by this disease. Thirty-five years ago, the[Read More…]

Advocates Ask Rauner to Discuss Cuts to Homeless Services Instead of Life in the Executive Mansion During December 1 Facebook Live Event

State Budget Impasse and December 31 Expiration of “Stopgap Budget” are Hurting Ability of Supportive Housing Providers to Serve People Who Otherwise Would Be Homeless CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–December 1, 2016.  In anticipation of Governor Rauner’s Facebook Live event, to be held at 7:30 p.m. on December 1, advocates to create affordable housing[Read More…]

Discussion on the Cook County Criminal Justice System at the League of Women Voters – Park Forest Area on December 17

Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—December 1, 2016.  Please join The League of Women Voters – Park Forest Area on Saturday, December 17th at 10:30 a.m. at the Park Forest Public Library, 400 Lakewood Boulevard, for the monthly meeting.  The speaker, Janice Goldberg, Co-Chair of the Cook County League of Women Voters Criminal[Read More…]

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