Month: February 2017

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…]

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…]

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…]

South Suburban College Opens New Reading Center

The Grand Opening of SSC’s New Reading Center was well attended by students, faculty and administrators. SOUTH HOLLAND, IL–(ENEWSPF)–February 27, 2017.  South Suburban College was the proud host of the grand opening of their new Reading Center. The center, funded in part with federal grant funds, is the result of[Read More…]

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