Campaign connections could raise possibility of bias in Keystone XL pipeline review WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 23, 2012. Environmental group Friends of the Earth sued the State Department today to gain access to communications between the department and a broad web of lobbyists known to have pushed for approval of the Keystone[Read More…]
Day: February 24, 2012
Durbin Statement on Postal Service Notifications
No facilities will close before May 15, giving Congress time to act WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 23, 2012. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today made the following statement after learning that the Postal Service began notifying employees of possible closures. “No postal facilities in Illinois will close before May 15, 2012, period,”[Read More…]
US Postal Service Area Mail Processing Study Decision
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 23, 2012. In a move to help ensure the future of the nation’s mail system, while adapting to America’s changing mailing trends, the U.S. Postal Service today announced that the Area Mail Processing consolidation studies that began more than five months ago have been completed. These changes are[Read More…]
Durbin Joins Mayor Spring and Cape Air to Dedicate Newly-Opened Maintenance Facility at Quincy Regional Airport
Cape Air’s new facility will support good-paying jobs and economic development in Western Illinois QUINCY, IL–(ENEWSPF)–February 23, 2012. As passenger traffic at Quincy Regional Airport reaches an all-time high, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin signaled the strength and importance of the Quincy community’s relationship with Cape Air today by dedicating a[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan’s Proposal To Combat Synthetic Drugs Clears House Committee
Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced that the House Judiciary Criminal Law Committee unanimously sent to the full House an amendment to the Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetics Act that will help address the synthetic drug epidemic in the state. “Drug makers’ continued attempts to sell synthetic drugs[Read More…]
Durbin, Emanuel Announce $65 Million in Tax Credits to the Chicago Development Fund
Funding is part of $3.6 billion competitively awarded by the Treasury Department WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 23, 2012. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel today announced that the Treasury Department has awarded $65,000,000 in New Market Tax Credits to the Chicago Development Fund which will use these tax[Read More…]
Successful London Conference Important for Future of Somalia: Enough Project Report
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–February 23, 2012. Today’s London Conference on the future of Somalia is widely seen as a critical moment in Somalia’s long 20-year crisis and could shape the direction of the country in the coming years, for better or for worse, according to a new Enough Project report. The report, “Somalia:[Read More…]
Planned Government Disarmament Campaign Risks further Destabilizing Jonglei State
UBA, South Sudan–(ENEWSPF)–February 23, 2012. The government of the Republic of South Sudan should delay a disarmament campaign in Jonglei state until relations between the state’s three major communities begin to stabilize and security can be ensured, said the Enough Project. Instead, to create the necessary conditions for a future[Read More…]
Chicago Man Charged With Promoting Prostitution
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Bond was denied for a Chicago man who was charged with promoting prostitution and domestic battery, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced Thursday. Henry McLaurin, 32, of the 1000 block of East 93rd Street, has been charged with one count of promoting prostitution, which is a felony,[Read More…]
US Labor Department Concludes Settlement Restoring $32 Million to Tribune Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
Workers, beneficiaries have retirement savings restored WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–February 23, 2012. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration has announced that the Tribune Co., GreatBanc Trust Co. and various insurance carriers have completed funding of a global settlement in the amount of $32 million to be allocated among the Tribune[Read More…]
