CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)—April 13, 2015. Eleven Chicago and suburban residents, among others, are facing federal prosecution for alleged federal income tax crimes in various separate cases filed recently. Defendants from Bolingbrook and Palatine were charged with evading income taxes by funneling hundreds of thousands of dollars to bank accounts that they[Read More…]
Day: April 13, 2015
Congresswoman Duckworth’s Office to Host College Savings Seminar in Roselle on April 15
ROSELLE—(ENEWSPF)—April 13, 2015. Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth (IL-08) will be hosting a College Savings Seminar at Lake Park High School, 500 W. Bryn Mawr Ave. – West Campus on Wednesday, April 15, 2015, from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm. Financial aid experts, as well as representatives from Harper College, Roosevelt University,[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel and Choose Chicago Announce Debut of Chicago Epic, New National Campaign
City’s First National Tourism Marketing Campaign is a Key Component of Mayor’s Plan for Economic Growth and Jobs CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 13, 2015. Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Don Welsh, President and CEO of Choose Chicago, today announced the launch of Chicago Epic, Chicago’s first national tourism destination marketing campaign, marking a new[Read More…]
Senator Bernie Sanders: Make Public Higher Ed Tuition-Free, Reform Loans, Protect Pell Grants
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 13, 2015 – In a speech tonight at American University, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) will call for overhauling how college education is financed by allowing students to refinance loans, eliminating federal profits on loans, making 4-year public colleges tuition-free, expanding work-study programs and providing incentives for colleges and universities[Read More…]
Senator Bernie Sanders Launches National Budget Town Hall Meeting Series
BURLINGTON, Vt.–(ENEWSPF)–April 13, 2015 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said he’s going outside the Capitol to hear from working-class Americans about how severe Republican budget cuts would affect their families, parents and health care. Sanders, the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, said he wants to provide a[Read More…]
UNESCO Condemns Destruction at Iraq’s Nimrud Site
A statue of a lamassu, an Assyrian protective deity, at the North West Palace of Ashurnasirpal in Nimrud, Iraq. Photo: UNESCO (file) GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–13 April 2015 – The United Nations agency mandated with protecting heritage sites worldwide today denounced further destruction at the archaeological site of Nimrud in Iraq, calling the[Read More…]
Nearly 800,000 Children Forced to Flee Violence in Nigeria and Region –UNICEF
Aisha pretends to draw at the tip of a pencil painted on a wall mural in a camp for internally displaced people in Yola, the capital of Adamawa. Photo: UNICEF/NYHQ2015-0477/Esiebo GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–13 April 2015 – A new report released by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reveals that least 800,000 children[Read More…]
Rep. Robin Kelly’s Youth Job Fair Draws 400 Youth
MATTESON—(ENEWSPF)-April 13, 2015. Nearly 400 young people from the Chicago area attended Congresswoman Robin Kelly’s annual Youth Job and Resource Fair on Saturday at Gwendolyn Brooks College Preparatory Academy. Representatives from more than 40 companies and agencies, including Nike, Walgreens, and the Ashley’s Furniture and Distribution Center, were on hand[Read More…]
2016 Presidential Hopeful Jill Stein, Demanding New Trial for Rev. Pinkney, To Speak At Rally on April 14
Additional supporters plan to attend Rev. Pinkey’s hearing St. Joseph, MI—(ENEWSPF)—April 13, 2015. An evidentiary hearing will take place at 8:30am, Tuesday, April 14 at the Berrien County Courthouse where a motion for a new trial for Rev. Pinkney will be presented to Judge Sterling Shrock based on the violation of Pinkney’s[Read More…]
African Union and U.S. CDC Partner to Launch African CDC
The African CDC will be a public health institute supporting the whole continent of Africa Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–April 13, 2015.A Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) signed today by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, M.B. Ch.B., chairperson of the African Union Commission, formalizes a collaboration between the African[Read More…]