Day: September 27, 2016

Southern Poverty Law Center: United States Crime Rates Still at Historic Lows

Southern Poverty Law Center, Montgomery, Alabama MONTGOMERY, Ala. –(ENEWSPF)–September 27, 2016.   The following statement regarding the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting program’s annual Crime in the United States report, released September 26, 2016, is from Lisa Graybill, deputy legal director at the Southern Poverty Law Center. “The FBI’s latest findings[Read More…]

In Case You Missed It — Sharda Sekaran on Huff Post: Charlotte Police Foment Unrest and Attempt to Use Marijuana to Justify Killing Keith Lamont Scott

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 27, 2016 By: Sharda Sekaran Managing Director of Communications, Drug Policy Alliance Keith Lamont Scott is dead at the age of 43. A father of seven children with a wife of 20 years and a cognitive impairment from a motorcycle accident, Mr. Scott is gone from this earth[Read More…]

Congresswoman Kelly Announces $2.6 Million in Federal Grants for Eight Fire Departments

Park Forest Fire Department awarded $320,071 federal grant CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–September 27, 2016.  Congresswoman Robin Kelly announced today that eight fire departments in the South Suburbs and Kankakee County have received a total of more than $2.6 million in federal grants that will fund additional hiring, vehicle acquisition and emergency equipment. “One[Read More…]

Architect Stiffed by Trump Speaks Out Post Debate (Video)

https://youtu.be/7r74EERDr08 NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–September 27, 2016.  During last night’s presidential debate, Hillary Clinton discussed the many small business owners hung out to dry by Donald Trump, including Manhattan-based architect Andrew Tesoro who was stiffed out of over $100,000 dollars on a design project for the clubhouse at Trump National Golf Club in Briarcliff Manor. Despite[Read More…]

Statement From David Orr Regarding Election Day Registration Ruling

Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Cook County Clerk David Orr released the following statement regarding the Election Day ruling issued today that impacts Illinois: I am extremely disappointed that a US District Judge granted a preliminary injunction prohibiting Election Day Registration in precincts. This lawsuit was a thinly-veiled partisan effort by the right-wing[Read More…]

Clinton ‘Clobbers’ Trump in Battleground States

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–September 27, 2016. Today, Americans in battleground states from Nevada to New Hampshire are waking up to reviews of last night’s debate and they’re not good for Donald Trump, believe me. Trump was grossly unprepared for this debate and showed himself to be grossly unprepared for the presidency. He[Read More…]

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Orders LendUp to Pay $3.63 Million for Failing to Deliver Promised Benefits

Online Lender Did Not Help Consumers Build Credit or Access Cheaper Loans, As It Claimed WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–September 27, 2016.  Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) took action against online lender Flurish, Inc., doing business as LendUp, for failing to deliver the promised benefits of its products. The CFPB[Read More…]

Preckwinkle Announces Cook County’s New Mapping System

Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle today announced that Cook County is upgrading its mapping system to better improve efficiency and services to residents and facilitate graphic representations of what would otherwise be available only as statistical data. Previously, only County employees who were experts in Geographic Information Systems[Read More…]

South Suburban College Adult Volunteer Literacy Program Seeking Volunteer Tutors and Offering Free Services

SOUTH HOLLAND, IL –(ENEWSPF)–September 27, 2016.  South Suburban College is seeking tutors and participants for the Adult Volunteer Literacy Tutoring Program. The program is structured to train volunteers to become one-on-one tutors for adults in need of basic literacy skills. Instruction in basic literacy includes the development of phonetic reading[Read More…]

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