Day: September 29, 2016

Mayor Emanuel And Whole Foods Market Open New Store In Chicago’s Englewood Neighborhood

Store Brings More Fresh, Healthy Food Access and Economic Opportunities to Chicago’s South Side CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–September 28, 2016.  Mayor Rahm Emanuel today joined Whole Foods Market Co-CEO Walter Robb and hundreds of community members to open the company’s new store in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood. Whole Foods Market Englewood is bringing better[Read More…]

DePaul University to Co-host Chicago Climate Festival

Events offer artistic response to UN talks on global warming In response to climate change, the Chicago Climate Festival seeks to use art to change the conversation about environmental destruction. (Image courtesy of iStock) CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–September 29, 2016.   Chicago artists, academics and community groups will gather at DePaul University,[Read More…]

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Project Catalyst Study Finds Savings Offers Double the Number of Consumers Saving

Project Also Finds Savings Persist After Offers End WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–September 29, 2016.  Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released the results of a Project Catalyst research project finding that offering a small incentive to prepaid card users to put some of their money into a savings “wallet” doubled[Read More…]

Sierra Club Releases Interactive #ToxicTrade Map

Trans-Pacific and Transatlantic Trade Deals Would Empower World’s Largest Polluters WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–September 29, 2016.   After trade took center stage in the first presidential debate earlier this week, the Sierra Club today released a new map that reveals the coast-to-coast environmental threats of two pending trade deals — the[Read More…]

U.S. Department of Labor Announces Final Rule Requiring Federal Contractors to Provide Workers Access to Paid Sick Leave

More than 1M working families to benefit from 56 hours annually WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–September 29, 2016.  The U.S. Department of Labor announced a final rule today requiring federal contractors to provide paid sick leave to employees who work on or in connection with certain federal contracts. The rule will allow these[Read More…]

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