Lily Eskelsen García: Congress can put students and families ahead of partisan politics WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)– January 03, 2017 – The National Education Association and its 3 million members are urging the 115th U.S. Congress to renew its commitment to students and public education, to govern by putting families ahead of[Read More…]
Year: 2017
Anti-Defamation League: Court Ruling Allowing Islamic Society of Basking Ridge to Build Mosque is a “Significant Victory For Religious Freedom”
Florham Park, NJ–(ENEWSPF)–January 3, 2017 … The Interfaith Coalition on Mosques (ICOM) today welcomed a decision by the U.S. District Court of New Jersey allowing The Islamic Society of Basking Ridge to move forward with its plans to build a mosque. ICOM, formed by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) in 2010,[Read More…]
CFPB Orders TransUnion and Equifax to Pay $23.1 Million for Deceiving Consumers in Marketing Credit Scores and Products
Credit Reporting Companies Misstated the Cost and Usefulness of the Credit Scores and Products They Sold, Lured Consumers into Costly Recurring Payments Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–January 3, 2017. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today took action against Equifax, Inc., TransUnion, and their subsidiaries for deceiving consumers about the usefulness and[Read More…]
Secretary of State Services at Governors State University On January 17
University Park, Illinois –(ENEWSPF)—January 3, 2017. The Secretary of State’s Mobile Service Unit will be at Governors State University on Tuesday, January 17, from 11:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., in the Hall of Governors. Services available at the mobile service unit include driver’s license and State ID renewal, replacement, and[Read More…]
NAACP Leads the Resistance Against Sessions’ Attorney General Nomination
ALABAMA–(ENEWSPF)–January 3, 2017 By Joan McCarter Sen. Sessions on his way to kissing Trump’s ring. The NAACP is going to make Sen. Jefferson Beauregard Sessions’ nomination for attorney general a massive fight. “He could be a nightmare for civil rights for all people,” Alabama State Conference NAACP Political Action Committee[Read More…]
Wow. China Punks Trump On Use of Twitter, Refuses to Respond to Twitter Diplomacy
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–January 3, 2017 By gnosticator OK. What. The. F??k. Trump needs to STFU and let the grown-ups do the foreign policy, even it that means Pence or almost anyone who has basic common sense and doesn’t act on his ADHD drug-induced urges. (Rumors ya know. Without disclosure of health[Read More…]
Democrats Are Getting Ready for the Fight With Anti-Trump War Rooms
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 3, 2017 By Laura Clawson Interim Democratic National Committee Chair Donna Brazile has decided that February, when the new DNC chair will be elected, is too long to wait for the Democratic Party to gear up against Donald Trump. She’s building a war room now: The DNC’s new communications and research[Read More…]
UPDATE: House Republicans Reverse Course on Gutting Ethics Office, For Now
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 3, 2017 By Joan McCarter House Speaker Paul Ryan is off to a typically chaotic start to the new session. After taking a secret vote to get rid of the Office of Congressional Ethics before the session officially started, they’ve reversed course. Following a public outcry, and criticism[Read More…]
Megyn Kelly Says Buh Bye To Sexist/Mysoginistic Fox News. Moves To NBC
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–January 3, 2017 By El Mito NYT is reporting The NBC News chairman, Andrew Lack, wooed Ms. Kelly away from Fox News by offering her a triple role in which she will host her own daytime news and discussion program, anchor an in-depth Sunday night news show and take[Read More…]
‘Small But Mighty’ Art Exhibition Opens at the Prairie State College’s Christopher Art Gallery Jan. 3
Photo Source: Prairie State College CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–January 3, 2017. The “Small But Mighty” art exhibition opens at Prairie State College, Jan. 3, 2017, and will be on display in the Christopher Art Gallery at the main campus through Jan. 26. An artists’ reception is scheduled from 4:30 to 7 p.m.,[Read More…]