Month: September 2018

Arab American Action Network

Chicagoland Arab Group Sues Over Secretive Surveillance Program

Lawsuit Filed After DOJ, FBI, & DHS Fail to Disclose Records About Controversial CVE Initiative CHICAGO, IL—(ENEWSPF)—September 27, 2018 Contacts: Muhammad Sankari, Aaron P. Wenzloff and Hanan Van Dril Yesterday, the Arab American Action Network (AAAN), a grassroots community organizing and social services institution based in southwest Chicagoland, filed a[Read More…]

Park Forest Library

Park Forest Library Announces October Special Events

Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—September 27, 2018 By: Kaitlyn Keller  The Park Forest Library, 400 Lakewood Boulevard, has announced its Special Events that will take place in October. Coming up this month: October 3rd at 5 p.m. – “Contagious Visions: Anti-Bullying & Educational Symposium” The “Dream Maker on Fire,” author Julius Mercer,[Read More…]

Michael Madigan

Statement from Democratic Party of Illinois Chairman Madigan on Status of Anti-Harassment, Equality, and Access Panel

CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)—September 27, 2018 Contact: Jon Maxson Michael J. Madigan, chairman of the Democratic Party of Illinois, released the following statement on the status of the work being done by the Anti-Harassment, Equality, and Access Panel: “Addressing harassment, increasing access and ensuring equality of all forms are issues of great[Read More…]

Durbin and Duckworth

Duckworth, Durbin & Foster Ask EPA & Sterigenics to Test Air Quality in Willowbrook for Cancer-Causing Chemicals

Residents of Willowbrook, Illinois near Sterigenics facilities have second highest risk of cancer of anywhere in U.S. WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—September 25, 2018 By: Senator Duckworth’s Media Staff U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Representative Bill Foster (D-IL-11) wrote to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and to Willowbrook-based Sterigenics asking them[Read More…]

Newborn syphilis

Newborn Syphilis Cases More than Double in Four Years, Reaching 20-year High

U.S. data show need to improve syphilis testing, treatment for pregnant women Atlanta, GA—(ENEWSPF)—September 25, 2018 Contact: CDC Media Relations Reported cases of congenital syphilis – syphilis passed from a mother to her baby during pregnancy or delivery – have more than doubled since 2013, according to the annual Sexually[Read More…]

Senator Dick Durbin

Senator Durbin: No One Is Entitled to a Seat on the Supreme Court

Senator calls on Senate Republicans to support a FBI investigation into the serious and credible sexual assault allegations against Judge Kavanaugh WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)—September 25, 2018 By: Rosemary Piser U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), and member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, yesterday called on Senate Republicans to support a nonpartisan,[Read More…]

I-55 & Lake Shore Drive Interchange

Illinois Wins National Transportation Award

I-55-LSD project recognized for creative use of temporary bridge SPRINGFIELD –(ENEWSPF)—September 25, 2018 By: Rosemary Piser The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) announced that the Interstate 55-Lake Shore Drive interchange has earned the Grand Prize in the 2018 America’s Transportation Awards, the top honor for state departments of transportation. The[Read More…]

grizzly bear

Yellowstone Grizzlies: Court Reinstates Protections, Blocks ID, WY Trophy Hunts

Endangered Species Act safeguards restored to still-recovering bears MISSOULA, Mont. —(ENEWPSF)—September 25, 2018 Contacts: Matthew Bishop, Western Environmental Law Center and Bethany Cotton, WildEarth Guardians Yesterday, a U.S. District Court judge ruled against the Trump administration, reversing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s 2017 decision to strip grizzly bears in[Read More…]

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