Prairie State College (PSC) Associate Professor of Chemistry Christine Brooms (right) recently was honored as a recipient of the Outstanding Full-Time Faculty Member Award from the Illinois Community College Trustees Association. She is congratulated by fellow PSC Associate Professor Melanie Eddins-Spencer. CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–June 18, 2015. Prairie State College (PSC) Associate[Read More…]
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Senator Kirk Ban Against Sewage Dumping in Great Lakes Is Approved by Senate Appropriations Committee Heads to Senate Floor
Interior Appropriations Act Includes Great Lakes Water Protection Act, a Kirk-Advanced Ban on Sewage Dumping in the Great Lakes; Estimated 24 Billion Gallons of Untreated Sewage/Storm Water Are Dumped Straight into the Lakes Annually WASHINGTON —(ENEWSPF)–June 18, 2015. U.S. Senator Mark Kirk today applauded the Senate Appropriations Committee’s passage of[Read More…]
Rep. Jan Schakowsky Statement on the Charleston Shooting at Emanuel AME Church
Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)—June 18, 2015. “I’m horrified, saddened and angered by the church shooting in Charleston, SC that took the lives of nine people. My thoughts and prayers are with the families and friends of all the victims of this terrible shooting. This is a time for solidarity and mourning.[Read More…]
Rep. Jan Schakowsky Statement on Passage of Stand-alone ‘Fast Track’ Legislation
Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)—June 18, 2015. Rep. Jan Schakowsky issued the following statement after the House of Representatives passed a stand-alone Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) bill: “I am disappointed that the House of Representatives passed a stand-alone ‘Fast Track’ bill this afternoon. If the Senate passes a similar stand-alone measure, TPA[Read More…]
AFL-CIO: Fight Continues After House Passes Bad Trade Deal for Workers
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 18, 2015. AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka issued the following statement after passage of Trade Promotion Authority in the House: “We are at the end of the second quarter and the score is tied 1-1. We look forward to the third and fourth quarters. Workers’ resolve is firmer than[Read More…]
Treasury Secretary Lew Announces Historic Decision To Feature A Woman On The Newly Redesigned Ten Dollar Note
Treasury seeks public input on currency theme of “Democracy” with #TheNew10 WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)—June 18, 2015. Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew today announced that a newly redesigned $10 note will feature a woman. In exercising his responsibility to select currency features and design, Treasury Secretary Lew will select a notable woman[Read More…]
Senator Bernie Sanders Statement on House Trade Vote
WASHINTON–(ENEWSPF)—June 18, 2015 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today after the House, in an about face, revived a bill to give President Barack Obama authority to send Congress trade agreements it can reject or ratify but not change: “I am extremely disappointed but not surprised that[Read More…]
Senator Bernie Sanders Plan Restores Retirement Security to 10 Million Retirees
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 18, 2015 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said today he’s working to win passage of a bill that reverses a proposal passed last year that could result in deep pension cuts for retirees and workers in multi-employer pension plans. Sanders said his plan will protect the pensions of up[Read More…]
UN Secretary General Ban Condemns Apparently Racially Motivated Killings in South Carolina as ‘Hateful Act of Violence’
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. UN Photo/Mark Garten (file) NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–18 June 2015 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has strongly condemned the apparently racially motivated killings at an historic African American church in South Carolina in the southern United States, and expressed the hope that those responsible for such a “hateful[Read More…]
Rep. Gutierrez Praises Treasury Secretary for Taking Action to Put a Woman on U.S. Currency
Author of Put A Woman On The Twenty Act (HR 1910) says: “We may have been ten dollars off, but our advocacy was right on the money.” Washington, DC –-(ENEWSPF)–June 18, 2015. Today, Rep. Luis V. Gutiérrez (D-IL) reacted to news that Secretary of the Treasury Jack Lew will announce[Read More…]
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