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Wyden, Paul, Polis and Farenthold Bill Requires Warrants to Search Americans’ Digital Devices at the Border

Bill Ends Policy That Allows Unlimited Searches of the Phones, Laptops and Other Devices When Americans Cross the Border Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–April 4, 2017.  Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., and Rep. Jared Polis, D-Colo., and Rep. Blake Farenthold, R-Texas, today introduced the Protecting Data at the Border[Read More…]

Speaker Michael Madigan Requests House Panel Consider Rauner Proposals to Cut Cost of State Government

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. –(ENEWSPF)–January 26, 2017.  Speaker Michael J. Madigan, D-Chicago, has requested a legislative committee take up potential cost-cutting changes to the state’s procurement process offered by Gov. Bruce Rauner. “Governor Rauner has proposed a series of changes to the state’s procurement process that could generate savings for the state,[Read More…]

Southern Poverty Law Center and Others Call on Mississippi Governor to Address Recent Race-based Incidents in the State

Over the past month, a spate of race-based violence has spread across Mississippi. Above: The sign that marks where Emmett Till’s body was found in the Tallahatchie River has been riddled with bullets. (Photo: Emmett Till Memory Project). Below: Hopewell Baptist Church in Greenville, Mississippi. (Photo: Angie Quezada, Delta Daily[Read More…]

Representative Riley’s Opposition To The CTA “Super” TIF Law

Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- This summer a bill to create these CTA TIF districts was fast tracked through the General Assembly. Representative Riley stood in opposition to the legislation.  Although the legislation would hold school funding harmless from the new TIF, local libraries and the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago could[Read More…]

Remarks by President Obama at 95th National Convention for Disabled American Veterans (Video)

Atlanta, Georgia–(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2016 https://youtu.be/DeN7yuB9yw0 TRANSCRIPT 1:39 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you, DAV!  (Applause.)  Thank you so much.  Thank you.  Please, everybody, have a seat.  What an honor to be with you today.  (Applause.)  Thank you.  And thanks to Bobby.  I’ll never forget the time Bobby came to the[Read More…]

Riley Advances Measure to Help Residents Save Their Homes from Foreclosure

Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Illinois homeowners at risk of foreclosure would have more time to apply for protection from losing their homes under a measure sponsored by state Rep. Al Riley, D- Olympia Fields, which is nearing passage in the General Assembly. “This legislation is a continuing effort to help homeowners still affected[Read More…]

ACLU Sues To Challenge Unconstitutional Anti-LGBT Mississippi Law

Jackson, Miss.-(ENEWSPF)- The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Mississippi today filed a lawsuit to challenge an anti-LGBT law passed this spring that allows public officials and businesses to refuse to serve gay and transgender individuals. The lawsuit, which targets the registrar of vital records, was filed on behalf[Read More…]

Forty-Eight Alleged Members of Gangster Disciples Indicted on Federal Racketeering Charges

Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- Forty-eight alleged members of the violent Gangster Disciples Gang – including the top leaders in Tennessee and Georgia – have been charged in two indictments and accused of conspiring to participate in a racketeering enterprise that included multiple murders, attempted murder and drug crimes. Assistant Attorney General Leslie[Read More…]

National Business Alliance Names 36 Leaders that are Transforming Local Economies

Eric Rodriguez of Latino Union of Chicago Awarded Local Economy Fellowship, Joins North American Leadership Network Eric Rodriguez, Latino Union of Chicago Oakland, CA –(ENEWSPF)–May 3, 2016.  Thirty-six leaders representing innovative community and economic development solutions in 29 U.S. and Canadian cities have been selected to the Business Alliance for[Read More…]

Convicted Felon from Hickory Hills Sentenced to More Than Six Years in Prison for Illegally Possessing Rifles and a Shotgun

CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2016.   A convicted felon from southwest suburban Hickory Hills was sentenced today to more than six years in federal prison for illegally possessing several firearms with obliterated serial numbers. STEVEN RILEY, 24, sold a 20-gauge shotgun, two rifles and 40 rounds of assorted ammunition to an[Read More…]

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