Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Governor Bruce Rauner issued a statement today following the Illinois Federation of Teachers ratification of four-year collective bargaining agreement: “We are proud to announce that the Illinois Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO Local #919, representing educators at the Illinois School for the Deaf, ratified a four-year collective bargaining agreement with[Read More…]
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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…]
Man Charged With First Degree Murder In Shooting Death Of 17-year-old De’Andre Allen
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Park Forest police announced an arrest in the shooting death of 17-year-old De’Andre Allen, a young man shot on February 21, 2016, in the 100 block of Gibson Street. Lenae Patterson (pictured), age 21, of Park Forest, has been charged with one count of first degree murder[Read More…]
Armed Militia in Oregon Part of Long-running, Right-wing Fight Against Public Lands
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–January 4, 2016. An armed militia has taken over a federal building in southeastern Oregon as part of a long-running campaign of violence, intimidation and right-wing paranoia that has festered for decades in the West, most recently with the standoff with Cliven Bundy in Nevada in 2014. Among the demands[Read More…]
CAIR Report: Number of Incidents Targeting U.S. Mosque in 2015 Highest Ever Recorded
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 17, 2015. More mosque incidents were recorded in 2015 than in any year since we started keeping this tally. 2015 accounted for the most ever cases in both the Damage, Destruction, Vandalism category and the Intimidation category, adding weight to assertions that the most recent cycle of Islamophobia[Read More…]
West Suburban Drug Dealer Sentenced to 16 Years in Prison for Selling Dozens of Guns Later Used in Chicago Shootings
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–November 18, 2015. A federal judge today sentenced a Lisle man to 16 years in prison for putting at least 80 firearms into the hands of known gang members on the streets of Chicago. WALTER FREEMAN obtained the guns from a co-defendant, TIMOTHY VANA, in exchange for crack cocaine. [Read More…]
Thursday, Oct. 1: #TheyDontCare: A Musical March for Rekia Boyd
Connecting the murder of Rekia Boyd to the criminalization of young Black people. CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—September 30, 2015. CHICAGO 9/30: On Thursday, October 1st, middle school students from the Village Leadership Academy (VLA) and the family of Rekia Boyd will hold a musical march beginning at 5:30pm at Rekia’s Tree, at 15th[Read More…]
Freedom for Man Sentenced to Life for Nonviolent Marijuana Offense
Twenty-one years behind bars: Missouri’s governor commuted Jeff Mizanskey’s sentence, thanks to help from 400,000 petition signers, a plea from the prosecutor and an international campaign spearheaded by Show-Me Cannabis. Billboard Urging Governor to Free Jeff Mizanskey. Source: Show-Me Cannabis JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — (ENEWSPF)—September 1, 2015. Jeff Mizanskey walked[Read More…]
Black Youth Project 100 (BYP100) Chicago Rally to Demand Justice for Rekia Boyd on Thursday, Aug. 20
CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)—August 18, 2015. On Thursday, August 20th, TheBlack Youth Project 100 (BYP100) Chicago Chapter in coordination with Black Lives Matter Chicago, We Charge Genocide, and Rekia Boyd’s family, will lead a public rally at 7:30 p.m. outside of Chicago Police Department (CPD) Headquarters, 3510 S. Michigan Avenue, to demand[Read More…]
Interior Secretary Jewell Announces $405 Million in PILT Payments to Support Vital Services in Rural Communities
Underscores importance of President’s call to extend mandatory, full funding for PILT program that supports firefighters, police, school and road construction WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–June 25, 2015. As Part of the Obama Administration’s commitment to rural communities, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today announced that about 1,900 local governments around[Read More…]
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