Day: December 21, 2009

Mexico City Assembly Backs Same-Sex Marriage Bill

Mexico City–(ENEWSPF)– From NPR: Mexico City lawmakers on Monday made the city the first in Latin America to legalize same-sex marriage, a change that will give homosexual couples more rights, including allowing them to adopt children. The bill passed the capital’s local assembly 39-20 to the cheers of supporters who[Read More…]

AARP Applauds Senate for Moving Health Care Reform Forward

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–December 21, 2009.  AARP Executive Vice President Nancy LeaMond released this statement following the Senate’s vote to move forward with health care reform. AARP designated this morning’s cloture vote on the manager’s amendment to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act as an “AARP Key Vote.” The Association will record[Read More…]

SEIU President Vows to Fight to Improve Health Reform Bill, Calls Out GOP for ‘Rooting for America to Fail’

WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 21, 2009.  Statement of Andy Stern, president of the 2.2 million member Service Employees International Union, the largest healthcare union in the country: “Tonight, sixty Senators voted to bring the American people one step closer to reforming our health insurance system. “While the process to get to sixty[Read More…]

CBO: Correction Regarding the Longer-Term Effects of the Manager’s Amendment to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 21, 2009.  The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has discovered an error in the cost estimate released yesterday related to the longer-term budgetary effects of the manager’s amendment to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Correcting that error has no impact on the estimated effects of the legislation[Read More…]

Threats To Religious Liberty In 2009, Mountains And Molehills

Commentary Inside the First Amendment By Charles C. Haynes First Amendment Center senior scholar A very bad year for religious liberty got worse earlier this month when the Russian Supreme Court upheld a regional court ruling prohibiting Jehovah’s Witnesses from gathering to worship and banning their publications as “extremist” literature.[Read More…]

Park Forest Running Club Presents Scholarship

Neal Rock (right) congratulates Timothy Murphy, one of the recipients of the Park Forest Running and Pancake Club’s annual scholarship. (Photo: ENEWSPF) Richton Park, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Timothy Murphy, one of the recipients of the Park Forest Running and Pancake Club’s annual scholarship, shakes hands with Neal Rock, President of the PFRPC.[Read More…]

In and Around Park Forest Week of December 21, 2009

Trustee Gary Kopycinski (left) met with a local Boy Scout Troop last week. Pictured, beginning second from left, are Kyle Stoginski, Deandre Johnson, Scoutmaster Greg Robertson, Antonio Smith, Divario Jackson, Josh Metoyer, Luke Hering, Assistant Scoutmaster Matt Stoginski, Committee Member Bill Brazzale and Kevin Pharr. (Photo: ENEWSPF) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)–[Read More…]

Workshop Planned on Lincoln Highway Project

Transit-oriented development is join product of three municipalities Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– A workshop on the Lincoln Highway transit-oriented development (TOD) will be held at 7 p.m. on January 17 at the Dining-on-the-Green Banquet Hall in downtown Park Forest. The TOD is planned adjacent to the Metra station on Lincoln Highway.[Read More…]

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