SPRINGFIELD—(ENEWSPF)—November 14, 2011. Governor Pat Quinn and the Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal have proclaimed November 13-19, 2011 as the National Elevator Escalator Safety Awareness Week in Illinois. The objective of this week is to create safety awareness among residents when riding elevators, escalators and moving walks. Governor[Read More…]
Day: November 14, 2011
U.S. Attorney General Holder and Dominican Prosecutor General Jiménez Sign Agreement to Share $7.5 Million in Forfeited Assets
Countries Agree to Share Assets Forfeited in Medicare Fraud Case SANTO DOMINGO—(ENEWSPF)—November 14, 2011. Attorney General Eric Holder joined today with Dominican Prosecutor General Radhamés Jiménez Peña in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, to announce the signing of a case-specific agreement to share approximately $7.5 million in forfeited assets between the[Read More…]
Presidential Proclamation — American Education Week, 2011
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 14, 2011. Ensuring our future leaders and innovators receive a complete and competitive education is fundamental to our Nation’s economic prosperity and our role as a thriving democracy. During American Education Week, we acknowledge the central role education plays in our society and resolve to make rigorous[Read More…]
Durbin Asks Committee to Include Illinois Transit Priorities in Next Surface Transportation Bill
Request includes funding for Mass Transit across Illinois and TIGER grants WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 14, 2011. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin today asked the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs to include funding for Illinois transit priorities in their bill to reauthorize the Surface Transportation Act. Last week, the Senate[Read More…]
Durbin and Kirk Announce Legislation to Protect School Children with Allergies
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–November 14, 2011. Schools across the country should maintain access to critical life saving medication for children with food and other allergies, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-IL) said today. The School Access to Emergency Epinephrine Act, which Durbin and Kirk intend to introduce in[Read More…]
Suwanee Street Closed from Miami to Minocqua Due To Emergency Water and Sewer Repair
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- News from the Park Forest Fire Department on Facebook: The Depatment of Public Works has reported, due to an emergency water and sewer repair, Suwanee Street is temporarily closed from Miami to Minocqua. We will update you when the repair is complete and the street re-opens. There[Read More…]
Thanksgiving Coat-Drive to Benefit Respond Now Christmas Store
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—November 14, 2011. The Park Forest Mayor’s Citizens Advisory Committee (MCAC) is conducting a winter coat drive. All items collected will be given to the Respond Now Christmas Store. Coats for both adults and children should be clean and in good, wearable condition. A full-day collection of coats[Read More…]
Bangladesh Offers Lessons on Climate Change and Disaster Risks – Secretary General Ban
Bangladesh–(ENEWSPF)–14 November 2011. Climate change is the single most important challenge the world faces, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressed today in Bangladesh, a country that is all too familiar with the impact of extreme weather events and which the United Nations chief hailed as a global leader in disaster risk reduction. In[Read More…]
UN Calls for Immediate Resumption of Direct Israel-Palestinians Talks
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–14 November 2011. The United Nations and its diplomatic partners in the search for Middle East peace today called on Israel and the Palestinians to resume direct talks without delay or preconditions, following separate meetings with officials from both sides in Jerusalem. Today’s discussions are a follow-up to similar[Read More…]
Rep. Schakowsky Statement on Supreme Court to Rule on Health Care Reform Law
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 14, 2011. U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) released the following statement today in response to reports that the U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case challenging the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: “I am confident that the Supreme Court will uphold the constitutionality of the Affordable Care[Read More…]
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