Day: March 21, 2012

Sade Gant, Rich East Stellar Student

Rich East Stellar Student Sade Gant. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)- eNews Park Forest continues with our series of stellar students from Rich East High School. Mr. Kevin Kredens, the school’s publicity liaison, provides each student a series of the same questions. All responses are in the students’ exact words,[Read More…]

PSC Students Help Rehab Youth Center

(PHOTO SUPPLIED) Ford Heights, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Pictured here are Prairie State College Painting and Drywall students performing their on-the-job training by helping rehab the youth center for the F.U.T.U.R.E. Foundation Youth Services, located in Ford Heights. F.U.T.U.R.E. serves approximately 100 low income youths, providing after school activities between the times of 3 p.m.[Read More…]

Durbin, Kirk, Shimkus, Costello React to Denial of Disaster Declaration for Southern Illinois

WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 21, 2012.  U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Mark Kirk (R-IL) and Congressmen John Shimkus (R-IL) and Jerry Costello (D-IL) today expressed disappointment after receiving word that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has denied the State of Illinois’ appeal for a Presidential disaster declaration for five counties[Read More…]

Durbin Calls on Senate to Pass Irish E3 Visa Bill

Republican objection delaying passage of key immigration measure WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 21, 2012.  Following Taoiseach Enda Kenny’s visit to Washington yesterday, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin today called on the Senate to pass the Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act, which includes a Durbin co-sponsored amendment establishing a two-year visa program for Irish[Read More…]

Durbin Chairs Budget Hearing on CFT

Focus on Market Oversight and Gas Prices WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 21, 2012.  Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-IL) today chaired a hearing which reviewed the funding request of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), one of the nation’s primary financial market regulators. CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler testified before Durbin’s Appropriations[Read More…]

Statement from Governor Pat Quinn On FEMA’s Denial of State’s Appeal for Federal Assistance for Southern Illinois Tornado

SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–March 21, 2012. Governor Pat Quinn today issued the following statement regarding FEMA’s denial of the state’s appeal for federal assistance to help people affected by the Feb. 29 tornado. “Today we were informed that FEMA denied our appeal for federal assistance to help people in Southern Illinois rebuild their[Read More…]

Governor Quinn Statement on House Passage of General Assembly Scholarship Repeal

SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–March 21, 2012. Governor Pat Quinn today released a statement regarding the Illinois House of Representatives passing House Bill 3810, which would abolish the troubled General Assembly Scholarship program. “I applaud the members of the House for voting to end the legislative scholarship program. As I have repeatedly advocated in[Read More…]

Remarks by President Obama on Energy

Boulder City, Nevada–(ENEWSPF)–March 21, 2012 – 1:10 P.M. PDT THE PRESIDENT:  Hello, everybody.  (Applause.)  Good afternoon.  Everybody, please have a seat.  Have a seat.  It is wonderful to be here.  Thank you so much.  It is great to be in Boulder City.  A couple people I want to thank for their[Read More…]

U.S. Commerce Department Releases Data Showing Tourism Spending Increased 8.1 percent in 2011, Supporting an Additional 103,000 Tourism-Related Jobs

International visitor spending hits all-time record of $153 billion Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 21, 2012.  The U.S. Department of Commerce today released tourism data revealing that international and domestic tourism spending increased 8.1 percent in 2011, supporting an additional 103,000 jobs for a total of 7.6 million. A big factor in the[Read More…]

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