The Park Forest Police Department. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)–Editor’s Note: We continue our reporting on news from police reports. Besides covering the many stories from around Park Forest that otherwise might go unnoticed, we want to bring more complete coverage of police reports than is reported by other[Read More…]
Day: November 6, 2015
Southland College Prep Student Named an Outstanding Illinois Charter School Senior by Illinois Network of Charter Schools
Richton Park, ILL –(ENEWSPF)–November 6, 2015—Jocelyn Dorney, a Southland College Prep Charter High School senior, has been named an Outstanding Illinois Charter School Senior by the Illinois Network of Charter Schools. Dorney received the award, which included a $ 1,000 college scholarship, at the Network’s annual conference held recently at[Read More…]
Senator Bernie Sanders Applauds Obama Rejection of Keystone Pipeline
ROCK HILL, S.C. –-(ENEWSPF)–November 6, 2015. U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders issued the following statement on Friday welcoming President Barack Obama’s decision to reject an application to build the Keystone XL pipeline: “Climate change is a global environmental crisis of huge magnitude. It is insane for anyone to be supporting the[Read More…]
Public Citizen: Obama Gets It Right on Keystone
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 6, 2015. Statement of Tyson Slocum, Director of Public Citizen’s Energy Program: President Barack Obama’s announcement today that the administration is rejecting the proposed Keystone XL pipeline for failing to be in the national interest is a welcome development, finally putting an end to this nine-year saga. Obama[Read More…]
Audubon: President Obama Rejects Keystone XL
Victory for Birds, People and Common Sense Canada Warbler. Photo: Tom Benson/Audubon Photography Awards WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–November 6, 2015. Today, the Obama administration rejected the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. Audubon issued the following statement: “The KO for Keystone is a win for birds and the rest of us,”[Read More…]
Durbin, Madigan Call for Federal Debt Relief for Former Everest College Students
CHICAGO –-(ENEWSPF)–November 6, 2015. At the invitation of U.S. Senator Dick Durbin and Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, Joseph Smith, Special Master appointed by the U.S. Department of Education (ED) to oversee the federal student debt relief process for former Corinthian students, met today with several students who attended the[Read More…]
Senator Durbin Statement on Rejection of Keystone XL Pipeline Permit
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)–November 6, 2015. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) released the following statement after the Obama Administration announced that it would reject the permit for the TransCanada Keystone XL pipeline project: “The Senate spent a great deal of time looking at this project, and by every measure it came up short.[Read More…]
U.S. Supreme Court Must Lay ACA Contraceptive Coverage Issue to Rest, Says NARAL Pro-Choice America
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 6, 2015. Today, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in all seven cases requesting review by the high court that challenge no-cost contraceptive services included in the Affordable Care Act’s preventative-service coverage requirements. This includes cases brought by Geneva College, Priests for Life, Little Sisters of the Poor, and[Read More…]
VA Partners with YMCA of the USA to Support Veterans
Washington D.C. –-(ENEWSPF)–November 6, 2015. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and YMCA of the USA (Y-USA) have refreshed and expanded their partnership to promote and enhance the health and well-being of Veterans and their families. A new agreement will make it easier for Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) Regional Offices[Read More…]
U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Second Attack on Affordable Care Act Birth Control Benefit
Nonprofits fighting to interfere with employees’ access to affordable health care despite existing accommodation Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 6, 2015. The U.S. Supreme Court today agreed to hear seven cases brought by nonprofit organizations seeking to deny their employees affordable health insurance coverage for contraception under the Affordable Care Act, despite the[Read More…]
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