Day: April 26, 2013

Park Forest Trustee Election Narrows Considerably

The Park Forest Village Board Room. (ENEWSPF) Complete results available here. Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The race for Village Trustee in Park Forest has narrowed considerably since the April 9 election. There is now only a 6 vote difference between third and fourth place candidates JeRome Brown and Tiffani Graham, respectively.[Read More…]

Governor Quinn Declares a Disaster in Four Additional Counties

​Clark, Crawford, Lawrence and Warren Counties Added to Disaster Declaration CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 26, 2013.  Governor Pat Quinn yesterday added Clark, Crawford, Lawrence and Warren counties to the state disaster declaration, bringing the number of counties with expanded access to state emergency resources to 48. The declarations also allow the state to[Read More…]

Illinois EPA Urges Environmentally Conscious Flood Debris Clean-up

Agency Working with Affected Communities to Guard Against Contamination from Sandbags, Appliances and Hazardous Materials SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–April 26, 2013.  The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (ILEPA) urged Illinois residents recovering from flooding to be aware of assistance that’s available to them through state and local authorities to properly dispose of flood debris.[Read More…]

Community Members Get to Work Expanding Gardens in Schaumburg

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 26, 2013.  Roosevelt University students, faculty, administrators, staff, alumni and friends recently marked New Deal Soil Service Days and Earth Week by preparing an area consisting of 30 individual plots for an RUrbanPioneers Community Garden located at the Schaumburg Campus.  The group received help and some kind words from State[Read More…]

Suppressing Protein May Stem Alzheimer’s Disease Process

Runaway regulator clogs removal of toxic debris – NIH funded study Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–April 26, 2013.  Scientists funded by the National Institutes of Health have discovered a potential strategy for developing treatments to stem the disease process in Alzheimer’s disease. It’s based on unclogging removal of toxic debris that accumulates in patients’[Read More…]

Webinar for College Seniors and Young Workers to Address Managing Student Loan Debt and Saving for a Secure Financial Future

Free April 30 event to be co-hosted by US Department of Education Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 26, 2013.  An April 30 webinar will provide tips and tools to help college seniors and young workers learn to budget for today’s needs and tomorrow’s goals. “Start Early to Take Charge of Your Financial Future”[Read More…]

Arizona Congressman Renews Legislative Attacks on Reproductive Rights of Women in D.C.

Rep. Trent Franks plays politics far from home with unconstitutional abortion ban Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 26, 2013.  For the second congressional session in a row, today Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) introduced federal legislation to restrict access to safe, legal reproductive health services in the District of Columbia, proposing a ban on[Read More…]

Consumer Confidence Withstands Boston Bombing

Richard Curtin. Image courtesy of D.C. Goings ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–April 26, 2013.  The overall level of consumer confidence declined in April from March, but was identical to last April’s reading, according to University of Michigan economist Richard Curtin, director of the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers. The Surveys, conducted[Read More…]

President Obama: ‘Planned Parenthood Is Not Going Anywhere’

In Historic Address to Planned Parenthood National Conference, President Denounces State Attacks on Women’s Health WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 26, 2013.  President Barack Obama addressed more than 1,200 attendees at Planned Parenthood Federation of America’s annual conference in Washington, DC this morning, denouncing the recent attacks on women’s health in 42 states,[Read More…]

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