The first-known shell-crushing ray-finned fish, Fouldenia, is shown swimming along the bottom of a tropical freshwater floodplain about 348 million years ago. The Fouldenia fossils came from a site in Scotland that also produced the earliest-known post-extinction tetrapods, four-limbed creatures that later crawled ashore and evolved into amphibians, reptiles, birds[Read More…]
Year: 2013
Blockbuster Summer of Production Kicks into High Gear in Chicago
“Lights, Camera, Action” will be Heard all Summer Long in Chicago as the City Takes Center Stage for Filming of Movies and TV Shows; Films to Generate $ 51 Million in Local Jobs and Economic Development; An Unprecedented Six Network Television Series will also be Filmed CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–July 22, 2013. Mayor[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel and Choose Chicago Announce Record Tourism Numbers for First Half of 2013
Year-to-date Hotel Occupancy sets record; June Posts 90 Percent Occupancy for Second Year in a Row, Record Rates for Rooms CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–July 22, 2013. Today, Mayor Emanuel and Choose Chicago announced that in the first half of 2013, hotel occupancy set a record at 71.5 percent, a gain of 1.5 percent.[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel, Governor Quinn Announce New Port Authority Managment Plan to Revitalize Critical Transportation Hub, Providing $500 Million Investment, Creating up to 1,000 New Jobs
Long Underutilized Port Will Be Revamped, More Efficiently Managed in New Plan with Broe Group, an International Leader in Transportation Logistics CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–July 22, 2013. Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Governor Pat Quinn and Illinois International Port District Chairman Michael Forde yesterday announced that the Broe Group has been selected to lead a[Read More…]
Medical Marijuana Advocates Partner with Massachusetts Medical Society-Accredited TheAnswerPage.com
New “Wake & Learn” program offers daily interactive education on medical marijuana Boston, MA–(ENEWSPF)–July 22, 2013. The advocacy group Americans for Safe Access (ASA) launched a new educational tool today called “Wake & Learn,” aimed at better informing patients, doctors and the public about medical marijuana. Utilizing TheAnswerPage.com, an online[Read More…]
Senator Kirk Hails Committee Approval of Visa Waiver Reform for Poland
Provision would allow citizens from strong allies like Poland visa-free travel to U.S. WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 22, 2013. As a leading advocate for strengthening U.S.-Poland relations, U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) today applauded the Senate Appropriations Committee’s passage of the 2014 Homeland Security spending bill that includes language modernizing the Visa[Read More…]
Dept. of Interior Announces Nation’s Second Offshore Wind Energy Lease Sale
In September, BOEM will Auction Nearly 112,800 Acres Offshore Virginia for Wind Energy Development WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 22, 2013. As part of President Obama’s comprehensive plan to move our economy toward domestic clean energy sources and begin to slow the effects of climate change, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and[Read More…]
Organophosphate Poisoning Leads to the Death of School Children in India
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 22, 2013. Organophosphate pesticide poisoning from contaminated school lunches is suspected as the cause of deaths for at least 25 children in India. The children, aged four to 12, became sick after eating a lunch provided to them by the school. Several reports suggest the rice or cooking[Read More…]
Governor Quinn Enacts Largest Increase in Health Care Coverage in State History
Initiative Strengthens Health Care System and Brings More Than $12 Billion in New Federal Funding to Illinois CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–July 22, 2013. Governor Pat Quinn today signed legislation that enacts a critical part of President Obama’s Affordable Care Act (ACA) by making Medicaid coverage available to all low-income adults in Illinois. Today’s[Read More…]
Governor Quinn Signs Laws to Make Waterways Safer for Illinois Families
House Laws Crack Down on Boaters Who Drive Under the Influence of Alcohol CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–July 22, 2013. Governor Pat Quinn yesterday issued a stern warning to anyone who pilots a boat while under the influence of alcohol: if you’re drunk while operating a boat, you may lose your right to operate[Read More…]
