Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 5, 2013. Today CAP President and CEO Neera Tanden released the following reaction to the news that President Barack Obama’s budget proposal will make free universal pre-kindergarten education available nationwide, paid for by raising taxes on cigarettes and other tobacco products: The president’s new preschool and early childhood[Read More…]
Year: 2013
Attorney General Madigan: Waukegan Man Arrested for Child Pornography
Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–April 4, 2013. A Waukegan man is in custody on $50,000 bond after being charged with multiple counts of child pornography as part of Operation Glass House, a statewide initiative Attorney General Lisa Madigan launched to apprehend the most active offenders who download and trade child pornography online. Rudolph Giovanny[Read More…]
Message from Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel for U.S. Africa Command Change of Command Ceremony
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 5, 2013. The following message from Secretary Hagel was read aloud at today’s AFRICOM Change of Command ceremony in Stuttgart, Germany: “To General Ham: You took command of AFRICOM at a critical time on the continent, and in the larger region. As a result of your leadership, America[Read More…]
Service Members to Receive $39 Million for Violations of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 5, 2012. The Justice Department announced today that under its 2011 settlements with BAC Home Loans Servicing LP, a subsidiary of Bank of America Corporation, and Saxon Mortgage Servicing Inc., a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley, 316 service members whose homes were unlawfully foreclosed upon between 2006 and 2010[Read More…]
Justice Department Reaches Multiple Settlements with Health Care Providers to Stop Discrimination Against Persons with Hearing Disabilities
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 5, 2013. The Justice Department announced today that, as part of its Barrier-Free Health Care Initiative, over the past year it has reached seven settlements with eight health care providers from across the United States to ensure that they are providing effective communication to people who are deaf[Read More…]
Park Forest Hall of Fame to be Held Sunday, April 14, 2013
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—April 5, 2013. The Park Forest Hall of Fame will hold its annual Park Forest Hall of Fame Inductions Ceremony Sunday, April 14, 2013, at 3:00 p.m. in Freedom Hall, 410 Lakewood Blvd. The Ceremony is followed by a reception for the inductees. The ceremony and reception are[Read More…]
March 2013 Payroll Employment Edges Up (+80,000); Unemployment Rate Changes Little (7.6%)
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 5, 2013. Nonfarm payroll employment edged up in March (+88,000), and the unemployment rate was little changed at 7.6 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment grew in professional and business services and in health care but declined in retail trade. Household Survey Data Both[Read More…]
ISAF Joint Command Operational Update, April 5, 2013
KABUL, Afghanistan–(ENEWSPF)–April 5, 2013 – An Afghan and coalition security force arrested a senior Taliban leader and detained one other insurgent during an operation in Nahr-e Saraj district, Helmand province, today. The leader is accused of commanding a cell of fighters responsible for conducting attacks against Afghan and coalition forces.[Read More…]
Statement by Secretary Chuck Hagel on U.S.-Japan Okinawa Consolidation Plan
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 5, 2013. Today the United States and Japan have achieved a new and important milestone in our efforts to ensure a robust and operationally effective U.S. force presence in the region while reducing our footprint on the island of Okinawa. I wish to thank Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo[Read More…]
District 163 Stock Market Team Is Among Top Rankings in State
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A fifth grade team in the honors class housed at Park Forest-Chicago Heights School District 163’s Mohawk Intermediate Center won a third place ranking out of 250 elementary and high school teams in the Illinois Capitol 2012 Stock Market Game. Caryn Blair, Anyah Bennett, Camara Thomas, and Khalia[Read More…]
