Day: May 2, 2017

Senator Duckworth

Duckworth to Trump: Selective Service Director Makes Life & Death Decisions for Our Children, Appointment Shouldn’t Be Given to Unqualified Political Patrons

WASHINGTON, D.C. –-(ENEWSPF)–May 2, 2017.  Combat Veteran and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) wrote to President Trump today expressing concern that patronage played a role in his recent appointment of Mr. Donald Benton to be the Director of the Selective Service System. Duckworth highlighted Mr. Benton’s lack of qualifications for[Read More…]

Senators Duckworth, Durbin Announce More Than $2.4 Million For Head Start Programs In Central And Southern Illinois

WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–May 2, 2017.  U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) today announced that the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Administration for Children and Families has awarded a total of $2,477,422 to support Head Start and Early Head Start programs at Decatur-Macon County Opportunities Corporation[Read More…]

Vegging Out Pot Luck Dinner

‘Vegging Out Pot-Luck Dinner’ at the Unitarian Universalist Community Church on May 15

Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—May 2, 2017. The Unitarian Universalist Community Church (UUCC) will host a ‘Vegging Out Vegan Pot-Luck Dinner’ on Monday, May 15, at 6 p.m. UUCC is located at 70 Sycamore Drive in Park Forest. Vegging Out is a South Suburban community initiative in support of a whole-food, plant-based[Read More…]

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