Day: May 23, 2017

Full skeleton of ‘Selam'

3.3 Million-Year-Old Fossil of Young Girl Reveals Origins of Human Spine

Portions of skeletal structure established millions of years earlier than previously thought Full skeleton of ‘Selam,’ a 3.3 million-year-old Australopithecus afarensis fossil discovered by Prof. Zeray Alemseged in 2000. Courtesy of: Zeray Alemseged CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 23, 2017 By: Matt Wood Analysis of a 3.3 million-year-old fossil skeleton reveals the most complete[Read More…]

Drug Policy Alliance

Drug Policy Alliance: White House Budget Proposes More Funding for Law Enforcement Than Treatment

Advocates: White House Budget Further Confirmation that Trump Administration Escalating the War on Drugs Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 23, 2017. President Trump’s FY 2018 budget, released today, proposes to boost funding for the Drug Enforcement Administration and other law enforcement while proposing dramatic cuts to Medicaid that has extended access to opioid[Read More…]

Garry Watters, Christopher Mannino, Greater Manchester Police, Park Forest Police

For Park Forest Police, Manchester Terrorist Attack Is Personal

Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Park Forest Police have a personal connection to Monday night’s Manchester terrorist attack. In 2014, the department hosted Sgt. Garry Watters, Greater Manchester Police, United Kingdom, who worked with the Park Forest Police Department through the month of October in a professional and cultural exchange. I remember[Read More…]

ChiACTS Local 4343

Passages Teachers to Hold Final Rally in Run-up to Last Bargaining Session – and First Strike in Nation – of Charter School

  Management, educators at Passages charter remain far apart on classroom resources, teachers’ voices, rock-bottom spending for educators of immigrant and refugee students. CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)–May 23, 2017. Union educators at Passages Charter School will hold a final rally in the run-up to their last bargaining session on Wednesday — the day[Read More…]

Aztec Eagle Warrior 2009 Marcha Gay Mexico City

HRC Equidad MX Launches Groundbreaking LGBT Workplace Inclusion Survey in Mexico

Mexico City-(ENEWSPF)- Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation, the educational arm of America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization, announced that its HRC Equidad MX: Global Workplace Equality Program is undertaking a groundbreaking new survey of Mexican businesses’ LGBT inclusive policies and practices. Continuing their[Read More…]

Speaker Michael Madigan

Speaker Madigan: IL Senate’s Budget Bills To Be “Thoughtfully Considered”

Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Speaker Michael J. Madigan issued the following lukewarm statement Tuesday regarding budget bills passed by the Senate: “The appropriations measures passed by the Senate will be thoughtfully considered by the House Democratic Budget Working Group headed by Representative Greg Harris. “Since the beginning of the session, a working group made[Read More…]

SSC Latino Help Center

South Suburban College Opens New Latino Help Center

SOUTH HOLLAND, IL –(ENEWSPF)–May 23, 2017.  In response to the growing Latino Community, South Suburban College has established the Latino Center for Information and Services. The Center is located in the Counseling Center Room 2350. The mission of the Center is to Help Latinos Achieve the Dream through education. Our[Read More…]

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