Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Indianwood construction came to a halt recently. Now that the state of Illinois has approved a budget, road construction will resume Wednesday. Village Manager Tom Mick made the announcement Monday at the meeting of the Village Board. Construction was halted because the state did not have an[Read More…]
Day: July 10, 2017
Senator Durbin Calls On Labor Department To Continue Funding Youth Job Training Programs In High Poverty, High Crime Areas
“The Best Anti-Poverty, Anti-Crime, Anti-Violence Program Is A Job” WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–July 10, 2017. In response to drastic cuts to federal job training programs proposed in the President’s fiscal year 2018 budget, U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Labor calling for strong[Read More…]
Senate Democratic Leaders to McConnell: Work With Dems To Advance Policies To Strengthen Health Insurance Markets
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–July 10, 2017. U.S. Senate Democratic Leaders Dick Durbin (D-IL), Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Patty Murray (D-WA), and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) today released a new letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) urging him to abandon efforts to repeal and sabotage the Affordable Care Act and instead work[Read More…]
Survey Finds Medicaid Enrollees Satisfied With Coverage, Physician Access
Boston, MA –(ENEWSPF)–July 10, 2017. Enrollees in Medicaid reported in a nationwide survey that they’re largely satisfied with the health care they receive under the program, according to researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Most Medicaid enrollees said that they have good access to physicians, while few[Read More…]
Anti-Defamation League Expands Efforts to Aid Hispanic Community in Reporting Hate Crimes
Phoenix, AZ–(ENEWSPF)–July 10, 2017 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today announced a set of new initiatives in partnership with Latin American consulates in the United States that will help expand efforts in the Hispanic community to report hate crimes and incidents. In addition to providing training on responding to harassment[Read More…]
Roosevelt University Receives $1.4 Million to Train Teachers in Math and Science
CPS, The Field Museum and Oakton are partners in new project CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–July 10, 2017. Roosevelt University has received a significant National Science Foundation grant that will pave the way for scholarships starting in the fall for students interested in teaching math and science in high-need schools. The $1.4 million grant,[Read More…]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Issues Rule to Ban Companies from Using Arbitration Clauses to Deny Groups of People Their Day in Court
Financial Companies Can No Longer Block Consumers From Joining Together to Sue Over Wrongdoing WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–July 10, 2017. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today announced a new rule to ban companies from using mandatory arbitration clauses to deny groups of people their day in court. Many consumer financial products[Read More…]
Large Coalition Joins Lawsuit Against Trump Administration Over Illegal Postponement of Methane Waste Rule
BLM rule delay defies Congress, harms taxpayers, public health, and environment Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 10, 2017. The Trump administration has decided to indefinitely postpone a rule that requires oil and gas companies to minimize waste and fix leaks from oil and gas development on public land—a decision that violates federal law.A[Read More…]
Secretary General Guterres Pledges UN Support to Iraqi Government, People in Mosul; $562M Needed in Aid
Iraqi IDP’s, mainly from Gogjali on the Eastern outskirst of Mosul, arrive at the UNHCR run Hasansham camp. Photo: UNHCR/ Ivor Prickett NEW YORK–ENEWSPF)–10 July 2017 – Following Iraqi Government’s declaration that its forces have liberated the northern city of Mosul from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant[Read More…]
NASA’s Juno Spacecraft to Fly Over Jupiter’s Great Red Spot July 10
CALIFORNIA–(ENEWSPF)-July 10, 2017. Just days after celebrating its first anniversary in Jupiter orbit, NASA’s Juno spacecraft will fly directly over Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, the gas giant’s iconic, 10,000-mile-wide (16,000-kilometer-wide) storm. This will be humanity’s first up-close and personal view of the gigantic feature — a storm monitored since 1830[Read More…]
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