Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 17, 2015 Prescription Drug Costs May Increase Under Trans-Pacific Partnership Senior lawmakers reached agreement on Thursday on a trade promotion authority bill to negotiate the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Two Republicans — Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI)[Read More…]

‘The Joe Bonham Project,’ Drawing the Stories of America’s Wounded Veterans, Features Artwork by Combat and Civilian Artists Chicago, Ill –(ENEWSPF)–April 16, 2015 — On Monday, May 25, 2015, the National Veterans Art Museum (NVAM) will honor Memorial Day with the opening reception of The Joe Bonham Project. The Joe[Read More…]

UUCC Seeking Part-Time Office Administrator Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—April 15, 2015. Applications are currently being accepted for a part-time position of Office Administrator at Unitarian Universalist Community Church (UUCC), 70 Sycamore, Park Forest, IL 60466. Strong computer skills are a definite plus, especially experience with Microsoft Publisher, Microsoft Word, Mail Merge, Outlook,[Read More…]

Demands include fair wages, union rights for Black workers CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)-April 14, 2015. On Wednesday, April 15, The Black Youth Project 100 (BYP100) Chicago Chapter will join the nation’s largest low-wage worker mobilization effort in history. In coordination with the Fight for $15 national day of action, BYP100 will host[Read More…]

The answer to police murder of Eric Harris, Walter Scott, Michael Brown, Eric Garner and thousands more unarmed Black and Latino people…will be delivered in the streets! CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—April 13, 2014. On April 14 2015: The people will retake the offensive in the FIRST NATIONAL PROTESTS since fall 2014. On Tuesday,[Read More…]

BURLINGTON, Vt.–(ENEWSPF)–April 13, 2015 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said he’s going outside the Capitol to hear from working-class Americans about how severe Republican budget cuts would affect their families, parents and health care. Sanders, the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, said he wants to provide a[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—April 12, 2015. The 2015 South Suburban CROP Hunger Walk will be held on Sunday, April 26. The walk begins and ends at Trinity Lutheran Church, 2901 Western Avenue in Park Forest. Registration begins at 1 p.m. Opening ceremonies start at 1:35 p.m. The walk officially kicks-off at[Read More…]

CALIFORNIA—(ENEWSPF)—April 10, 2015. The original members of Grateful Dead have announced two additional shows at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California on June 27th and 28th, as part of their “Fare Thee Well: Celebrating 50 Years of Grateful Dead” run. Along with the three shows at Chicago’s Soldier Field on[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 10, 2015. Moves to Expand Social Security Benefits Gain Traction in the Senate After decades of attempting to cut Social Security, members of Congress are beginning to devote their efforts to expanding Social Security benefits, and the effort is gaining traction. Senators Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA),[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—April 10, 2015. The Garden Club of Park Forest presents a membership and guest tea event featuring a program on roses, Tuesday, April 14, beginning at noon, at St. Mary School, 227 Monee Road in Park Forest. John Pais, founding member of the Sauk Trail Rose Society, will[Read More…]