Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)–September 2, 2014. The League of Women Voters of the Park Forest Area will host their opening meeting for the fall on Tuesday, September 16, at 6:30 PM with a potluck dinner at the home of Mary Lubertozzi, 3434 Attica Rd, Olympia Fields. The guest speaker will be Mary[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Sons of the American Legion will host a blood drive on Sunday, October 12, 2014, from 8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. The drive will take place at the Park Forest American Legion, 1631 Western Ave, Chicago Heights, IL 60411. A free breakfast will be served to[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 29, 2014. This Labor Day, Let’s Raise America’s Pay – It Will Help with Retirement Savings The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) addresses extremely slow wage growth just in time for Labor Day. Available at http://tinyurl.com/l4duxgm, EPI’s paper shows that wages for most Americans were flat or fell in[Read More…]

 CHICAGO HEIGHTS—(ENEWSPF)—August 28, 2014. Union Street Gallery, 1527 Otto Boulevard, Chicago Heights, will host an Open Mic Night on Friday, August 29 from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Open Mic includes poetry, spoken word, rap, acoustic performances, singing, excerpts from short[Read More…]

Matteson—(ENEWSPF)—August 28, 2014. The Sauk-Calumet Group of the Illinois Sierra Club will resume its monthly meetings on Monday, September 8, at 7:15 p.m. at the Frankfort Community Center, 140 Oak Street. PLEASE BE ADVISED: for the remainder of 2014 the meetings will NOT be held at the Frankfort Public Library[Read More…]

Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–August 26, 2014.  The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in lawsuits seeking to strike down discriminatory marriage bans in Indiana and Wisconsin. The three-judge panel included Richard Posner, Ann Claire Williams and David F. Hamilton. Attorneys from Lambda Legal argued on behalf of five plaintiff couples from[Read More…]

Chicago, IL –(ENEWSPF)—August 26, 2014. South Side activists pushing for a trauma center will hold a press conference Tuesday, August 26 at 12 pm at 58th and Maryland to announce plans to travel to the state hospital board meeting to oppose the University of Chicago Medicine’s (UCM) plan to build[Read More…]

Wednesday’s events to begin at 9 a.m. at Jackie Robinson Park, end with rally at Millennium Park CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2014.  Mayor Rahm Emanuel today announced the route and details for Wednesday’s parade to honor the players and coaches of Jackie Robinson West. A neighborhood rally at Jackie Robinson Park will[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 22, 2014. Alliance Members Continue Social Security Birthday Celebrations With Social Security celebrating its 79th birthday last week, Alliance members have been holding events across the country honoring the landmark retirement security program. This week’s events included celebrations with cake and balloons in states such as Iowa, Missouri,[Read More…]

Lawsuit filed by ACLU of Florida on behalf of 8 couples, Ft. Myers widow and SAVE challenged ban; Judge holds that ban violates due process and equal protection TALLAHASSEE, FL–(ENEWSPF)–August 21, 2014.  Today, a federal district court judge in Tallahassee held that Florida’s discriminatory marriage ban cannot be enforced in[Read More…]