(Photo: Gary Kopycinski) Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- State contract workers install slats on the median at the railroad crossing on Western Avenue Wednesday. This work is being done in preparation for that crossing’s designation as a "Quiet Zone." The designation means that trains approaching the crossing will not sound their horns[Read More…]
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Congresswoman Duckworth’s Statement on the Anniversary of 9/11
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 11, 2013. Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth (IL-08) released the following statement on the anniversary of the attacks on September 11, 2001. “We must remember those who lost their lives and sacrificed so much on September 11, 2001. The attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and the hijacking[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel Announces New Walmart Supercenter in Pullman Neighborhood
Mayor Emanuel joins Alderman Beale and community members at the grand opening of a new Walmart Supercenter in the Pullman neighborhood. Photo Credit: City of Chicago // Brooke Collins CHICAGO–(ENESWSPF)–September 11, 2013. Yesterday Mayor Rahm Emanuel cut the ribbon at the new Walmart Supercenter located in the Pullman neighborhood. The[Read More…]
Senator Durbin to Secretary Duncan: Time to Crack Down on For-Profit Medical Schools That Use Offshore Loophole
Bloomberg investigation reveals troubling statistics about foreign medical schools owned by DeVry that qualify for millions in federal funding without US accreditation WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 11, 2013. In a letter to Education Secretary Arne Duncan, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) raised the alarm about foreign medical schools that are not accredited[Read More…]
Statement by Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky on the Anniversary of September 11th
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)–September 11, 2013 – Rep. Jan Schakowsky released the following statement on the Anniversary of September 11th: “Today is a day of remembrance for the thousands of lives lost and for our fallen heroes who rushed to save the lives of others twelve years ago. We grieve with the[Read More…]
Park Forest Historical Society to Receive Federal Grant for Documenting Park Forest History
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) recently announced nearly $30,000,000 in grants to museums across the nation. Park Forest Historical Society is receiving one of the 244 awards through the agency’s grant programs. Park Forest Historical Society is receiving $22,701 through the Museums for America Collections[Read More…]
Sapphire Lounge Opens in Park Forest
Countess (right) and Sandra relax before a fire-pit table outside the Sapphire Lounge Tuesday evening. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski) Update: An earlier version of this article said The Sapphire Lounge would open tomorrow, September 13, at 8:00 a.m., for breakfast. While the restaurant will open for breakfast soon, that likely will[Read More…]
Governor Quinn Proclaims September 11 as Patriot Day and National Day of Service and Remembrance
“Portrait of a Soldier” Memorial Exhibition on Display at Columbia College Chicago CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–September 10, 2013. Governor Pat Quinn today honored the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks and servicemembers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan by proclaiming Sept. 11, 2013 as Patriot Day and National Day of Service and Remembrance.[Read More…]
U-M Study: Will Companies Drop Health Coverage Because of Obamacare?
ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–September 10, 2013. Will 2014 mark the beginning of the end for employer-sponsored health insurance as we know it? Since the passage of the Affordable Care Act in 2010, policy experts have debated that very question. Thomas Buchmueller, a business economics professor at the University of Michigan’s Ross School,[Read More…]
SEIU Announces Major Outreach On Healthcare Law As Key Partner With HHS
Members will target 30 cities in 14 states, with focus on African American and Latino working people Pittsburgh–(ENEWSPF)–September 10, 2013. The president of the nation’s largest union of healthcare workers, Mary Kay Henry, today joined with Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius in announcing a major national outreach[Read More…]
