Chicago Heights, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Linda Zroskie, Prairie State College (PSC) associate professor nursing has received a 2013 Nurse Educator Fellowship Award from the Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE). The competitive award recognizes well-qualified nursing faculty at institutions of higher learning that award degrees in nursing. The award is an incentive[Read More…]
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States Moving Forward to Implement the Health Care Law
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 17, 2012. By Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services Starting in 2014, consumers and small businesses in every state will have access to quality, affordable health insurance – known as qualified health plans – offered through an Exchange – a marketplace where consumers can choose a[Read More…]
In and Around Park Forest Week of December 17, 2012
A December dawn on Ash Street. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski) Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—December 17, 2012. A candlelight vigil to remember the children and adults who were tragically killed on Friday morning in Sandy Hook, Connecticut will be held on Wednesday, December 19 at 6:30 p.m. in front of the Park Forest[Read More…]
Candlelight Vigil Wednesday At Park Forest Library To Honor Sandy Hook, CT, Shooting Victims
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)-December 14, 2012. The following is from George Manno of the Park Forest Public Library regarding a candlelight vigil to be held on Wednesday, December 19, in memory of the children and adults who murdered in their classrooms Friday in Sandy Hook, CT: "A candlelight vigil to remember[Read More…]
Statement from Governor Pat Quinn on Tragic Connecticut Elementary School Shooting
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–December 14, 2012. Governor Quinn issued the following statement regarding today’s tragic massacre in Connecticut: “I am shocked and deeply saddened to learn of the horrific massacre that occurred today at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. “All of Illinois prays for the victims of this senseless violence and[Read More…]
Progress Continues in Setting Up Health Insurance Marketplaces
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 14, 2012. Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that three states have made significant progress in setting up their own affordable health insurance marketplaces, or Exchanges. The District of Columbia, Kentucky, and New York are conditionally approved to operate a State-based Exchange, which means[Read More…]
Occupy Rogers Park, Allies to Erect Memorial and Host Tribute for Record Number of Chicago Homicide Victims
Begins long term action on root causes of the violence ROGERS PARK—(ENEWSPF)—December 14, 2012. Occupy Rogers Park announces an event to recognize the 496 people killed in Chicago so far this year, to demand action to end the violence, and to inaugurate their own youth initiative. The event will take[Read More…]
Prairie State College Recognized for Being Green
CHICAGO HEIGHTS—(ENEWSPF)—December 14, 2012. Prairie State College recently was named a Bronze Level Compact School by the Illinois Green Governments Coordinating Council (GGCC) within the Illinois Campus Sustainability Compact program. PSC fulfilled all the requirements of the Bronze Level which included endorsing a written statement acknowledging support for sustainability, designating[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel Announces Unprecedented Transparency For City Procurements
Starting in 2013 All Winning and Losing Bids will be Posted Online when Contract is Awarded CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–December 14, 2012. Today, Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced that beginning in the first quarter of 2013, the Department of Procurement Services (DPS) will phase in an unprecedented increase in transparency in the procurement process[Read More…]
Alliance for Retired Americans Friday Alert, December 14, 2012
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 14, 2012. A Sign of Hope that the Medicare Eligibility Age will not Rise One of President Barack Obama’s top Senate allies says he’s been assured by the White House that the President won’t yield to GOP demands to increase the eligibility age for Medicare. AP reports that[Read More…]
