Summer Campaign Produced 233,000 Incremental Visits, $207 Million in Spending and New Tax Revenues CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–November 15, 2012. Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Choose Chicago yesterday announced that Chicago’s regional advertising campaign promoting leisure travel to the Chicago area during the summer season delivered a positive impact in terms of hotel occupancy,[Read More…]
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Durbin, Emanuel Announces $100,000 Federal Grant to Increase Availability of Locally Grown Produce in Chicago Public Schools
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 15, 2012. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel yesterday announced that the Department of Agriculture has awarded $100,000 in funding to Chicago Public Schools District 299 to help make more locally grown produce available in their school cafeterias. This “Farm to School” grant will[Read More…]
Illinois Firearm Deer Season Opens This Weekend
Seven-Day Season is Nov. 16-18 and Nov. 29-Dec. 2 SPRINGFIELD, IL –(ENEWSPF)–November 15, 2012. Hunters in Illinois head to the field this week for the state’s busiest and most popular hunting season – the Illinois Firearm Deer Season – which begins Friday, November 16 through Sunday, November 18. The seven-day[Read More…]
Park Forest Rotary Club Announces 31st Annual Poinsettia Sale
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—November 14, 2012. The Park Forest Rotary Club is embarking on its 31st Annual Poinsettia Sale. This fundraiser began as a unique effort to meet personal and professional holiday season decorating needs. At the time of its inception, no other club was selling poinsettias and delivered them at[Read More…]
Hundreds of School Districts Apply for $400 Million Race to the Top-District Competition
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 14, 2012. Today the U.S. Department of Education announced it received 371 applications – representing more than 1,100 school districts – for the Race to the Top-District competition. The 2012 RTT-D program will provide close to $400 million to support locally developed plans that will personalize learning, directly[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel Announces New Healthy Vending Machines to be Located Across All City Departments
Mayor Will Introduce Ordinance This Week That Transitions All of the Vending Machines in City Buildings Into Healthy Vending Machines CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–November 14, 2012. Today Mayor Emanuel announced that new healthy vending machines will be located across all City departments and buildings starting in January 2013. These new vending machines will[Read More…]
Governor Quinn Announces Durata Therapeutics Moves to Chicago
Biotech Start-Up Relocates from New Jersey, Plans to Create Up to 100 Jobs, Cites Talent Pool as Draw CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–November 14, 2012. Governor Pat Quinn announced today that biopharmaceutical company Durata Therapeutics is moving its global headquarters to Illinois from New Jersey. The drug development company’s relocation to 200 S. Wacker[Read More…]
South Suburban Action Conference Vows to Work Even More Aggressively to Get the South Suburban Airport Built in Light of Congressman Jackson’s Absence
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—November 14, 2012. Standing in the shadows of City Hall and the James R. Thompson Center, three ministers from the South Suburban Action Conference held a news conference on Tuesday vowing to shepherd the South Suburban Airport project to the start of construction. In the wake of Congressman Jesse Jackson[Read More…]
Warm Coats Create Warm Hearts
John from Sertoma Centre. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) A Donation From You Will Insure That Individuals With Disabilities Have A Warm Coat This Year. ALSIP–(ENEWSPF)–November 13, 2012. Sertoma Centre, Inc. With the cold weather upon us, we at Sertoma Centre, Inc. want to make sure that the more than 725 individuals we[Read More…]
Utah School District Sued for Removing Children’s Book About Lesbian Parents from Library
SALT LAKE CITY –(ENEWSPF)–November 13, 2012. The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Utah filed a lawsuit against the Davis School District after elementary schools in the district were instructed to remove a children’s book about a family with same-sex parents from library shelves. The lawsuit was filed[Read More…]
