CityLIFTSM program results from a recent fair lending settlement between Wells Fargo, the U.S. Department of Justice and the Illinois Attorney General’s office; program offers down payment assistance grants and free homebuyer education programs to prospective homebuyers in Chicago, 30 Cook County suburbs Launches October 26-27 at McCormick Place;[Read More…]
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Bearing Caskets, South Side Residents Hold Emergency Anti-violence March
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 3, 2012. At 4pm on Wednesday, October 3rd, 2012, local residents and business owners in the Park Manor will be rallying to demand an end to violence in their South Side neighborhood. Sparked by a spate of shootings and a high-profile murder of a young man wielding an semi-automatic[Read More…]
Southland College Prep Charter High School Receives $ 185,000 Charter School Grant from U.S. Department of Education
RICHTON PARK, IL.–(ENEWSPF)–October 3, 2012—Southland College Prep Charter High School, the only public charter high school to serve Chicago suburbs, has been awarded a U.S. Department of Education one-year charter schools program grant of $185,000. The award to Southland College Prep is one of 20 grants totaling nearly $ 4[Read More…]
Tickets On Sale For The Freedom Hall 2012- 2013 Series
Note: The original release showed the date for Second City for President incorrectly. The actual date of Second City for President has been corrected below to October 19. Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Freedom Hall announces the 2012-2013 Series for the intimate 280-seat Nathan Manilow Theatre in Park Forest. Since 1976, internationally[Read More…]
$3.2 Million in Grants Awarded for Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 2, 2012. Today the U.S. Department of Education announced the award of the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) grants, totaling more than $3.2 million, to 34 institutions of higher education. At these institutions, 84 individual fellowships were awarded to doctoral students to conduct research in other countries,[Read More…]
Dept. of Education Secretary Duncan Outlines Progress and Challenges Ahead
“Moving Forward with Focus” is Theme of National Press Club Speech Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 2, 2012. Education Secretary Arne Duncan told an audience at the National Press Club today that the country is more focused on improving education than ever before and saluted teachers, parents, students and community leaders for embracing[Read More…]
Prairie State College Awarded $526K Grant from U.S. Department of Labor
Chicago Heights, IL–(ENEWSPF)–October 2, 2012. Prairie State College (PSC) recently was named recipient of a $526,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Labor. The grant was part of the $12.9 million awarded to the Illinois Network for Advanced Manufacturing, of which PSC is a member. The network members agree to use[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel Welcomes New CTA Bus Drivers For Red Line South Project
New Hires Among Hundreds of New Jobs Related to Reconstruction CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 2, 2012. Mayor Rahm Emanuel joined CTA President Forrest Claypool and CTA board chairman Terry Peterson today in welcoming 33 new bus drivers to the CTA, the latest jobs created as part of next year’s Red Line South reconstruction[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel Announces Major Expansion of After-School and Summer Program Opportunities for Children
Expansion Leads to Opportunity for A Total of 13,000 Children Across the City and Increases 2013 Budget Investment in Children’s Programs by An Additional $9 Million CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 2, 2012. Mayor Emanuel today announced that approximately 4,000 more children across the city will have access to after-school and summer programs over[Read More…]
Representative Gutierrez on Romney Pledge to not Revoke Work Permits for Immigrants
Romney “sees fundamental fairness and decency for immigrant children who grew up in America as nothing more than a ‘purchase’” Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 2, 2012. Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez (D-IL) issued the following statement reacting to reports that Gov. Mitt Romney will not revoke work permits issued to young immigrants under[Read More…]
