$10.3 million public-private partnership to boost careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)–September 14, 2012. Governor Pat Quinn today unveiled a unique $10.3 million public-private partnership that will better prepare thousands of Illinois students for careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) fields. Joined by Illinois[Read More…]
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Southern Poverty Law Center, Human Rights Groups Urge Public Officials Not to Attend Values Voter Summit, Avoid Legitimizing Anti-LGBT Extremism
ALABAMA–(ENEWSPF)–September 14, 2012. The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and a coalition of human rights groups are calling on public officials not to attend the upcoming Values Voter Summit in Washington, D.C., because its host, the Family Research Council, has spread demonizing lies about the LGBT community, and because one[Read More…]
Durbin, City Announce a $12 Million Investment in O’Hare and Midway Airports
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 13, 2012. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Commissioner of the Chicago Department of Aviation, Rosemarie S. Andolino, today announced that the Department of Transportation has awarded a total of $11,966,213 in funding to Chicago O’Hare International Airport and Chicago Midway International[Read More…]
Senator Durbin Honors Paralympic Athletes from Illinois
Welcomes Paralympians, Olympians, and members of U.S. Olympic Committee to his Washington, DC office WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 13, 2102. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today submitted a statement for the record in the U.S. Senate honoring the individual accomplishments of the disabled athletes from Illinois who represented the United States at[Read More…]
Kiwanis Club of Park Forest to Host 61st Annual Pancake Day on September 22
Tickets Now On Sale Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—September 14, 2012. The Kiwanis Club of Park Forest is launching its 61st Annual Pancake Day emphasizing personalized services in a new indoor format in the dining facilities at Celebration Ministries (formerly Hope Lutheran Church) at 424 Indianwood Blvd., on Saturday, September 22, from[Read More…]
Alliance for Retired Americans Friday Alert, September 14, 2012
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 14, 2012. On the Campaign Trail, Medicare Continues to be Central Topic With the Democratic and Republican conventions over, Medicare continues to garner attention. Launching a two-day campaign swing in Florida, former President Bill Clinton pushed back in Miami on Tuesday against what he described as Republican scare[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel and President Preckwinkle Announce Skills for Chicagoland’s Future
Demand-driven Initiative to Address Workforce Skills Gap in Chicago and Cook County; Modeled on National Skills for America’s Future Initiative CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–September 13, 2012. City of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Cook County Board of Commissioners President Toni Preckwinkle today announced the creation of Skills for Chicagoland’s Future (SCF)—a public-private partnership uniting Chicago[Read More…]
Broadway’s Next H!T Musical Opens Exciting 2012-2013 Season at Governors State University Center for the Performing Arts
Broadway’s Next H!T Musical (PHOTO SUPPLIED) University Park, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Governors State University Center for Performing Arts opens its 2012-2013 season with “Broadway’s Next H!T Musical,” an award-winning comic evening of music, humor, and laughter. Direct from smash-hit engagements in New York and several theater festivals, “Broadway/s Next H!T Musical” comes[Read More…]
Video: LGBT Inclusion at the Democratic Convention
LGBT issues had tremendous prominence at the Democratic Convention.
Patrick J. Ormsby Named to Governors State University Board of Trustees
Patrick J. Ormsby (PHOTO SUPPLIED) University Park, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Patrick J. Ormsby, a longtime business and community leader in the Chicago Southland, has been appointed to the Governors State University Board of Trustees. Illinois Governor Pat Quinn named Ormsby, of Olympia Fields, to the Board on August 20; his term expires[Read More…]
