Barb Gallagher, Patrice Hanser, Connie Hochstetler and Susan Van Etten ’80 (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Chicago Heights, IL–(ENEWSPF)– It started with a light, consistent mist as golfers prepared for the 23rd Annual Marian Catholic Endowment Golf Classic on August 13, 2012 at Flossmoor Country Club and Idlewild Country Club. As the day progressed, the[Read More…]
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Governors State University Doctorate in Interdisciplinary Leadership Begins Classes in Spring, 2013
University Park, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Governors State University is poised to begin offering its fifth doctoral program, an innovative Doctorate in Education (Ed.D.) in Interdisciplinary Leadership. Classes will begin in Spring, 2013 for doctoral students aspiring to leadership positions in four areas of concentration: school superintendent in preschool to 12th grade; higher[Read More…]
U.S. Army Corps Increases Grant Funding for Northerly Island Habitat Development Project
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 30, 2012. The U.S. Army Corp of Engineers has proposed to increase the current Great Lakes Fisheries Ecosystem Restoration (GLFER) grant from $2.8 million to $5 million for the Chicago Park District’s southern 40-acre Northerly Island Habitat Development project. The Chicago Park District would be required to match the[Read More…]
Madigan and 36 other Attorneys General Reach Landmark Settlement with Janssen Pharmaceuticals over Unlawful Marketing of Risperdal
Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–August 30, 2012. Attorney General Lisa Madigan joined 36 other attorneys general to announce the largest multistate consumer protection settlement ever with a pharmaceutical company, Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc., over its unlawful marketing of the antipsychotic drug Risperdal. The record $181 million settlement with Janssen, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson,[Read More…]
Illinois Receives a Federal CAPP Grant for Consumer Health Insurance Portal
HHS awarded $1 Million Consumer Assistance & Patient Protection Project Grant to the Department of Insurance under the Affordable Care Act SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–August 30, 2012. The Illinois Department of Insurance (DOI) Director Andrew Boron today announced the Department was awarded $1,141, 954 by the U.S Department of Health and Human Services[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan’s Investigators to Monitor for Gas Price Gouging as Hurricane Isaac Hits Gulf Coast
Attorney General Officials Also to Meet with BP to Expand Investigation of Gas Recall Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–August 30, 2012. Attorney General Lisa Madigan put Illinois gas retailers on notice that her office will be monitoring stations for price gouging as Hurricane Isaac bears down on the Gulf Coast in advance of Labor[Read More…]
Statement from Attorney General Madigan on First Progress Report on National Foreclosure Settlement
Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–August 30, 2012. In responding to the first report issued by the national foreclosure settlement’s independent monitor, Attorney General Lisa Madigan yesterday outlined the direct relief Illinois borrowers have begun to receive as a result of the $25 billion settlement reached earlier this year with the nation’s five largest bank[Read More…]
Park Forest Rotary Club Collecting Winter Clothing Items to Distribute to Homeless Veterans at November Stand Down Day
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—August 30, 2012. Stand Down Day is a time when homeless veterans from the Chicago land area will have access to comprehensive social and medical services that help to prepare them for the harsh winters of Chicago. The veterans will also be treated to a hot meal from[Read More…]
AFSCME—CAP Report on LGBT Discrimination in the Public Sector
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 30, 2012. Today as many Americans prepare to celebrate Labor Day in honor of the contributions of workers across the country, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO (AFSCME) and the Center for American Progress released “Gay and Transgender Discrimination in the Public Sector.” Focusing[Read More…]
Illinois Increases Fight Against Drunk Driving, Seat Belt Law Violators Over Labor Day Weekend
Reminds Motorists, “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 29, 2012. The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT), the Illinois State Police and nearly 350 local law enforcement agencies today are gearing up to increase patrol activities for Labor Day weekend in order to make Illinois roadways safer for the heavily[Read More…]
